#201: First postcard from Montserrat

A map of the West Indies

Butterfly stamp

Received from Mark from Brades.

Montserrat is approximately 300 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 30 miles southwest of Antigua.

#33: Second postcard from Puerto Rico

Old San Juan

Flag stamp

Received from Monika from Christ Church, Barbados. Please check out her blog here.

The deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean is Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench, at a depth of 8,605 metres.

#59: Third postcard from the Dominican Republic

Columbus Plaza

Mask stamp

Received from Victor from Caguas, Puerto Rico.

The Dominican Republic is the only country to have the image of the Bible on its flag.

#85: Third postcard from Saint Kitts

Basseterre

Passion fruit stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

Sugar was the mainstay of the economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

#166: Third postcard from Canada

Toronto

Mountain goat kid stamp

Received from Micho from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Please check out his blog here.

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve moose.

#166: Second postcard from Canada

The chuckwagon race at Stampede Park

Deer and dragonfly stamps

Received from Glenn from Airdrie. Please check out his blog here.

The border between Canada and the United States of America, at 5,525 miles, is the world's longest land border.

#72: Third postcard from Honduras

Roatan Island

Pope stamps

Received from Glenn from Airdrie, Canada. Please check out his blog here.

The orchid is the national flower of Honduras, while the Scarlet Macaw is its national bird.

#33: First cover from Guam

Christmas stamp

Christmas card

Received from Cecilia from Hagåtña.

The official languages of Guam are English and Chamorro.

#167: Second postcard from Costa Rica

Margarita

People and landscape stamps

Received from Shirley from Belén.

Nearly all Catholic churches in Costa Rica face west.

#153: Fourth postcard from the Cayman Islands

Stingrays

Fish stamps

Received from an unknown sender. Please send me a message if you know who the sender is - thanks so much. The postcard is wonderful and I want to thank the sender properly.

Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands is 5.5 miles long.

#152: Fourth postcard from Bermuda

Jobson's Cove

Shell and person stamps

Received from Julian from Devonshire.

Red Forams are a tiny single-celled animal that live under the coral reef, and are responsible for the pink sand beaches in Bermuda.

#189: First postcard from the United Nations New York

United Nations Headquarters in New York City

Parthenon, bird and ripped stamps

Received from Yan from New York, United States.

The United Nations Office in New York is in New York.

#188: First postcard from the Turks and Caicos Islands

Porta Coeli Church, Puerto Rico

Shell stamp

Received from Halef from Atlanta, United States.

The Turks and Caicos Islands are southeast of the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola.

#153: Third postcard from the Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach

Mathusalem stamp

Received from Maria from Windsor, Canada.

The Cayman Islands are the most popular destination for Atlantic hurricanes.

#152: Third postcard from Bermuda

Saint George's Harbour

Mystery roses stamps

Received from Julian from Devonshire.

There are no bodies of fresh water at all on any of the 150 islands that form Bermuda.

#165: Third postcard from Barbados

Colours of the evening - Hastings

Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Received from Melissa from Saint James.

Barbados has the third oldest Parliament in the Commonwealth.

#187: First postcard from Anguilla

Sunset at Sandy Ground

Rose Millicent stamp

Received from Nori from Anguilla. Please check out her blog here.

Anguilla lies east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin.

#165: First cover from Barbados

Banana stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

The Barbadian National flower is called the ‘Pride of Barbados’ (Caesalpinia pulcherrima).

#165: Second postcard from Barbados

A typical Barbadian chattel house

Tamarind and Sea Grape stamps

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

In Barbados children between 10-17 years are permitted to consume alcohol when accompanied by a parent.

#157: Third postcard from Bonaire

Colours of Bonaire

Handstamp

Received from Diana from Kralendijk with the help of Mike from Tilburg, the Netherlands. Please check out Mike's blog here.

Windsurfing is the unofficial sport of Bonaire.