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British West Indies

British West Indies Travel Guide

Located within the consular area of the United States Embassy, in Bridgetown, Barbados are the islands of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Montserrat. The British Virgin Islands and Anguilla both have reasonably urbanized financial systems with tourist facilities extensively available, but Montserrat is an island that is still recuperating from a series of volcanic eruptions from the Soufriere Hills Volcano. Access to the southern parts of Montserrat is under constraints, with an intense number of inhabitants dwelling in the northern designated safe zones.

Located within the consular region of the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, is the Cayman Islands and within the consular area of the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas is the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Turks and Caicos is a large group of eight islands and many unoccupied smaller coral islands. When it comes to tourism, most entertainment is located on the Provo and Grand Turk islands, with the U.S. dollar being the monetary unit of currency and credit card acceptance in the bigger hotels and stores.

 


The term British West Indies refers to territories in and around the Caribbean which were at one time colonised by the United Kingdom.[1] Collectively these territories are also now known as the Anglophone Caribbean. Between 1958 and 1962 all of the island territories except the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas were organised into the West Indies Federation. It was hoped that the Federation would become independent as a single nation, but it had limited powers, many practical problems and a lack of popular support, and was consequently dissolved. Most of the territories, including all the larger ones, are now independent as separate countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, while some of the smaller ones remain British dependencies. All the nations of the British West Indies, except Dominica are Commonwealth Realms.

 Languages of The  British West Indies - Language  from The  Summer Institute of Linguistics Ethnologue, 14th Edition.

Easygoing Anguilla Travelogue
Beaches put this Caribbean isle on the tourist map; great food, music, and no crowds should keep it there.

WHY WE TRAVEL: VIRGIN GORDA, BRITISH WEST INDIES      Beautiful and Elegant: British West Indies

   

 


The current British territories that form the British West Indies are;

Bermuda Is a British Territory but is not considered part of the British West Indies

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 Cayman Islands 

Official site of the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism. Includes a searchable database of accommodations, restaurants, and rental car agencies, plus a history of the islands and an event calendar.

Montserrat Tourist Board - Montserrat Tourist Board - The local tourist board's list of lodgings on the island. They give links to the hotel's web sites, where such links are available.

The Anguilla Guide - The Anguilla Guide - The Tourist Board brings you a guide to the best of the island. Features hotels, villas, restaurants, learn about the island and view the beaches.  

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Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Caymans, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos

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    The former British territories that form the British West Indies are;


     British West Indies Cricket

    The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of a dozen English-speaking Caribbean countries and British dependencies that form the British West Indies.

    The history of the West Indies cricket team began in the 1890s, when the first representative sides were selected to play visiting English sides. Administered by the West Indies Cricket Board ("WICB"), and known colloquially as The Windies, the West Indies cricket team represents a sporting confederation of English-speaking Caribbean countries.

     

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