Stanley, Falkland Islands

The Falklands are known by two names, the Falkland Islands or The Islas Malvinas.  The islands are a British protectorate and Britain confirmed that sovereignty by fighting and winning a short bitter conflict over them.  Argentina lost that conflict but still believes the islands belong to them.

Historically, the Falkland's economy has been based on sheep farming, however, a world-wide slump in demand has left them struggling for survival.  Farmers are now financially supported out of the revenues generated by the fishing industry, which currently produces about 50% of the Falkland Island government revenue.

We tendered in at about 10:00.  The weather was very cold, probably in the 40's along with a 40 mph wind making it especially uncomfortable for those from the warmer states.  As we were here twice before and visited their museum, we just walked along the shoreline for a couple of miles and visited the war memorials.  It started to rain making it really miserable.  We only spent a couple of hours there then took the tender back to the ship.  We had lunch on board then went to see "The Book Thief" in the theater, great movie.