The Falkland Islands is not a place you can drive to for the weekend. It is located about 300 miles from the nearest South American coast. The island came to international attention when Argentine invaded the island in 1982. A British expeditionary force lander some seven weeks later and after much fighting Argentine surrendered June 14, 1982. There are remnants of the fighting on the island and one of the areas, Bluff Cove, that we visited had warning signs that unexplored ordnance might be present. A notice was posted late in 2009 that a British firm had been hired to clear mines in the area. We arrived at Stanley via a cruise ship which is the most predominate methods of getting to Stanley although there is an airport on the Falkland Islands. We had attempted to
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