I would like to visit Falkland islands again. In February last year I visited Port Stanley for a day, and that was the first time I have been there, I found it is a really beautiful, clean and quite place. Nearby there are a lot of places for visiting related with wild life , where Penguins are the most common birds among others.
Falkland Islands have a rich history, the English navigator, John Davis, aboard the "Desire" made the first confirmed sighting of the Islands in 1592, and almost hundred years later the first landing is attributed to the British Captain, John Strong, in 1690 at Bold Cove on West Falkland.
During the early 1830s "HMS Beagle" visited the Islands with the naturalist, Charles Darwin on board. Darwin collected flora, fauna and fossils important to the conception of "On the Origin of Species"and commented on the geological features.
In 1833 was the re-assertion by Britain of its sovereignty, which dated from Britain’s claim in 1765. Since this time Falkland Islanders have participated in both World Wars and recently when Argentine troops occupied the Falkland Islands in 1982 , a number of Islanders aiding the British military against the Argentinian occupation.
The economy is based on the sale of fishing licences, tourism and agricultural products.
I think Port Stanley is a great place for people who would like to live in a peaceful and quite place in a natural environment.
I love Port Stanley, and I would like to go there again too!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, this is a cool place to live in peace and contacted with nature.
Very good Carlos,
ReplyDeleteYou are really improving your writing and vocab. Also you did a very good job looking up information. Congratulations.
There is a problem in one of your sentences, though,where you say,
"a number of Islanders aiding the British military against the Argentinian occupation...."
You should say,"A number of islanders aided the Bristish military."
This problem is known as run-on sentences. Find out about it on the web and let me know if you understood the point.
I´ll give you a 95% on your post.
Well done.
See you,
Paula