One thing you quickly learn living in the Falkland Islands is that Facebook is an integral part of everyday life. This came as a bit of a surprise to me, as before leaving the UK I was on the verge of not using it, as only few people I knew were posting regularly. It's very … Continue reading The power of Facebook
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Island Communication
Throughout the inhabited life of the Falklands, keeping up with the news and with your neighbours has been done in many ways and has followed technological developments in the rest of the world. However challenges including distance; the lack of an undersea cable to connect us to fast Internet (the obvious place to connect to … Continue reading Island Communication
A winter weekend
A mid-winter weekend break at Pebble Island was agreed on to make a change of scene, although we weren't really sure what to expect. The lodge at Pebble Island (like all the tourist lodges) is shut for the winter, but Dot and Alex Gould who own and farm Pebble, have two houses available for visitors. … Continue reading A winter weekend
A night out
The weekend is coming and you feel like a night out - what can you do? Pretty much every weekend you can go to the cinema and what a very lovely cinema it is too - the Harbourlights cinema at the Malvina House Hotel. Yes, Southampton readers, the cinema here has exactly the same name … Continue reading A night out
In the bleak midwinter?
When I first arrived, one thing that struck me was how much people talked about the winter with a sense of dread - so I wondered what would I think about it. In the middle of July, we're well past the winter solstice and the days are slowly, very slowly lengthening and I think it's … Continue reading In the bleak midwinter?
A Tale of Two Cities – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
The start of my Bolivian trip is in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. What images spring to mind of Bolivia? High Andes, women in huge wide skirts with beautiful embroidery, llamas, salt flats? Is it this? Or this? Yes this is Bolivia too - welcome to the Equipetrol district and to Santa Cruz, the biggest … Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities – Santa Cruz de la Sierra
A Tale of Two Cities – Santiago de Chile
Last weekend I travelled to Santiago, on my way to Bolivia, for a two week tour here. Due to flight schedules I needed to leave the Falklands a week early to get to the start of the tour. A good thing, as it turned out, the weekly Latam flight was delayed 24 hours and left … Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities – Santiago de Chile
The Airbridge Experience
I recently wrote about the perfectly formed and friendly FIGAS, so thinking about flying and having recently flown to the UK and back it must be time to talk about ... the Airbridge. Those of you who live in Cowes on the Isle of Wight (and possibly in other harbours) will know about Floating Bridges, … Continue reading The Airbridge Experience
Where is Sarah?
Apologies for the radio silence - in April I was in the UK for 3 weeks, going to meet various education partners, particularly those schools and colleges that Falkland Islanders go to if they continue their education at 16. I've been back a couple of weeks and just feel like I'm catching up with myself. … Continue reading Where is Sarah?
FIGAS
The Falkland Islands doesn't really do public transport - not on land anyway. However, in the air we benefit from the rather fabulous FIGAS - or Falkland Islands Government Air Service, which will celebrate its 75th birthday later this year. FIGAS flies to anywhere in the Islands with an air strip and they do it … Continue reading FIGAS
Where is Sarah? 