Saturday, April 23, 2016
Last morning on the Falklands, had two full day tours, a day at the museum, and the arriving and departing days, so I've had three days of roaming around just seeing the town, including a tour of the hospital and clinic which cares for all residents of the F.I. free of charge, no insurance payments, just free because they are residents, and that includes being sent to Chile or England for any specialist care, all expenses paid by the F.I. government. The F.I. government gets it's revenue from the fishing licenses it issues to all the world's fishing boats which come to fish within the two hundred mile exclusion zone. The antiartic current sweeps past the islands on both sides providing nutrient rich waters attracting fish and mammals to these waters, so it is more than profitable for fishing boats to pay the huge license fees, and still make a profit on it's catch. There is one gas station, a couple of food stores, one in Stanley, the others outside of the main part of town. The hospital is the only pharmacy, for free of course. The tours were of the scenery and the 1982 war
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