view from ski slopes

April 17th 2014
Rough, rugged and remote Ushuaia sits on the tip of the island of Tierra del Fuego and was full of adventure. I hiked up to the glacier that backs the town, getting stuck in deep snow, and then got lost in the national park as the sun was fading. In the late April off-season, there was no one around--I had to rescue myself. Even more intense, I learned that the indigenous Yamana who lived in this ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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Tara Cloud

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I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info

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19th April 2014

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Ahhh
This pic shows the colours I remember...the blues a bit colder than in warmer climes. The bottom of the World...nice you could spend the time to embrace it.

19th April 2014

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Cold blues
Indeed, David, those were some cold blues, but so beautiful. I certainly do feel lucky to have had the time to embrace, explore and have wild adventures in that amazing place. Wonder what the Dancing Duo did down there?

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