USHUAIA 24.-29.12.2009 Täällä oli kuulkaa jouluna juhannus. Vielä yhdentoista aikaan illalla taivas oli valoisa, aamulla jo neljän aikaan alkoi uudestaan horisontti hehkua uutta pitkää päivää. Yhtä lämmin täällä ei ole kuin Suomessa juhannuksena. Päivällä aurinko paistaa lämpimästi, mutta silloinkin voi tuntea kylmän puhalluksen vuorilta. Yöllä on miltei pakkasta. Joulupäivänä klo 14.15-15.45 tapahtui seuraavaa. Aurinko paistoi, oli lämmintä, kunnes yhtäkkiä musta pilvi alkoi vyöryä Tyynen meren puolelta kohti kaupunkia. Kohta koko se puoli maisemasta pimeni mustan harmaaksi. Lumihuipp [View Full Entry]

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Hola Everyone! I'm of to the Falklands, South Georgia, South Shetland, and Antactica in a few hours on this boat in the pics. Sadly there is no means to communicate in a cost effective manner from these regions. So to everybody who is following my travel blog, I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy 2010!!! Until next year... when I am sure to have many many photos to post. [View Full Entry]

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Just some random shots around the old prison [View Full Entry]

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Big Brown Beavers [View Full Entry]

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Boat trip on the Beagle Canal [View Full Entry]

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We set off early again, but this time the drive was a bit of a monster... after about 5 hours we arrived at the straights of Magellan, with the wind blowing fiercely, but the sun was out so we were happy enough to while away the time waiting for the ferry on the beach and by the lighthouse. The ferry was pretty much like the small Caledonian ones - space for about 30 cars and trucks, and took about 20 minutes to get across. Christoph was pretty convinced he´d seen something in the water, and once we set off we saw [View Full Entry]

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Antarctica or Bust? I guess calling it "busted" at Ushuaia - for now. Or rather broke. Financially broke, yes, but I'd rather imagine this as though late last night a great wave washed down a dreamy river, down from the mountains to the north, down to the coast and broke there against the lapping waves at Lapataia. At the end of the road and of the world as I, for the time being, will know it. I've stood on many cliffs along the way; in the high Altiplano of Bolivia; at the citadel of Machu Picchu; up on Vulcan Cayambe in [View Full Entry]

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As mentioned in the last posting, we have had a couple of days to relax and explore Ushuaia and its surroundings. It has been sufficiently fantastic that I am moved to post another blog. This is mainly due to our visit yesterday to a Penguin reserve. Not only were the Penguins themselves superb, the journey to the island along the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego was an absolute treat from a scenery perspective. I'll let the pictures do the talking - hope you enjoy them... PS - interesting factoid - Ushuaia was founded as a penal colony on the remotest [View Full Entry]

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With a nice symmetry to our boat trip to see glaciers the day before we left Anchorage we take another one to see the Perito Moreno Glacier and friends for the day, from El Calafate. Then we are off through rolling hills and forests on tarmac to our final section of Ruta 40 gravel. Back to the tundra for 60 miles, which, while not the last gravel we will ride, is the last very tough section and so is solely focussed on “don't fall off!” We cross the border at a tiny outpost where we arrive just after two coaches and [View Full Entry]

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The only things separating these two photos are 21,000 miles, 5 months and a hell of an experience!! More to follow with better photos and full update. However first we are off to get very very very drunk...... [View Full Entry]

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