Blogs from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South America - page 48

Some pics of our last day in Ushuaia. It was picture perfect- Alejandro said they only get about 5 a summer like that. We went out on the sailboat "If" to Island H in the Beagle Channel, the last island in Argentina (there are still some islands that belong to Chile before Cape Horn) Island H is a kind of refuge with a lot of tundra plants even though it is close to sea level.... read more

I had imagined "the end of the world" totally differently. Especially when an elderly english couple on the plane ridiculed me a little for not getting off in Punta Arenas and instead flying on to Ushuaia (WHAAAAAT the ..... are you going THERE for????) I wasn´t quite sure what to expect...and maybe because of that I was rather pleasantly surprised. The flight into Ushuaia was definately one of the best flights ever. The weather was perfect and we spent 3 hours cruising high over the Andes. The view was spectacular; High mountains, glaciers, rugged peaks, perfectly shaped volcanoes and lots of lakes were below us. Then, desert! For hundreds of miles! (What a surpise I thought - hm...guess I hadn´t done my homework and knew nothing about Argentinas Pampa). After 3 wonderful hours the descent into ... read more

Greetings Peeps, i decided to write one more before i set off to Antarctica. Today I will set for the last frontier in about 3 hours. I am getting very excited as I have heard som good stuff about the cruise. As for Ushuaia, well i am in a hostel and I cannot find the question mark or the apostrophe on the keyboard....and that is why you will see this shakespearian english along with no questions. Ushuaia is a small town but in a beautiful setting. I took some pictures by the harbour, however, I will not be downloading any right now cause the hostel does not have the equipment for it. I will do it in town when I get back. The town is very touristy and I have to gladly adjust to the latino ... read more

February 2nd, 2006, evening after Ushuaia, Tiero Del Fuego, Argentina, next, Cape Horn. Day 28 of our cruise of 105, 77 to go. Arrived in port at 10 am, Our goal was to go up to the glacier, see photos. Then we walked the town of 60 000 people and visited the museum of aboriginal Yamana people. 55 degrees of latitude south, 12 degrees C or 53 F, glorious sunshine sunrise was 5:55 and sunset will be at 9:30 our pm tonight Ttys, love to all ... read more

Well well well what a week it has been!! We reached Rio Gallegos as planned only to find that there was a 6 day bottle neck on going south, so with the flexibility that our travelling style accords us we changed our plans and went west instead. After 16hours travelling from Puerto Madryn , we got straight back on a bus and headed to El Calafate (4.5 hours) and then on a dirt track 4.5hours on to El Chalten. Shattered we collapsed into our Army Barrack style accommodation. In the morning we realised we had arrived in fabulous high andean mountain range. See Photos. The first day we walked up to Cerro Torre, a fantastic walk to a Glaciar and volcanic lake. Hot and windy walk. Woke up the second day to see a blue sky ... read more