Blogs from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South America - page 16

Although we have another mission stop or two, we have now traveled as far South as possible without boarding a boat for Antarctica. Ushuaia, Argentina or as the locals call it; "El fin del mundo" (The End of the World). It snowed a little our first night and it is still Summer here! Just a few photos will have to do because we need to go to sleep early tonight to cross the Magellan Strait and two international borders tomorrow. Click on any of the pictures to enlarge it. ... read more

Et par dage yderligere blev det til i hovedstaden. Og hvad krydrer man dem med? Intet mindre end tre musikalske oplevelser kan vel goere det! Jeg havde lige ramt Buenos Aires svar paa Kulturnatten, hvorfor der var...ja soerme, kulturelle oplevelser til hoejre og venstre, hvis man orkede det. Saa efter en ordentlig steak, en kande oel og en mojito, var jeg ved at vaere i stemning. Klokken var to om natten, og der er den koebenhavnske udgave af Kulturnatten saa smaat ved at vaere slut, men herovre er den lige ved at toppe (lidt bonusinfo: diskotekerne aabner kl 2, men folk kommer foerst en time senere og vakler hjemad kl 7-8-9-10 stykker). En koncert var godt igang paa en aaben plads, hvor tusindvis havde pakket sig sammen. Og endnu hyggeligere, folk broed ud i folkedans - ... read more

Apologies, I know its been weeks but I hope whilst I've been enjoying the delights of Chile & Argentina you've been keeping well. Whilst you've all been busily going about your day to day I was as usual, clocking up & counting down the miles towards the southern most tip of the America's. Prior to getting back on the road I had the small matter of a three week delay in Santiago, Chile to deal with whilst the bike recovered from the trauma of Bolivia combined with some amazingly fragile BMW engineering. I wasn't blessed with patience but luckily Santiago is a sweet city to get stuck in & the hostel we stayed at had a lot of interestingly entertaining people who kept me amused & smiling all the while. The repairs cost a mere $1700, ... read more

"The National - England" "The National - Terrible Love" Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. Ushuaia has a subpolar oceanic climate. Temperatures average 1.6 °C (34.9 °F) in the coolest month (July), and 10.4 °C (50.7 °F) in the warmest month (January). The record low is −25 °C (−13 °F), and record high 29 °C (85 °F) (December). The record low ever recorded in summer is −6 °C (21 °F). On average the city experiences 200 days of light rain or snow a year, with many cloudy and foggy days. Despite receiving only 530 mm (21 in) average annual precipitation, Ushuaia is very humid. A similar climate ... read more

Rano sme mali celkom problem kupit jedlo a vodu, vsetko bolo pozatvarane, vlada sa rozhodla dopriat ludom karneval a vyhlasila tri dni volna. Neskor sme sa vybrali na navstevu narodneho parku Tierra del Fuego /Ohnova zem/ a ako dopravny prostriedok sme pouzili taxik - nechodili tam ziadne autobusy a museli by sme slapat asi 15 km cez, ako nas varovali na turistickych informacia, stvrt so zlymi psami. Najprv sme kracali cez hlavne bukovy les, plny povalanych stromov a pasucich sa koni. Postupne sme zacali stupat vyssie a vyssie a videli coraz viac stitov a ladovcov. Nasou prvou zastavkou bola Laguna Caminante a potom nas cakal najtazssi usek - prechod cez Paso de la Oveja - oveckine sedlo. Cele okolie bolo pokryte kamenmi roznych tvarov a farieb /asi hlavne skridlica/, vyzeralo to zvlastne, ako v inom svete. ... read more