http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Tierra del Fuego en-us Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:36:31 BST Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:36:31 BST Oct 5 Ushuaia ArgentinaWe disembarked from our cruise on Saturday morning were met by our local guide for a visit to Ushuaia. Ushuaia is a small city of about 65000 people that is the farthest south major city in the world. the farthest south smaller settlements are in Chile We visited a small national park close to the city but the weather was not very pleasant and not a great day to be s http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-332370.html Vandaag een drukke dag. Niet zozeer omdat we veel kilometers gaan maken maar omdat we 2 hele leuke dingen gaan doenhellipMaar ik begin bij het begin van vandaag. Na het ontbijt en het inleveren van de auto gaan we naar het centrum van Ushuaia. Een beetje rondlopen souvenirs kopen beetje winkelen kopje koffie drinken bij Tante Sara en geld wisselen. Dan lekker lunchen totdat het tijd is om na http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-330818.html Booyah the last couple of weeks were kinda fun I reckon. We're still in Argentina going on to Chile soon. After Buenos Aires we went to Mendoza on a 13hour bus ride. Very nice city. Next stop was San Rafael where we did a small tour to a Canyon nearby which was quite nice. Just the perpetual staring of the people on the tour was a bit annoying and I have no idea why mullets and blue tracks http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-329881.html Vandaag weer vroeg op pad wanthellip we rijden van Punta Arenas naar Ushuaia. De rit is totaal zorsquon 675 km exclusief de ferry.Maar we beginnen dus in Punta Arenas. Omdat het maandag is vandaag kunnen we niet de ferry nemen vanuit Punta Arenas naar Porvenir maar moeten we lsquoomrijdenrsquo naar het punt waar deze ferry vertrekt 1a Angostura zorsquon 170 km ten noordwesten van Pu http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-329466.html und somit endlich am ende meiner reise angekommen das ende der welt. die unglaubliche strecke von mexico nach argentinien in 10 monaten hinter mich gebracht. hab mich von tacos nachos tortillas vorallem fricholes und was weiss ich noch alles gegessen.hab menschen kennengelernt in mein leben aufgenommen und wieder losgelassen. hatte hhen und tiefen.. und bin jetzt hier.und wie durch ein wunde http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-326932.html Wir erreichen das Ende der Welt Nach 17 Stunden im Bus inklusive Grenzhopping zwischen Chile und Argentinien kommen wir in Ushuaia der suedlichsten Stadt der Welt an. Endlich endlich haben wir es erreicht DAS ENDE DER WELT Am naechsten Tag goennen wir uns dafuer etwas Ruhe bummeln durch Ushuaia und besichtigen einige Museen denn die Stadt am Suedzipfel des Kontinents hat eine sehr inte http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-319426.html Here we are then...our voyage to the bottom of the world complete see I go to the ends of the Earth to write blogs for you peopleFrom our last port of call in Rio Gallegos we headed 12 hours south th the southern most city in the world Ushuaia. It's a bit of grief to get to actually as you have to get an exit stamp on the Argentinian border go through customs to get into Chile followed b http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-291777.html The journey from Puerto Natales to Ushuaia was pretty uneventful. It was a 14 hour bus ride that required a couple of border crossings between Chile and Argentina but all went smoothly. The last hour was stunning as we drove through snow covered mountains and a road that was super slick and snowy. Thankfully our bus a minivan by this point had super treaded tires allowing us a safe passage. We http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-287329.html Day 27Arrived back in BA and had a quiet day as Tom was feeling a bit stinky so had a quiet night and hoped for better health for the early start for the plane.Day 28Up bright and early and got the plane to El Calafate in Patagonia. Noone wanted a tip when we got off the plane for giving us our bags which was nice. Went to the hostel and then wandered around the town and organised our adventures f http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/blog-278048.html April 23 2008Waking up on a bus is always hard. We travelled for 18 hours through Pantogonia to a town called Rio Gallegos where we hoped to catch a bus to Ushuaia home of tierra del Fuego but found out there is no bus until nine in the morning the next day. We have no choice but to grab a hostel for the night. The town itsef seems pretty laid back and it is pretty small. The main thing t http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-274001.html Yes We made it Before crossing the finish line let me bring you up to date with the final stages of our journey. After a boring drive across the Argentnian pampas we entered El Calafate surrounded by stunning scenery and after 200k of ripio gravelmuddy track and four firmly pumped up tyres we celebrated with a hot chocolate in a very expensive coffee shop. As the sun was shining we decided to http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-272579.html Day 207 Monday 14 AprilIt was another early start and at 8am the bus set off for Ushuai. Even though Ushuais in Argentina the only way to get there by bus is to first pass through Chile so I had to get onoff the bus a couple of times whilst I collected some more stamps in my passport. Apart from that it was pretty univentful until we reached about 30 mins outside Ushuai. The scenary was fab http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-271262.html Long and short of it... we are bored. We took a bus from San Pedro to Salta in Argentina spent two days there lovely and then flew South to Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego. Why i hear you cry... well largely to try and get here before the weather broke however we can assure you that it has well and truly broken and has been pelting it down with rain snow and whatever else it can muster for th http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-270037.html Met een tussenstop in Rio Gallegos komen we in Ushuaia toe. De bijnaam van de stad is Het einde van de wereld. Het grijze wolkendek dat we er aantreffen past perfect bij een heteindevandewereldsfeer. Ushuaia is natuurlijk niet echt het einde van de wereld. Het is wel de meest zuidelijk gelegen stad op aarde. Het is ook de plaats waar de mens volgens een redelijk algemeen aanvaarde theorie h http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-269663.html Heading out of Puerto Natales I jumped on a bus headed to Ushuaia the southern most city in the world Depending on what you define as a city. On a quick bus change I ran into to Tim a Swiss guy I met in Torres Del Paine and we quickly got to sharing our adventures stories. The landscape this far south resembles that what I imagine Alaska might at such an latitude to the north barren wind http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-269633.html Dag allemaalEind maart zijn we vanuit Santiago met de TurBus naar Puerto Varas gegaan.Het was een nachtrit van 12 uur en het viel gelukkig allemaal mee want je kon bijna liggen in de stoelen.En voor je er erg in had was het al ochtend.We vonden een HospedajeElza.Je verbleef in haar huis en je had je eigen slaapkamer.Hier konden we ook weer koken.Dus Pierre kon zijn gang weer gaan op een fornuis http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-268969.html Hi thereToday we went for a 4 hour walk up to the top of a chairlift 7km from town and back. We couldnt quite make it to the Martial glaciar as the snow was too thick. this really is an amzing place a small town surrounded by mountain peaks that doubles as a ski resort in winter. I still cant get over how far south weve come We had an amzing free hot chocolate at a spa resort and got a free http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-267791.html Hola todos Thurs 17th.In Ushuaia Tierra Del Fuego Land of Fire Island on the southern archipelago tip of Patagonia. Due South 700km is Antarctica and boy I want to come back one day and do that little beauty although it only runs Nov March and is like 4000 for 12 days with 4 days pure boat travel. I forgot to ask why they havent built an aisport there yet or maybe that is a stupid quest http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-267481.html Day 158 From Swansea to Hull to Ushuaia I had heard that the farmer's strikes and subsequent food shortages had resulted in some airlines not serving any food on flights a restriction that seems to have been extended to include buses now since the only food or drink received by anyone on the bus until it's arrival in Rio Gallegos was a cup of coffee and an alfajor containing beef fat. Althoug http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-262714.html Ushuaia has nicknamed itself The End of the World a fact with which you're bludgeoned over the head like an overly trusting penguin as you wander its streets however it's difficult to justify such a title. At roughly the same latitude south as Belfast is north and not even the most southerly city in the world that honour goes to Puerto Williams in Chile a fact acknowledged by both the Arge http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-262508.html Die suedlichste Stadt der WeltNach einer Anreise von 37 Stunden war es dann soweit wir hatten die suedlichste Stadt der Erde erreicht gt Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego FeuerlandDa wir uns ja nicht so viel fuer die Reise vorbereitet hatten waren wir gleich einmal von der schoenen Umgebung von Ushuaia begeistert. Ushuaia ist in einem schoenen Bergmassiv eingebettet.Am ersten Tag ging es gleic http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-262164.html Our travels of mainland South America really began in Ushuaia in Argentina but to get there we had to fly via Santiago and Buenos Aires. We decided to stop a couple of days in each spending the time relaxing in our hostel or in restaurants and bars. We are coming back to both cities later on and just thought a few days catching up with emails seemed like a good idea and helping to make sur http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/blog-261725.html Nick here Rin and I have been chomping at the bit to get down to the end of south america before the weather gets too cold. We took a flight from shorts and tshirt weather to 55 degrees south and about 20 degrees celicius colder to Ushuaia in Argentina. Ushuaia has successfully marketed itself to all the passing tour boats as the end of the world. So much so that you can now get off the cruise http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-260397.html Tak jsme tedy jeli po te konecne ceste RN 3 nejjiznejsi magistrala na svete na ten konec sveta a dojeli jsme do Bahia Lapataia do Tierra del Fuego Ohnova zeme zazyva se tak podle pobreznich ohnu indianu Yamanu ktere pozorovali z lodi fasconovani moreplavci plavici se tamnim morem a kanaly. Ted tady ale jiz zadni Yamani neziji a souostrovi patri z vetsi casti Chile ackoliv nejvetsi me http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Tierra-del-Fuego-National-Park/blog-258417.html Cesta byla dlouhaaaaaaaaaaaamisty mokraaaaaa.........ale jsme tu 36ti hodinovy presun z Buenos Aires do mesta Rio Gallegos a pak dale dalsich 12nact hodin na jih az na ten uplny konec Fin del Mundo End of the World to je tak jak Argentinci nazyvaji mesto Ushuaia. Je to mestecko tedy spise mesto 45 tisic obyvatel ktere jeste pred dvemi desetiletimi byla vesnice. Ale ta lokace Ledovco http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-258407.html After Buenos Aires we went to the beach side town of Mar del Plata. On the taxi ride to the bus station in Buenos Aires we encountered fake money for the first time in South America. Damn taxi driver did the swifty on us by giving fake notes as change. Luckily it wasn't much and it is now making a nice souvenir in my journal.Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the b http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-256144.html Well I have run out of road currently in the southern most township in the world. Surprizingly i dont want my bike touring life to end. A little back tracking...I volonteered for a week in a new national park in Chile. Use volonteers pulled fence posts picked seeds and help restore a wetland area over the pirod of a week. The forgein investments in this park is largely inpart due to the Pat http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-254068.html After a 3030km drive from Beunos Aires we arrived in Ushuaia the end of the world. Yes i've been here before 2 months ago last time I flew from BA to here and it took 3 12 hrs this time i went overland which took 7 days. it was 7 days of very long and boring drives with the flatest land i every seen with nothing for 100s of miles no town no petrol staion no trees or plants nothing but http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-254011.html The drive down from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia was a long one. We travelled for two days and then stopped off in a seaside resort called Puerto Madyrn. From there we went to the Valdes Peninsula for the day and saw sea lions southern elephant seals and penguins Our guide was really informative and so I learnt a lot about the marine environment and the animals. Unfortunately we didnt get up close to http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-252765.html So after last nights merryment i did not fall out of my bunk till 10.35 am and my mouth felt like tarmac and my head was up my ass i got together some stuff and put it in to wash before i head to Chile tomorrow i had first shave in a moth and feel like a new man......lol.I then took a wander down the harbour and booked myself a boat trip in the bay to see the local marine life such as penguins a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-252713.html