http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Tierra del Fuego , Ushuaia en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 19:26:00 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 19:26:00 +0000 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 abou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-458419.html 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. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-456606.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-456540.html 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 scen http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-456489.html The only things separating these two photos are 21000 miles 5 months and a hell of an experienceMore to follow with better photos and full update. However first we are off to get very very very drunk...... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-455824.html Oct 9 2009Traveling from Punta Arenas Chile to Ushuaia Argentina is much more difficult than we predicted. The distance between the two depicted on a map looks like one could just ferry over a short channel its only about a millimeter Well that observation is not quite accurate. First off like described before obtaining a bus is not easy. A few companies leave on specific days and they http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-444931.html An unedited upload dump of photos. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-443362.html Ushuaia pronounced u'swaia Argentina is the world's southernmost city. It is located on the Beagle Channel between Mount Martial and Mounts Olivia and Cinco Hermanos. In winter it is the access point to ski resorts. In summer it is hiking the glaciers and viewing the penguins and whales in the channel. An intriguing activity is riding the End of the World train to Tierra del Fuego Lan http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-440259.html Arrived from Rio Gallegos at 8.30pm and it was freezing or zero degress to be exact and all the shops were closed on Sunday so had to wait a day till I could buy a big warm coat. Saw some nice trousers too so ended up spending over As1000 in one day So much for my budget. Sunday afternoon I went on a trip sailing down the Beagle Channel battling a snowstorm when we stopped on one of the islan http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-433336.html We arrived in Ushuaia on around 800 Tuesday evening. But the Carnival Splendor was pinned to the dock due to high winds and we could not get in. When we awoke Wednesday morning we were now docked to the pier and is was a beautiful day. Ushuaia is the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-424780.html So Friday morning rolled around and we caught our 8am flight out of Buenos Aires to Ushuaia.So we landed at the airport and despite this being an internal transfer so no customs to navigate we still had to answer 101 questions as to where we were staying how long contact telephone numbers and other personal information we were let through to collect our bags. After a taxi ride to the hostel we http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-402109.html The snowcapped mountains and blue water and minus 2 degrees celcius That is right people we have made it from Buenos by plane a much shorter journey of 3 hours ish to Ushuaia the southernmost city in the WORLD A slight shock from the warmth of Buenos Aires but Brim and I came prepared with warm clothes and waterproofs At the Airport Brim was worried about me and swine flu questions no coug http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-401261.html voici les photos de la bolivie principalement du lac titicaca et du desert d uyuni. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-398940.html voila les photos du macchu pichu et du reste du perou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-398933.html Hoi hioHier weer een berichtje vanaf het zuidelijk halfrond. We bevinden ons nog steeds in het gezellige Bolivia. Maar voordat ik me daar verder over uitwijdt eerst terug naar het Ushuaia. In deze meest zuidelijk gelegen stad in de wereld slechts 1500km van Antartica vandaan kampeerden we 3 weken aan de bodem van de een uitgebruik geraakte skihelding nu een oficile camping. In die tijd zagen http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-394960.html We made it to the end of the world well the southernmost city in the world that isGuess I should update about the end of our time in Buenos Aires since its been a while since Ive posted. It was quite sad to leave the city and our school where we got to know a lot of our teachers and the locals at the school. We learned quite a bit of Spanish in just 4 weeks... the owner of our apartment wh http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-393293.html Had two very relaxing days Yesterday we spent the day lounging around our cabin before going to a Rasul spa treatment. Rasul was very relaxing had 50 minutes in a private suite equipped with a steam room and full body shower and all sorts of sea salts algae body masks and the like. Went back to our cabin after that and continued a very lazy day. Went to the main dining then on to a game s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-392261.html UshuaiaWe got a flight from B.Aires to the most southerly village in the world. When we arrived we were surprised no snow or rain we could walk round the town in a tshirt. Weird Things we didWent out on a boat saw lighthouse sea lion and bird colony and visited an island where the natives lived. Saw archaeolgical sites where the natives lived.Visited the museum old prison and learned abo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-391408.html An early start to get checked out of the hotel as today we are boarding our vessel to Antarctica ... the day is finally here to face the notaurious Drake's Passage. There are lots of conversations at breakfast about what sea sickness tablets to take or do you risk not taking anythingWe start the day with introducing ourselves to the rest of the group in 90 secs. ... you are not allowed to mention http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-390366.html Today I am a team leader for 8 of us on a walk up a glacier just behind our hotel in Ushuaia. The team leaders had a briefing last night around a flipchart with a hand drawn map on it and then given some top tips and told to get on with it I had been around all my team members last night to make sure they knew who I was and more importantly so I knew who they were. This exercise was all about http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Tierra-del-Fuego/Ushuaia/blog-390362.html