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Published: April 6th 2006
Crazy Animals
No idea how they maintain order on this "island" but the laws of nature dictate we observe!Well, we have been having some trouble exiting what we are now referring to as the "cursed south", it appears everyone else down here had the foresight to plan ahead, and manage a way back north. Add to that, its the end of all things pleasant for the area (each morning the snow on the mountains gets closer to town) and the mass exodus has thwarted our efforts to depart. We have been reduced to a 5:30AM day bus, and even then we had to wait two days to get tickets for it.
In the meantime we have been keeping busy seeing some more sights, hanging out with the local animals. Yesterday we took a boat just off the coast of Ushuaia southeast into the "bahia de Ushuaia" past the Isles Bridges and further east to a very old lighthouse that has much significance to the area after several ships crashed into it years ago (well more like the island next to the one the actual lighthouse stands on). The first island was a Haven for birds, with penguin lookalikes (however they can fly) that reeked to high heavens and we quickly named "bird shit island". The smell was so
Rabbits
Hundreds of them... potent we could barely handle it, thankfully hangovers were not a factor otherwise... well bad things might have happened.
The other island was far better displaying an exciting array of Sea Lions, and the local Seal hybrid (don´t remember the exact name, and books about the sea animals were a total ripoff), that isn´t a seal but has foot flipper appendage things that allow it to climb up rocks so fewer whales can eat them. This island was a real party, the hot shot sea lions with countless women around them simply mocked us and laughed upon his stone throne, until it was quickly vacated (we weren´t sure why, but I have it on video) and all hell broke lose.
We learned about the extinct natives that used to populate the area, guys who would throw spears at the seals from dugout canoes then get their wives to dive in the freezing ocean naked to retrieve the corpses for food, leather and whatever else.
Today we explored Tierra del Fuego National Park and continued on with our hiking craze all the way to the Chilean border (it really wasn´t that far) and then returned back to the
Us
Shot taken of us, by a kind local (but originally Canadian) beaver (note the angle and Jords camera waiting for the next shot). lodge for a beer. We got to enjoy the out of control rabbit population that has reeked havoc on the local Eco-system, apparently, according to the pamphlets we got "the man" brought rabbits here from Europe and I guess nothing kills them. Dozens of them on the sides of the trails (more around the camp sites) entertained us for quite some time. No sign of beavers though, big disappointment, however our new theory is that they have waged a war against the Argentinian army and have allied with Chile somewhere near the border.
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Jwillvin
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South to North America by bus?
Lush, I've been reading your entries for about a couple of weeks now and was just curious if you guys are planning on traveling by bus the entire way back home. I'm currently in Chile and will be here for awhile but I was thinking that that might be a interesting way for myself to return to the states and was wondering what kind of advice or tips you may have. Good luck