Blogs from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, South America - page 17

Autobus isiel o 7.30 co nebol najhorsi cas a vyzeral cisto a pohodlne, nasim cielom bola Ushuaia - najjuznejsie mesto na svete. Hned na stanici sme sa ale dozvedeli ze budeme musiet dvakrat prestupovat - pani predavajuca listky nam to nejak zabudla oznamit. Po 2 hodinach autobus zastavil, niekde za nejakym mestom a tu sme cakali na dalsi, uz nie tak pohodlne vyzerajuci autobus. Neskor sme sa nalodili na trajek cez Magaliesov prieliv a vkrocili do Ohnovej zeme. Prechod cez hranice Chile - Argentina prebehol tentoraz bez problemov. Nas druhy prestup do dalsieho autobuse bol ovela zaujimavejsi, vatsina ludi smerovali tam kam mi - do Ushuaie. Vozidlo do ktoreho sme sa mali vsetci napchat bol mikrobus a vsetkym bolo jasne ze sa to nepodari. Mikrobus bol len jeden, nikto nevedel co sa stane zo zvyskom cakajucich ... read more

Ushuaia calls itself Fin del Mundo (End of the World). It’s the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world. It’s located on the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego, with Martial mountain range to the north and Beagle Channel to the south. We started the day with a cruise of the Beagle Channel. The onboard guide was very informative but I could not remember much. The boat ride was choppy at times and one passenger looked ill the whole time. I was thankful that I don’t suffer from motion sickness. We saw the iconic Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, cruised by small islands with sea lions, birds (mostly cormorants, a few seagulls and other birds I don’t know the names to), and made a stop on ... read more

So we overnighted in Ushuaia and woke late for our last day here. We had until 4 pm to get everything done that we needed to do and we had an abundance of time for that since we needed to be checked out at 10. We were slightly concerned because our instructions were to leave our bags at reception and they would make in onto the expedition and be waiting for us no worries. But since this wasn't the normal hotel would that work? Just in case I haven't mentioned it up until now, my friends from the first part of this great big tour were: Sara and Ried - 28 / 29 yo Radiologists from the Gold Coast (NOT a couple); Lillian - a 34 yo writer from Adelaide; Stephanie - a 26 yo from ... read more

The drive from my hotel in Buenos Aires I saw lots of dogs... not quite sure what I was expecting but I definitely wasn't expecting so many dogs. There was one lady who was walking about 6 dogs all at the same time. It was a long wait at the airport since I got there around 10:20 and my flight wasn't until 13:00 but that was fine. I just sat and read and drank my first cerveza of the trip. I guess I kinda cheated though I got Stella since I knew I'd like it. Only $5 for Stella and that was airport prices. Not too bad I don't think. Stupidly I chose not to eat since I thought they'd give us something on the plane. But I don't think you could really call what they ... read more

After a great nights sleep, and the marathon bus ride the day prior, it was really nice to know that we were getting up to head out for a cruise on the Beagle Channel. Once again, we flung open the curtains to see beautiful blue skies, we really were blessed with weather for our entire trip! We headed down to the local harbour where we boarded our cruise for a three hour trip around the channel. Our first destination was the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, famously touted as the southern most lighthouse in the world, even though there is another one further south (and if my memory serves me correctly to the east)! After growing up on the Shipwreck Coast, and seeing a number of lighthouses, I was expecting it to be similar to the one that ... read more