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Published: November 18th 2007
although i always thought bluff was pretty apt location for such a title. However, Ushuaia is 55 degrees south!
The 3 chicas rode into town today ... into the teeth of a bitter southerly snow storm. Ushuaia certainly pulled out all the stops to ensure we got the full Tierra del Fuego spring experience, and its STILL bucketing down in huge white flakes out there. Praise be for hostels with fires and beanbags.
We had a great few days peddling down from Rio Grande. Highlights included: the realisation that richard wesley may actually be a weather god (the tail winds continued), the Tolhuin bakery (Penny´s eyes nearly popped out of her head!), and laughing with a fantastic bunch of Argentinian scientists who were staying in our hostel. Kate is a total dab hand at charades, which is great, cos although the Argentinians do speak slowly, its still pretty hard for us to understand much. Also marvellous was finially being amongst the mountains, with snow down low and it was a lovely contrast to the flat tussocked pampas. On the way up our first pass of the trip, we were down to shorts and one top (a change from the
usually 3-4), and we were priviliged with clear skies and stunnings vistas.
and our individual hot picks (and the not-so-hot) of the trip so far
KATE
hotpick:
-boat cruise through the patagonian fiords
-mince beef empanadas
-endless pampas (tussocks) with 40 kt tailwinds
not so hot picks:
-3 independant women doing teamwork
-burnt porridge
-cold fingers and toes rewarming
-sleeping next to penny´s down mat on my old 3/4 thermarest
AROHA
hotpicks:
-getting well and my energy back on the morning of our first hill climb - I grinned the whole way up the second chain ring tarsealed mountain encirlced climb
-the local fauna (beaver dams, flamingos, guanacos and ARGENTINIANS)
-local boys on horseback galloping through our campsite at dawn, mustering a herd of horses
not so hot pick:
-ingesting 1/2 a kilo of sugar every day
-being unable to find anything in my tardis panniers
PENNY
hotpicks:
-ingesting 1/2 a kilo of sugar every day
-being in the mountains, this is what cycle touring is all about
-tailwinds (Richard being god)
-dancing dancing dancing
not so hot picks:
-the fact that i cant explain in spanish that im an account manager for
a clothing company, and so the girls say im a fashion model (aroha and kate editors´note: can you imagine the Argentinian boys eyes light up on that!)
-aroha being unable to find anything in her panniers
-taking 20minutes to blow up my swanky new down thermarest (luxury sleep tho)
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Zane
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wish I was there!
Yeh, Argentina rocks... The mountains, the Argentinians (so friendly and gorgeous), the dulce de leche, the empanadas, the friendly hostels!! Damn I am jealous!!