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Ushuaia Slideshow
Ushuaia
Travel Blogs from Ushuaia, Argentina
Day 97 – Windy land of fire
... wall. Thankfully no one was sitting on said bidet, or they may have been lifted off their seat. This is also our last night in Ushuaia and it seemed to hit us harder tonight than usual as we packed up our bags for our early flight tomorrow. It was our ...
Rio Gallegos - Ushuaia - Day 12
... was going on, there were forms to fill in and different windows to queue at. First we needed a passport stamp out of Argentina, then a stamp into Chile, then four stamps on another form for the bike. You would think one person could manage the different ...
Fin del Mundo
Well here I am...at the end of the world! Looking out across the Beagle channel at 2am on New Years day, Antarctica is not that far away and the sky still has a bit of light in it. A classic Asado (BBQ) in the Hostel started the night off right. The ...
The end of the world
... the Torres (towers) of Paine. Both have three long shear spires and are separated by fabulous valleys with lakes, glaciers and waterfalls. Ushuaia: known as the end of the world, this is the most southern city before you get to the Antarctic. With snow ...
Southern most city in the world
Still a little jetlagged but improving. Ushuaia is an interesting city. The population sky rockets during the summer months due to the booming tourist industry. Here is probably the greatest concentration of English speaking Argentine. The city is very ...
Antarcticaaaaa
... in the zodiacs around icebergs. If you´re interested in the routeand fancy seeing it on Google Earth, I travelled from Ushuaia, across the Drake Passage to the Antarctic peninsula. Here we visited the following islands - Deception, Elephant Island ...
Bloody Wireless Internet
... . It is the longest continuously manned base in Antarctica starting with the Scottish Antarctic Expedition and then being taken over by Argentina. The highlight of the days on the peninsula was the best Minke whale encounter I think I've had. It happened ...
From Calafate to Ushuaia
... to have our final group dinner. We were all greatly pleased with our meals and the great view that overlooked the city of Ushuaia. After dinner, I went into town and caught up on some emails and travelpod. Later on, it was time to get the luggage ready ...
it is official - the beer here sucks
... positive experience with Malbec. This tme we discovered another special wine here, Torrontes, which is a grape that just exists in Argentina (that is what I heard, but haven't checked sources). The best is from the north of Argentina, so we decided to ...
El Fin Del Mundo, esperando Antarctica
... booked up at full price and people rarely cancel. They leave much less regularly than the “Classic Antarctica” trips, which is why I am now having to travel around Argentina for a month before I get to visit the last continent on ...
Ushuaia; Het einde van de wereld!!
... Nationaal Park Tierra del Fuego, dat een grootte van 63000 hectare heeft bezoeken!! Hoewel dit park is slechts 15km gelegen van Ushuaia werd een behoorlijke prijs gevraagd voor de rit er heen, om vervolgens ook nog een leuk bedrag voor toegang van het ...
Heading south for the winter
... go to Antarctica from here (shame I couldnt afford to do likewise, but there´s always next time!!!). The surroundings are remote (Ushuaia was also used as a penal colony at one point- the maritime/ prison museum in Ushuaia is good) yet stunning, loads ...
Trek in the Fuegian Andean wilderness
Toughest trek yet! We just made it back late yesterday, in torrential rain, after a tough long scramble through deep bog and waterlogged forest, due to heavy rain on the last night. The last river crossing planned was far too ...
Return from the wild
After three rough days sailing across the South Atlantic Ocean we made it back to terra firma in Ushuaia. Strong winds prevented us from docking as scheduled. But a stunning and warm summer day welcomed us back to South ...
Pinguins & Banderas
pinguinerae most touristy thing so far on this trip, which was to take a tour to the pingüinera, which is an island where penguins go to reproduce. On the way, we saw the Bandera trees, which are contorted trees that have grown in the direction of ...
Argentina
Here is Argentina, the same format as before. El Calafate - This is the biggest tourist town I have now been to, it was pretty ridiculous. The whole main drag was high end trekking shops, expensive restaurants and hotels. Positive: The El Moreno ...
Het verre zuiden
Wie de term 'zonnige zuiden' heeft bedacht, had Ushuaia niet in zijn gedachten... Wat niet betekent dat het hier niet mooi is of geen mooi weer! Het is bewolkt, met af en toe een spikkeltje regen en een windvlaag hier en daar. Al met al is dat helemaal ...
El fin del munde
... over. Next day I actually got to see some of Ushuaia which was really nice :o) i wanted to see some of the countryside around Ushuaia but couldnt be bothered with any more walking so went for the easy option - see it from horseback :o) I got picked up ...
Tierra del Fuego - rain, border crossings and wind
... I have lost some of my documents and I could not present a piece of paper issued to me by the immigration office while entering Argentina from Uruguay. In Poland this would probably mean I would have to go to some other officials, wait a long time and ...
Antarctica Safari - summary & highlights
Penguins galore, killer whales chasing penguins and beautiful shaped blue icebergs will be my memories of these wonderful first few days of 2011. Here are about 140 initial photos and I am sure that I have other equally as good images to share later. ...
Pucon to Ushuaia
... a mixture of places I have been in New Zealand, so I understand why people compare Southern Chile to New Zealand. El Calafate in Argentina was our next destination, here we visited the Perito Moreno Glacier. It is 5km long, 2 km wide and 60 metres ...
poor chilenos
... beautiful surroundings make it all worth it. my office is in the lobby of hotel los acebos which overlooks the town of ushuaia, the beagle channel, ships at port, snow covered andes mountains across the channel in chile. magnificent really. have to take ...
Day 95 –Last bus day
... , asking about breakfast and getting the wifi code. Our room was nice and we really notice the difference here, both in Argentina and now those we have begun paying for upgraded rooms. We now were booking from booking.com rather than hostelbooker.com and ...
Fin Del Mundo
"Fin del Mundo" is the popular phrase used on the touristy passport stamps that you get when visiting Ushuaia. It means end of the world for the simple reason that it is the southernmost city in the world. It lies on the Argentinian side of the southern ...
Ushuaia
... and sticks to your clothes quite thoroughly. Emma's trousers however still have not been washed since NZ. We had booked a 4x4 trip around Ushuaia but when we got there they were cramming 8 people into the jeep so we elected to leave and go and get our ...
Fustracio, "Centolla" i direcció a Calafate
Ens amargen el dia de bon mati al no poder fer la navegació per l'estret de Beagle. Per compensar, pujem al Glacial Martial i despres anem a menjar-nos una centolla. Després de dinar cap a ...
Excursio 4x4 amb el Walter... quin boig...
Visita a dos llacs, el "Lago escondido" i el "Lago Fagnano". el segon te 110Km de llarg i crec que es el 5è més gran del món. El 4x4 funciona realment, el vam estar ...
The end of the world
... large rucksack for a couple of weeks. Salta and Mendoza were brilliant introductions to steak and red wine respectively. Argentina is a country where I could live quite easily, I think. The food and drink are plentiful, hearty and cheap. ...