Estancia Viamonte Rio Grande

Ian here for a change! After a tip off from the super and very friendly aeroclub in Ushuaia we headed back towards Rio Grande on Tierra del Fuego in search of a mystery Auster located on an Estancia on TDF. After finding the Estancia we met the owner an old gent called Adrian who eerily spoke excellent English, perhaps handed down from the original Estancia settling ancestors ?! He was delighted to reply to my question that yes, he did have an Auster, and would ...

... and timed it just right, just as we had finished the ferry started again. We did not manage to get onto the first one, but they put on a second and we got straight on that. The crossing was a bit rough, the waves were breaking and covering Kirsty in water, when you remember that she is 4 metres high you can imagine what it was like. That said it was not too bad as it is only 15 minutes across. On arrival we headed straight for the border, the first 40 kms or so on asphalt and the the next ...

... portugués és més recordada que cap altra; doncs aquella història és historia que crema, és foc, perque és simbol, i ja no perteneix al Magallanes ni al basc que l'acompanyava, sino a la humanitat sencera. És la historia d'allò que som: viatjants, inmigrants, exploradors sempre amb la mà a la visera, éssers curiosos capacos de ...

... a little town called Rio Grande. Not much there and we decided on a homemade salad in our hotel (Atlantida) and a movie was about all we could be bothered doing. Mark 21/3: - Good Friday and not an Easter Egg to be seen! I have never seen anyone get so excited over a bunch of birds. For the past couple of weeks this was going to be Bec´s highlight of the trip and she certainly showed some ...

... at least but the weather wasn´t helping, very overcast and grey). The "camp" we were staying at, oh my god, it was some sort of old boathouse/dance studio. You could pitch tents in the flat ground outside it but most of us decided to sleep in the upstairs dance studio for warmth as we were right next to the water. To add to the magic, we were on cooking and the food shopping ahdn´t been done! Jo, Kylie, Jeff and Jo went to take care of that (Jeff had a ...

... here is the funny part. as we are looking through her guest book we find an entry from the only other alaskan. his name is greg. it is possible that this is greg conaway, with whom jason works. we know he came to south america last season. to this graciella says "i{ll die!" with laughter. we really enjoyed our time in this little town because of her.

I made it to Ushuaia-Fin del Mundo, i had an incredible day on Monday and enjoyed of parque nacional tierra de fuego, i rented a car and traveled with 3 nice girls from Spain and Australia. It was part dirt, snow and ice roads and i felt i was in the Argentina Rally. For the second day ...

Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The most southerly town in the world. Ushuaia sits at the base of a range of glacier topped mountains looking out across the Beagle Channel (named after Darwin's boat The Beagle which sailed through here) across to Chile and Cape Horn, the treacherous end of the continent where the Pacific and the Atlantic meet and create strong unpredictable currents. Tierra ...

... lovely scenery in real comfort (Grandpa would have loved it). Then it was back to the campsite where i watched another film whilst food was being prepared and then we all sat round the campfire enjoying the argentinian steaks and chatting and giving Richard his birthday presents and cake. A very nice evening. (27th) In the morning we had another fry up, but with a very ineffectual fire, so it took ages and we had a line, all ...

... after the hectic week of partying in bs as. it´s really nice to travel with gareth, we make a great team--we talk bollocks all day. so we are gonna stay here for about three days, do some hiking, and then travel up northwards (ergh, funny that, since we can´t go further south). so, just a quick note to say that i have now been to both ends of the world--alaska and el fin del mundo down south.... besos!!!