Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HostelHostal Malvinas Ushuaia
Return to the ends of the earth
Well now that we have our breath back, phew, we are back on terra firma in Tierra del Fuego. The name translates as the land of fire, so called because early explorers seen the indigenous people's fires dotted along the coast line.
No wonder they had fires lit: it wasn't a smokeless zone, they hadn't got their grant from the Corporation to …
Ushuaia
The journey to Ushuaia was long and weary with yet another camera being lost along the route ( we think we left it in Santiago airport but not sure) All camera woes aside Ushuaia is an amazing place so peaceful so lovely and by far the best chocolate submarines in the world.
We spent our time her taking a trip on the Beagle channel going to …
Almost at The End of The World
Argentina´s Ushuaia is officially the ¨world´s most southern city¨ and sits on the northen banks of the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego. The southern-most town is called Puerto Williams and lies on the other side of the channel in Chile.
Ushuaia is pretty small and I suppose calling itself a city rather than a town avoids it having a …
Triumph and tragedy dining with the beavers
We left BA at the wonderful hour of 5am on the 18th. It wasn't too bad as the airport we flew out of was close by. That said getting up when the hour still has a 3 in it will always be difficult. We encountered quite a funny incident at the airport where a surly vegetarian Israeli girl was trying to order food but couldn't speak any Spanish. Not …
Al Fin Del Mundo!
Well...we made it!! Here we are at the end of the world in the beautiful Patagonia! At this point in time, because of the low season, this is as far south as we can possibly go before reaching Antarctica!
We arrived here around 7:00pm and it was already dark, so we found our hostel, unlaoded and headed out for dinner so starving that I can …


