Alto Andino Hotel Ushuaia

... Ficavam sempre abaixados e por isso tinha estatura pequena.<br><br>Voltando ao trem. Ele serve hoje ao turismo somente. Eh a linha mais austral do mundo. Bem bonitinho com vagoes aquecidos e locomotivas vapor. O percurso duram 1 hora e meia e paramos em uma estacao intermediaria. Bem gostoso, mas meio triste visto que vao contando toda a historia do presidio e dos presos, isso contrasta com a beleza do lugar e a alegria de ...

... other We sip our mate It is with time I sit here in Perto Allegre and get to really examine the culture of the mate. In reading Motorcycle Diaries so long ago I didn't understand why they kep stopping for some mate but when rolling into Argentina I realised. Mate is like tea but completely different. The bitterness of the drink tastes not to dissimilar to when you leave a tea bag for a couple of hours returning and without ...

... mass. They were seemingly unbothered by the gringos queueing up to take photos and make silly penguin impressions. We were shown around their nesting site. Two types of penguins nest their, the Magellanic and rarer but prettier in my opinion, Gentoo. At this time the young had been rared and had just left to enjoying themselves further up the coast a bit. The parents will be leaving soon too. Before they go ...

... krijg nog steeds een vette grijns op mijn gezicht en rillingen over mijn rug als ik er aan terug denk. Helemaal geweldig. Op het tweede eiland, genaamd Isla H, het meest zuiderlijke punt van Argentinie, kregen we een rondleiding over de flora en fauna en de inheemse bevolking die er vroeger leefde. De Yaghan leefde hier tot zo´n 100 jaar geleden naakt in deze vrieskou. En zeer succesvol, ze hadden het al 7.000 jaar volgehouden totdat wij ...

... I found a supermarket here, and have purchased lots of bread, crackers, some fruit, and some instant soups - just in case. I read somewhere that on South Georgia island where we are going, the population is 10 to 12 people and a few million penguins, so obviously there is not going to be any internet access for me to post any more of these blogs, but I will try and keep up writing these on my computer and upload it when I get a chance.

... 45 minutes, enough to produce a most beautiful rainbow arching over the mountains that I failed to get a picture of. Anyway, we'll pray for good weather tomorrow. Who knows...the books say to count on rain everyday. Back to the boat cruise: we had a couple young energetic and funny guides that entertained and informed us throughout the tour. We got a close-up look at several sea lion colonies just off shore on some tiny ...

... of getting tossed about by the wind, but today we have wildlife for company. Huge birds are on the wing above the pasture, maintaining their position, stationary in the wind (Ignorant of species yes, but if you want that you'll need to get Sir David again). Then one of them spots something in the grass, and with a simple turn of its body downwind and unfolding of its wingspan it goes from zero to 110 km/h within a second. Truly awesome to behold - I never imagined ...

... Channel and is surrounded by snowcapped mountains. Its not the cheapest place in South America1 However, we stayed in a reasonably priced and good guest house with just 5 rooms, with free internet, kitchen facilities, fridge ... so could get lunch/picnic stuff, drinks etc from local supermarket. Evenings, we found a couple of good restaurants (Bodegon Fueguine with a load of great lamb dishes and Parilla La Estancia for all you can eat barbecue), and to ...

... same 3 or 4 stores that were open. We had lunch at Tante Sara. A nice cosy restaurant and eventually we made our way down to the boat. Moored behind us was Gap Adventures' little red boat. It was about to embark on its last journey while we were in Chile it sank. Thankfully everybody on it was OK. <br><br>Now we were ready for an incredible journey...to Cape Horn and the Magellan Straights.<br><br><br><br><br>