Antartida Argentina Hotel Ushuaia

... do que acontece no Brasil em pleno seculo XXI, a aprender um oficio e depois exerce-lo durante sua pena. Solitarias e castigos violentos completavam o pacote.

Existe um unico pavilhao deixado intacto, eh horrivel. Devia ser assustador ficar preso lah. Mesmo com as "lareiras" acesas, eh frio e humido. Tudo bem que soh vinham os piores dos piores pra esse presidio, mas a coisa era feia.

Alem da prisao, existe uma replica em tamanho natural ...

... rainy conditions, we are not sure we are going the right way. This weather is miserable, but in a strange way, I absolutely LOVE IT!!! I take lots of pictures of every stream amazed at the uniqueness of the mountains, streams, rocks, green landscapes and limited safety structures on the roads. We get to the lodge and Steve decides he will go in and get a hot chocolate. Knowing me and seeing my enthusiasm, he tells me to go on. I have all the gear for this weather and venture off ...

... island. For this we took a bus to the island stopping off at various viewpoints such as the effects of `beavers`on the landscape and the famous flag trees that lean and have all their branches in one direction because of how exposed to wind they are. When we arrived at penguin island we stepped off our puney little boat and wandered amongst hundreds and hundreds of penguins and smiled smuggy, high fived the penguins, hugged them, joked ...

We were all up early on our last morning aborad the Fram. It was very sad having to leave, but then, all good things must come to an end. We left the ship at around 08.30 and joined the coach to take us to Ushuaia National Park. The park was created by the Argentine government in 1960 to protect the southernmost sub-Antarctic forests. Tierra del Fuego National Park is the ...

El Fin del Mundo: beaucoup d'argent perdu à Ushuaia El Fin del Mundo: a lot of cash gone in Ushuaia ------------ Que j'étais bien à Punta Arenas... Si ce n'avais pas été l'envie d'aller voir ce que l'Argentine me réservait, j'y serais bien resté un peu plus. Mais c'est ça aussi le voyage, partir pour arriver dans un autre endroit! J'ai donc fait la route de Punta Arena à Ushuaia, une journée de bus et une traversée en ferry dans des paysages hors du commun. Une fois arrivé à Ushuaia c ...

... and the destination was in Argentina, you have to pass through part of Chile to get there. It meant I got some new stamps in my passport, but I had to go through border controls 4 times for each leg of the journey. Argentina doesn´t seem to have much of a sense of efficiency, so in total I probably spent about 3.5 hours of a 12 hour journey going through border controls. It was very boring! I arrived in Ushuaia to find that my Colombian friend from the Route ...

... cost anywhere from double that to 10 times that amount... i know, it wasn´t in our budget. instead, we met a lot of people who did check out the great white continent and heard some pretty cool tales about the place. Ushuaia itself is nice city. located along the beagle channel (which leads to antarctica) it sitting surrounded by snow capped mountains in all directions as far as the eye can see. also, the terrain here is as far from ...

... and Yaakov. There were very nice and the only other English-speaking people on the tour. It always strikes me as poetic when we meet people from half a world away while traveling at the opposite end of the planet. Americans and Slovenian finding common ground through the English language at the southern tip of South America! Who would have thought??? It was a fabulous day. Enjoy the photos, and thanks for reading our blog!

... die Route 3 von Ushuaia aus zu erreichen. Es gibt sehr schöne, nicht viele, Trekking Pfade im unteren Teil des Parks. Leider waren wir mit einer größeren Gruppe unterwegs und hatten somit nicht die Gelegenheit die wenigen Trekking Pfade im Park zu erkunden. Es war aber auf jedenfall eine beeindruckende Erfahrung die unterschiedliche Vegetation kennenzulernen.  Wir beschlossen darauf hin ein Auto zu mieten und weitere Ausflüge auf Feuerland zu unternehmen. Bis später... Barbara & Ulf 

... freedom. This decision became easier thanks to an inspirational book I bought for a mere six pence (okay, it was 2.25) called Shackleton's Way. This book focused on the leadership skills Sir Ernest Shackleton possessed in his failed expedition to the Antarctic. If he could survive the wreck of his ship, The Endurance, in the crushing Antarctic Ice, I think I can survive Argentina. The Endurance could be described as being one of the greatest expedition failures of ...