Antartida Argentina Hotel Ushuaia

Oh my god we really are going to Antarctica!! For months before we left home I had been trying to find a cheap trip but nothing was available so we had really given up on the idea. I then read about the Ushuaia Turismo which is not the tourist office but a company that specialise in last minute deals at special rates think half price her...

So after visiting the tourist office yesterday we decided to get up early and catch a bus to the Tierra del Fuego national park and do some walking. We put on all our layers and fleeces and headed out to brave the cold!

The national park itself was beautiful, and it took us about an hour to actually get to the part of the park where the t...

4th – 10th September 2009:

Got the bus from Puerto Madryn to a place called Rio Gallegos from where we would decide our next destination based on the onward bus times. The bus was a bit late but still got there in time for an onward bus to Ushuaia which was lucky because that was where we wanted to go. It wasnīt really on our list a...

It's cold. It's dark. The only thing that will change is the time as being so far south the sun will not rise for another couple off hours with sunlight hours being less and less, the snow and ice though will remain covering the roads, the trees, the roofs, and the shores. I crossed into the border of Argentina not so long ago it seems but, actu...

It doesnīt get much further south than this without making the trek to Antarctica A little behind schedule, we finally crossed into Argentina on March 23rd. The bus from Puerto Natales to Ushuaia was our longest yet - 15 hours - and included a ferry ride and a border crossing. Actually two border crossings, as we had to check out of Chile, and 1...

The day of my birthday was spent on a bus, for 12 hours heading further south to Ushuaia with Anne and Anna. After checking in to the ultra cool Freestyle backpackers we headed out for dinner and some red wine to further celebrate my birthday. Ushuaia advertises itself as the Fin Del Mundo as it is the southernmost city in the worls. Whilst I su...

Woke to a glorious blue sky and sunshine. We went upstairs to the 4th floor for a very tasty breakfast and a great view of the bay. Finished packing, checked out, left our luggage at the hotel, then got a rental car.

Paul drove through the insane Ushuaia no-lane, no-signal-matters traffic to the National Park. It took far less than the es...

Feb 6 820pm 10 degrees We are parked at the entrance to the lemaire channel , tomorrow we will back thru it in the daylight, plan another landing at a base where there is a museum , shop, and the only post office in Antarctica We had a wonderful day seeing iceberg this morning, tonight we had a barbecue at the out side deck, they set up grills a...

Ushuaia likes to use the slogan "The End of the World" sounds a bit dramatic to me! It is the worlds most southerly city and the end of the Argentinian road more than 3000km from Buenos Aires though. What they donīt like to say is that thereīs a settlement just over the water further south than Ushuaia but itīs in Chile and itīs too small to be ...

Tuesday Jan 13th START: 1194 km FROM: San Andres, Buenos Aires TO: Azul FINISH: 1503 km Our first real day on the road after so long in waiting, but by the time we have had breakfast, bought presents for our customs Agents (Giulio and Mercedes) and packed up the bikes and the panniers it's already 2PM. Being decked out in all this clobber feels ...