Australis Kauyeken Ushuaia

... farol que ficou conhecido no romance de Julio Verne como o "Farol do fim do Mundo". Esse ficava em San Juan del Salvamiento, na Isla de los Estados, mais a leste, e foi desativado depois de alguns anos de uso. Gostei da visita a essa replica porque o guia sabia bastante de navegacao e nos contou coisas interessantes sobre como a realizavam ateh o final do seculo XIX.

Enfim, eh um museu interessante que deve ser visitado quando se vem a Ushuaia ...

... a wooded trail along a lake. With huge trails, lush landscape and countless post card pictures, I wish I have had more time to spend here. I love this place and already decide that I need to come back again. Knowing that I only have an hour left, I realize that my trail goes for a long ways around this lack called Roca Lago. The lake has large white caps with the rain coming down hard and wind blowing pretty strong. My down jacket is warm and I have a windbreaker over the top to get it ...

... them as a glamourous catamaran edged towards the island and stopped while people swarmed to one side of the boat and had to snap away at the penguins from a distance. It was bloody cold though. We were just in time to see the penguins before they migrated either back to Antarctica or further up the Argentinian coast. We left Ushaia and travelled on to El Calafate with 3 others we had met in our hostel on our most random bus journey yet...

... s only park with an ocean shoreline. If borders with Chile to the West and the Beagle Channel to the South. With an area of 63,000 hectares, this National Park is situated in the southwestern area of Tierra del Fuego, along the international border with Chile. It has a typical glacial landscape, with a mountainous area and deep valleys, rivers and lakes, ranging from ...

... tout de suite moins drôle. D'abord il pleuvait, ensuite la ville est beaucoup plus grande et moins intéressante (je trouve) que Punta Arenas, et enfin tout est atrocement cher. Le moindre lit en dortoir coûte 50 Pesos Argentinos, c'est-à-dire 30% plus cher qu'une chambre privée à Punta Arenas... Sans parler de la nourriture et tout le reste. J'ai vite compris que je devais abandonner tous les projets: aller à l'Île des États ou au Cap Horn lui-même coûtait plus de 1000$US, et aller ...

... journey was staying at my hostel and that one opf our French friends was still in the city as well so that was niuce again to have some familiar faces. Ushuaia was the first place I´d been to where the living conditions for the locals was apparent, and that´s because it´s quite a small place I think. Some of the houses are really ramshackle and not made of suitable materials. It seemed really incongruous with the touristy nature of the town and the money being ...

... as you can possibly get. even the areas non mountainous is a series of unleveled land...really strange... and adds to the end of the world effect. instead of the freezing cold option of antaractica, eunice and i chose to spend our days at ¨el fin del mundo¨ doing a bunch of hikes. the afternoon we arrived, we did a four hour hike up to the maritial glacier. you take a cab to the ski lift, take the ski lift up, then hike a super steep ...

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 strange having not worn it in anger in 18 months. The helmet feels like it's from an Apollo mission, and our melange of leather and ...

... wohl mit den vielen gesammelten Daten passiert. Wenn man sonst nichts zu tun hat :-). Danach geht es zügig weiter - wir wollen ja auch mal ankommen. Die Landschaft ist wunderschön. Der nächste Stopp ist der Route 3 Pass zum Lago Escondido (Aussichtspunkt). Die Strecke führt weiter ins Tal und kurz nach dem Lago Escondido führt die Straße (links ab) zum Lago Fagnano. Die Straße ist nicht asphaltiert - hoffentlich hält der Mietwagen das aus ...

... 20th century. 10 million dollars spent in today's money on an expedition that got stuck on the ice one day from the intended landing site. However, the fact that Shackleton led his men to safety without loss of life proves that whilst the mission ended unsuccessfully his skills on being able to act when things went wrong was the real success. Possessing the ability to improvise when things have gone awry and remain upbeat in doing so is a priceless commodity. And so ...