Cabanas Tierra Mistica Ushuaia

... Plenty of shops filled with ski clothes, mates and souviners. I got some ice cream, dulce de leche of course. Back to the hostel and set up my transfer for skiing the following day. Margarita is my ride, 25 pesos with a alfajor and soda for the ride home.

Woke up to the wind howling in the morning. Dark clouds and snow! Perfect sking conditions. I get to the hill and only one ski lift is open due to ...

... is really nice. The nice thing about the hotel is that its close to Florida Av which is a pedestrian street with shopping and what not.

Tomorrow we leave Buenos Aires once again and we head out to Uruguay for a couple of days. I'm really missing my kids. Home not so much haha but definitely my babies. No doubt that this next week is going to fly by so I'm going to try my best and enjoy each and every moment I still have left here!

... completed on the 19th with 2 empanadas a cold Salta Negro cervaza and some good conversation with members before throwing on my pack (much to their amusement) and jumping aboard for 24hrs of bus-time. Iguazu Falls Nothing can prepare you for the the first sight of the Iguazu Falls no matter how many times I have visited the Huka Falls. The: size; breathe; width; girth; velocity; ferocity but at the same time the ...

... penguins, which sparked my excitement for a second. I donīt know why I was more eager to see penguins in the wild then any other bird I hadn`t see before.. I guess I just like them. On the next rock we saw seals and sea lions. You can actually smell the sea lions before you see them. They were all huddled together hiding from the wind on the sheltered side while the seals were swimming and jumping around the boat ...

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 a city! It calls its self "Puerto Williams - Beyond the End of the World." Ushuaia is a port town and has a ...

... pictures, we are sailing in a Channel all night , its dark at 11pm and sun rises at 3am this time of year. This afternoon we saw humpback whales also minke whales. tonight we had a Russian meal and the Russians put on a show for us in thier native costumes singing and dancing, they have another fabulous day planned for tomorrow, believe it or not we have a sun tan on our faces today as the sun was so bright.

... an effort to stay on the bikes rather than set land speed records. With us contorting ourselves into these ridiculous GP race poses on the most un GP bikes ever made, it makes me think of all the 15 year old spotty Valentino Rossi wannabes in Italy, crouched over their 49cc scooters trying to extract the last inklings of horsepower from their machines. I know the guys passing in their cars are laughing, but what can you do? 150 kilometres out from Caleta Olivia and we get a few ...

... and then collapsing under itīs own weight about once every four years. lindsey was able to determine using dubious methods that we were within a week of a grand collape, but we figured it would be a bit difficult to justify spending 24/7 on glacir watch to see some ice fall down.... still we happlily spent hours munching ubiquitous ham and cheese sandwiches (here known as J&Q) and watching small ...

... sailed really close to another glacier. This was a more restful day and we even had a wine tasting session on board.

DAY 4

Early morning excursion to Magdalena Island to see the Magellanic Penguins. It was soooo windy but really excellent to be walking around amongst the little creatures.


Once we were back on the ship it was full steam to Punta Arenas and onwards to Torres Del Paine.