Da wir dieses phantastische Bussystem hier natuerlich auch ausgiebig nutzen wollen, haben wir uns nach unserem kurzen Zwischenstop in Punta Arenas auf den Weg Richtung Feuerland gemacht. Nach diesmal nur 12 Stunden (im Bus und dann auf der Faehre ueber die Magellanstrasse) und einer weiteren Grenzueberquerung sind wir spaet abends in der argenti...

The reason I am staying in this very cold touristy town is to learn Español. Unfortunately, things have started off to a rough start at the school - something something Instituto. I booked the program through COINED, which turns out is just like a travel agency that specializes in language immersion programs. So, they really have very little ide...

ff een logistieke entry om de tekening van onze route weer goed te krijgen. Verder helemaal niets te melden! Just a logistic entry to make our route correct again. No further comments!

Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world, on the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by the Martial Mountains of the Andes range which at this point runs east-west. It is the capital of the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands Province, and its superlative location allows you to enjoy sea, mountains and forests...

After waiting three days for a bus to have room, we left Chile and headed Southeast to Ushuaia. Crossing the Magellenic Straight was amazing as I felt like I was crossing so much history. The sea and the land all just seemed so flat; the clouds hung really low and in the water frolicked penguins. We sit at Ushuaia, the Southernmost city in the w...

We had another 2 or 3 days back in Ushuaia after our Rio Grande adventure. Not much to report other than we had a particularly good (although fairly short) evening out where I realised that the local equivilent to Red Bull really didn´t agree with me ! We did also manage to head out to do a bit of walking on the hills just up above town as well ...

Luckily not end of the world in the fire and grimstone sense, just the cheesy marketing line the Ushuaia tourist board and everyone else in the area uses on absolutely everything ... Anyway, Herdy and I had voluntarily gone from the lovely warmth of an early Buenos Aires summertime into a chilly early spring in Ushuaia, where we spent two weeks ...