Hotel Albratros Ushuaia
Av. Maipu 505 Centro Ushuaia, Province of Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina
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Day 95 –Last bus day
... give ourselves extra time. We caught a cab and were dropped off at the first station. We hoped this was the one as we nervously waited outside the office with the only other couple around. It wasn’t long before a representative arrived and other bewildered tourists filtered in.
By 8:30 we were off. It wasn’t very far down the road when we stopped in the middle of the crossroads to pick up connecting passengers. Someone else had gotten up ...
At the Fin del Mundo
... above me. He started with some really heavy and fast breathing which I measured to be in a 3 to 1 ratio to my own breaths (he was a heavy smoker). After a few of these rapid breaths it would then somehow spread to nose and esophagus and result in some incredibly loud snoring. And then weirdly, it would stop completely. He wouldnīt breathe at all for some time and then the whole cycle would repeat. I thought the dude was going to die. Unfortunately, this scenario played out ...
Tierra del Fuego!
... be seen all over the islands.
We stayed at Lago Fagnano a lot longer than planned, enjoying the homey atmosphere, and amazing surroundings. Going for a walk in the cold isn’t as daunting when there’s a cozy place to go back to. I especially liked hearing the wind, rain and crashing waves while sitting by a fire with a hot cup of tea in hand.
So happy for this friendly welcome to Tierra del ...
Bored of borders
... road all the way through Argentina about 5 miles into Chile we were back onto a lousy gravel rutted road all the way through for a couple of hours till the Argentinian border when as if by magic the paved roads started again. Weird that although Chile is supposed to be the wealthiest country in latin America they donīt appear to regard paving roads as important. I guess to be fair we saw a lot less blatant poverty in Chile than in Argentina, and most ...
Give me the Long John´s
... thing we have realised is that people in South America try to exploit the tourists as much as they can with prices etc when they know they have to pay it and they have no other option, something that doesn't impress us.
Our last day in Ushuaia we had a soothing hot chocolate with the knowledge that we had a flight out that day but still seeing people working the streets desperate for a place to stay, which at that time the strikes showed no sign of ...


