Hotel Austral Ushuaia

... snow everywhere. As a matter of fact, it snowed last night and was lightly snowing during the first part of our hike this morning. It was cold, but worth it! And after Iguazu it was nice to be in the cold for a bit.

The park has lots of mountains, lakes and wildlife, and just about everywhere we went there were great picture opportunities. As an added bonus, there were very few people there so it felt very isolated and pristine. That ...

... e quando passei pelo raio-x vi que o voo ja estava em Last call, fui o penultimo a embarcar.

Tudo bem no voo e tambem no taxi para o outro aeroporto, consegui pagar com CC o que foi bom. Chato foi esperar das 2 s 5hs, sem dormir no saguao vazio, ate que o portao abriu para embarque. A surpresa foi que o voo fez uma escala em Rio Gallegos mas acabamos chegando no horario. Pena nao ter ...

... along the way in bolivia or Peru.
We took a Boat trip out into the bay but unfortunately we didnt see penguins as it was out of season for them. We still got to see some sealions and seals and it was really good to relax after a day of hiking.
Had a great time in Ushuaia and would recommend it to anyone. On we went to get our bus at 5.30 am. An 18 hour journey lay ahead or so we tought! Bob Marley said his goodbyes to the Irish Brothers!

... on my own that I realised how bad my spanish actually is! I was ordering a bus ticket and the lady told me she didn´t sell tickets to the place I was going. I pointed to the written word and she just cracked up laughing at me! She said ¨oh, your spanish is so bad!¨ (in spanish), however to make me feel slightly dignified she said her english was bad. Chiloe is an island that is known for it´s fishing. We had wonderful fresh fish while there. It is full of cute ...

... but then we encountered the long line for security. It moved so slowly ... and people kept cutting inside, despite the guard trying to limit the number of people going around her. We did make it - but just as they were loading up the busses. The spaces between the rows on the plane were dinky - Paul can't even sit with his legs together but has to straddle the seat in front of him. It's going to be a long three ...

... farmers, etc. Here I met Jeff again, my former riding partner. Jeff had met an Australian couple that runs sailing tours out of Antarctica, and had been diving in the harbor in a dry suit for several days, trying to find a lost mooring. Meanwhile I spent a day around town, then took a boat ride down the channel, then unceremoniously hit the road back north, pining for warmer weather. I didn't even get a T-shirt! Damn....

... fait plutôt froid (10 degC maximum), bien que ce soit le milieu de l'été... Aujourd'hui, une journée complète de randonnée dans le parc national m'a permis de découvrir la faune et la flore locale. Enfin, niveau faune, ça c'est limité à des oiseaux et d'innombrables lapins. Ce qui est certain, c'est que les forêts de la Terre de Feu offrent un environnement magnifique où se ...

The road from Punta Arenas, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina is long and boring. The first half to the border crossing, it was mostly grassland, which for any Canadian, resembles closely to Saskatchewan. After the Chile - Argentina border crossing, the scenery is a lot better with snow capped mountains beautifully covered with pine trees, which for any Canadian, resembles British Columbia. So after over ten thousand kilometers from home, I have reached the end of the ...

Jaja, naa er vi altsaa paa Ildlandet. Vi har krysset en bit av Chile, floeyet over Magellanstredet og gaatt inn for trygg landing med et Fokkerfly paa flyplassen i Ushuaia. (Et nederlansk fly, saa vi hadde ikke ventet noe annet enn en trygg landing:-) Et sted aa bo ble raskt funnet, et klatrefelt ble selvfoelgelig ogsaa funnet (etter en utrolig daarlig forklaring ...