Hotel Cabo de Hornos Ushuaia

... a nice change from most of the super touristy areas we have frequented on this trip.

After hiking around most of the day and coming back to town we walked down the main street where all the shops and restaurants are, but most of them were closed because it is Sunday. Even for the tourists they close on Sunday. That´s OK though, we will spend less money that way. Plus the shops here are expensive - comparable to what you would pay in ...

... dormir praticamente nada, estou meio zumbi

Gostei do hotel, limpinho, bem localizado e o dono deu varias dicas ja. Como o quarto ainda nao estava vago e eu no aguento ficar quieto, sai pra andar e gostei da cidade. Andei uma hora e meia. Como eh domingo quase tudo esta fechado mas a cidade eh muito interessante pelo estilo da arquitetura, o porto, o clima e a infra que parece muito boa ...

Cross the famed Straits of Magellen onto Tierra del Fuego, the Land of Fire. Eight hours and four border crossings later - zigzaging in and out of Chile - we reach Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. It's billed as the end of the world and with winter setting in and a chill in the air it's easy to believe the hype. I'm asked on the waterfront by an elderly Argentinean would I mind taking a photo of ...

... towns with lots of character. It was very different to the rest of Chile. Navimag is a passenger boat that we we took from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales, because we needed to board the boat on Friday morning we decided to go to Puerto Montt the evening before despite being warned the town is not nice. Not nice is a bit of an understatement, there was rubbish everywhere, it smelt like rotten fish, and men just leered at us on every corner. However, in true ...

... otherworldly as the moon and am now re-entering the world I know... but I have been enriched beyond measure by my experiences on the ice and my wildlife encounters there, and I have memories that will never leave me. You must excuse me, now... having just met the penguins, as far south as one can travel, I am about to google trips to see polar bears at the northern extremes of this amazing planet...!

... But, this, too, shall pass. We reached Ushuaia and their very new ski-lodge-esque airport. Waited a while for bags - some of the last few off-then found our driver and were off to the hotel. Weather was overcast - a few glimpses of sun - not too cold - a bit windy at times. Checked in at the Lennox, then went for lunch. After, walked down to the pier, then around town. Noticed a lot more "Antarctica" t-shirts ...

... Magellan for a ferry crossing. The sun is shining. The temperature is abot 50 degrees. The wind is approaching hurricane force. Sustained winds are 65 mph gusting to 80. Crossing the straight down to ushuaia was truly amazing! This straight separates Tierra Del Fuego from the south American continent. It was the main route for shipping before the opening of the panama canal. The bus I took was a standard Beiber bus. I read before getting on ...

... et valent très largement la peine de venir jusqu'ici pour quiconque se trouve en Patagonie. Bien que une partie du Parc est assez touristique (au bout de la Route Numéro 3, au kilomètre 3000 et quelques, où se trouvent de petits sentiers de promenade familiale), il y a d'autre possibilité de randonnée plus tranquilles qui permettent de s'éloigner des groupes de touristes en car.

... the land of Tierra del Fuego (land of fire named by Magellan), the most southern inhabited land in the world, and what did I see?? It is just like Canada !!! Well, that was worth it.... I sarcastically mentioned to Juliette. I was slightly disappointed. It is not like I have never seen the lakes and pine trees in Gatineau Park near Ottawa. And the mountains ??? Oooooooo, what an eye opening experience, not. We arrived in Ushuaia around 7pm after an 14 hour bus ride ...

... en "local" og en times kaving gjennom busker og kratt), og vi fant ogsaa roen i denne byen. Ushuaia er verdens soerligste by (paastaar de), men de som sjekker atlas finner raskt ut at Port Williams i Chili uten tvil ligger lenger soer. Mange av de som kommer til denne byen har kun noen faa timer her, da er det viktigst aa finne veien til turistkontoret for aa ...