Hotel Del Glaciar - Ushuaia

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Freestyle Hostel, Ushuaia. Originally went there to meet my Irish friends to ski, liked the place and decided to stay. My roomates. Two Brazilians (sup with all these brazilians at the end of the world?). Mario and Tobias. Quite fond of the Brazilians. The reggae doesnīt stop for the next 3 days straight. Fine with me. Reggae = enjoyment. The party also doesnīt stop for the next 3 days. Sall good ...

... que procurava um India(n) Pale Ale, mas nao sao faceis de achar. Preciso ver como vou levar as garrafas para casa...

Amanha vou ao Glaciar Martial, mais neve e gelo. Estou gostando muito e minhas roupas estao bem adequadas, soh passei frio no catamaram, Hoje pegamos -5 graus Celsius e nao sentih muito frio mesmo estando coberto de neve.

Tem muita coisa bacana pra fazer aqui em Ushuaia!!!

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Andre

... on a home cooked seafood meal, then a siesta before welcoming another night of shape cutting (dancing). Not to bad. When you trip though so many countries, cities and towns you stay in varied types of accommodation some good some bad and then some absolute shockers. But if you are ever in Puerto Allegre don't go to stay at the one by the bus station. As I re read my diary: "I lye here in Puerto Allegre in a room filled with ...

... see what the craic was with them. On the way out I told an American couple about penguin bars in Ireland and how popular they were growing up, the joke and the slogan "Pppppppppick up a penguin". The look of bewilderment on their faces made me wish I hadnīt botherered. Penguins... a chocolate bar you say.... I was surprised how close you could get to the penguins and they were as placid as the front row at a ...

... a soundtrack of crunching, crackling noises. We were led past ice caves and glaciers which towered above us, and a little later we saw a minke whale arcing out of the water nearby. The afternoon cruise circled a wrecked whaling ship, through whose rusting portholes we spied hundred-year old harpoons, and took us past rocks and floating ice for some more seal-spotting. But the highlight of my ...

... Fuego but is populated with Lenga and Guindo trees. Lapataia Bay is an excellent location to observe water birds such as steamer ducks, kelp geese, albatros, grebes and diving petrels. In the small meadows within the forests there are large peat bogs and in the trees nearby the sphagnum moss and Darwin's Beard grows. This evening we dined on southern king crab and scallops fresh from the waters of the Beagle Channel.

... we managed a trip in the Beagle Channel to see some penguins up close! On the way we passed the much photographed "flat trees" which are so windswept that they grow sideways, so of course we took some photos! We also saw the ski resorts and huskies used for sled rides in winter, itīs be an interesting ski destination but considering itīs dark by 3pm youīd have to be up and out on the piste early to make to most of it! To see the penguins we chose ...

... Norway, California, and Dublin. The weather here is very unpredictable and fickle. It was sunny when we arrived at 8 am. We woke from a nap at 1 pm in the middle of a storm. We had already signed up for a boat cruise at 3 pm though, but fortunately the sun came out again for just long enough for a wonderful 3 hour excursion through the Beagle Channel. By the time we arrived back at port, it was storming again...but only for ...

... these roads. Before getting into bikes seriously I never understood the whole concept of people wanting bigger and bigger bikes. Now I do. It's the difference between First Class in a cushy reclining armchair and long haul on a Ryanair barstool. Like in all things, there is a kind of food chain, and when we pass a pair on a quad bike and a guy all loaded up on a little 200cc Chinese bike I can be sure they are thinking the envious thoughts we were just 30 minutes ago. Another ...

... some of the way across. (Incidentally, the second photo uploaded is a cheat which I found when trying to identify the type of dolphin - only photo on this site not taken by us! - but it was taken off the same ferry. I wasn't ready with the camera in time to get such a good shot.). Things really start to look up about one and a half hours before Ushuaia when the bus actually makes a 10 minute stop at pretty Tolhuan, where there is a bakery with excellent ...