Hotel Del Glaciar - Ushuaia

... any pesos, just USD, because that’s what you use on the boat, so I figured I’d get by with my card in Argentina. But the symbol for pesos is $, just like USD, so I keep thinking things are in one currency when they’re actually in another. Thus for an $80 bill, I tipped $20, because I’d been so hungry and the steak was so good and the waiter warmed up a lot after our first interaction, so I was feeling ...

... ice, and booked an afternoon boat cruise around the channel. The boat explored a few islands in the Beagle channel, saw some sealions and birds and stuff. Also went on a short hike but the real highlight was the views from the boat, you can`t get bored of seeing all those mountains. It was pretty cold as well, both Ang & I were wearing just about everything we owned but even that wasn´t enough when the wind picked up. Was anice excursion though, Ang didn`t ...

My last update was half way through Bonito. Nicole and I loved the air-conditioning, bar fridge, ensuite and swimming pool so much that we decided to stay in our hostel for 2 more nights and delay our reunion from the group a little longer. During that time we attempted Abismo. This is pretty much a hole in the ground which opens up into this huge canyon filled with water which you can either snorkel or scuba dive in. Before you go on this trip there is 'training' the night ...

... heading back to Buenos Aires by plane for a few days and then back home, and we headed to the Antarctic Office on the harbour to find out more about it. The staff said they had a video of a typical trip if we wanted to see it, which featured the same boat that was going in two days time. 3 minutes into watching it, we turned to each other and said ¨We are SO going!!!¨ We then went and chatted to the lovely travel agent ...

... drill ... which was a description of what to do in case of emergency, followed by a practice, including climbing into and being sealed in the lifeboats - nightmare! And that was even without the extra 11 crew members that would have to join us in case of real emergency. Paul suggested it was better than the alternative, but I'm not so sure.<br><br>We cast off shortly after the drill. The four of us - and many others - returned to the flying bridge to watch our progress down the Channel ...

... in Chile eating our packed lunches. Then headed over to the beaver habitat getting absolutely soaked with rain and still not spotting a single beaver. I have my doubts as to whether they really do live there! The 2nd day we trekked up a mountain (Cerro Guanaco 970m), bit of an uphill battle but certainly worth it for the views and the friendly fox at the top :o) Only down side was the small cafe didn´t seem to do hot food, so we ...

... gegangen bis wir ins letzte Tal absteigen konnten. Sieben Uhr Abends haben wir dann uns** Zelt neben dem Rio Olivia aufgestellt. Valentin ist wied** fischen gegangen und hat eine riesen Forelle **wischt. Wir haben den Fisch in drei Stücke teilen müssen, weil ** sonst einfach zu gross für uns** Feu** gewesen wäre. Den **sten Teil haben wir lock** v**spiesen. Um ein Uhr morgens habe ich mir einen weit**en Teil ins Feu** gehauen und habe etwa die hälfte davon essen mögen. D** Rest war ...

... slow, and they agreed. We then met up with a couple other Israeli friends, and off we went! They all were traveling after having completed their army assignment...but after hiking with them for a few minutes, I got the impression that they don´t make all the Israeli soldiers march too much! The girls were all quite slow, which was good for my health and ...

... around us. The journey back wasn´t so bad, although most people sat inside the boat, and as that made me feel ill, I chose to sit outside . . . . I am still drying out now, and can still taste sea salt! We had met a really nice English couple in El Calafate ( Claire &amp; Peiro), who have been traveling for the past 5 months, and are now on the last part of their journey. We went out for drinks with them in El Calafate, and as luck would have it we met up with them ...