Posada Fueguina Ushuaia

... week or so. It is a tranquil place with heated floors... sounds pretty rough I know. <br><br>Our first day out on the town was a restful one with few photos and really taking advantage of the opportunity to see this unique city that holds the ¨welcome mat¨ to both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Our first observation was the traffic jams in the streets. Aside from Buenos Aires, this was the first time that we had seen a traffic jam ...

... usando botas. O correto seria ter as raquetes de neve. Olhei o vale a minha frente e era muito bonito, mas nao seguiria sozinho. Voltei um pouco e logo avistei um casal que subia. Fiquei contente e segui com eles mais alguns minutos. Tiramos fotos e logo a mulher desistiu e voltaram.<br><br>Mais uma vez, eu queria continuar. O lugar parecia me chamar a continuar. Eh claro que nao chegaria ao glaciar, na verdade ele estah totalmente ...

... dumpy, but will do the trick for a couple days.  <br><br>We walk the streets in Ushuaia.  It is cool with lots of little shops, not tons of restaurants, but lots of charm.  It reminds me of Alaska. We get a bite to eat just before 5 and when we come out, the sun has gone down and this town is freezing cold.  It is amazing how cold it is after being somewhat comfortable before.  We rush to our room and fall asleep sick.  <br><br> <br>

... the slate type rock and walk along the ridge at the top where the views are wow. The Feugian range is breaktaking coupled with the lake and peat bogs, it is well worth the effort. The descent is alot quicker and as usual accident prone for me, tripping over the many thick tree roots in the forest So before this we were in Bariloche, where we you have this beautiful lake the name escapes me now ...

... on the platform was, lets call him Pepe for arguments sake, a forgotten prisoner of the last century. He seemed quite happy about the fact he was forgotten, though not so happy when I told him I had no pesos to give him for the mugshot. The park itself was beautiful but a harsh landscape, very dark browns and greys the prevailing colours with spots of green in places of richer soil. It reminded me in many way ...

... mountains, bever colonies, little lakes, weird trees... The list is neverending! Ushuaia itself is also adorable. It´s quite a small town, with a cute little harbor where th most ginormous cruiseships keep docking, lots of little shops. And it has a ot of little hills. I mad the mistake of going out once in my high heels, and finding out that I literally couldn´t wlk up and down such steep slopes! I had been wearing my timberlands all the time so hadn´t really noticed, but my god ...

... and I thought that I would have a look through the window to see if my hotel pick up was there I could not see anyone holding a sign with my name on it. I then went over to a security guy and asked if this was Ushuaia and he said in broken English that it was not. Great I thought as I looked out to see them refueling the plane, this was a good sign. I found someone that knew what was happening and apparently I was not supposed to exit the plane. No ...

Land Ho! We were happy to be getting back on solid ground today - although we have been very fortunate with smooth and calm seas for this whole journey thus far. Jim unfortunately has a terrible cold and I am trying to figure out which day it is going to strike me. The weather was looking a bit questionable today - so we threw the umbrellas in the bags and headed out. We had to tender today but fortunately they were ...

... quality I was aghast to see a blue one on display and even being eaten. When I asked Pier what it might be he replied "Oh, that's Puffo, it was very popular in Italy 20 years ago". An ice-cream called Puffo? Are you serious? Has something been lost in translation here? Pier goes on to say that there was a cartoon series in the 1980's called the Puffo's in Italy, they were these little blue people... AHA! The Smurfs? Yes, that's right, the Smurfs where called "Puffo" in Italy ...

... sehr schwer gute Wander- oder Trekkingkarten in Ushuaia zu bekommen. Man sollte auf jedenfall vorher in Deutschland nach gutem Kartenmaterial suchen. Ein Tipp ist der Trekking-Guide von lonley planet "Trekking in Patagonien", der für die von uns durchgeführten Ausflüge genau richtig gewesen war.  Doch dazu später... Viele Grüße Barbara &amp; Ulf