Patagonia Villa Lodge Ushuaia

... but weather ruined those plans...and there is only so long you can be here, doing nothing in an expensive town - so i booked a flight to El Calafate. It`s not far north, but the bus is expensive and LONG, involving crossing between Chile and Argentina and all the fuss that entails - so i splurged a few quid to avoid all that. It seems travel in Patagonia is generally feckin expensive, long and time consuming.<br>

... coberto pela neve. Caminhei um pouco mas numa certa altura a neve jah estava a somente 5 dedos abaixo do joelho. Mais uma vez, nao havia sinal de turistas, nao havia pegadas para seguir. Parei perto de uma pontezinha que mal se podia ver. Resolvi nao curza-la. Nao havia mais trilha. Fiquei sentado lah na neve por um bom tempo. Que lugar lindo. Queria tanto continuar mas nao parecia seguro seguir sozinho. Ateh aquele ponto, se tivesse ...

... into Ushuaia was amazing. Snow capped mountain glaciers that are huge.  I snap pictures out the plane window in awe.  This is already amazing.  It looks a little like Alaska.  I am in awe. <br><br>Arriving in Ushuaia, the swine flu police are out in full force.  Steve and I are once again singled out as we sniffle and sneeze every couple seconds.  They take down our hotel information and where we have traveled and check up on ...

... some smelly seals and get to see some penguins. They look so funny running around, as graceful as they are underwater they look like retards above it. The view of the town against the mouintains and the surrounding lake is good to see The next day i go to Tierra Del fuego National Park(Land of Fire), where i go to do the Cerro Guannaco trial . The trek is pretty hard going towards the summit ...

... pretty much impossible. The prisoners had the privilege of getting out and working for good behaviour. They built the beginnings of the town, and also railway fromt there out towards the forests. Every day the prisoners were shackled and brought out of the town on one of two trains. The first train to extend the railway line further and the second to chop the trees down in the forest. This work continued during ...

... taking. My house is located on what are called the terraces so have an amazing view (yes will post pictures asap) looking out over Ushuaia and mountains behind it! I didn´t actualy think it could get any better untill I went to th National Park. Words can´t express how gorgeous it is! Neither can photo´s actually, although I took masses (are also on their way) so it should definately be on everybody´s must-see list from now on. Anyway, I went together with a friend from Buenos ...

Hola all, A great start for day two of the trip we had a flight change and are now leaving from the international airport which is OK, I know I will be picked up by the tour company for transfer at 7am but no fight details. The bus arrived on time and picked up two other travelers on the way. When I arrived at the airport the check in line had around 200 people in it already, we waited there for over an hour inching our way forward then the lady from ...

... forêt, entourée de montagnes, avec des gens extrêment sympatiques; ce fut vraiment un des points d'orgue de mon séjour à Ushuaia! On a passé environ deux heures à l'extérieur, pour aller voir les castors à l'oeuvre. Il s'agit d'une famille de 5 castors: les parents et trois jeunes castors. Ils entretiennent un total de 4 ou 5 barrages, tous vraiment impressionant, de plusieurs dizaines de mètres de large et un ou deux mètres de profondeur. Ces animaux ...

... the local cops come and chat to us and tell us where to go and where to stay away from. The country may be uninspiring but the people are all friendly. Dirt has permeated every single seam of our clothes and bags - our visors are caked and our teeth are gritty with fine clay. 650 kilometres today and we are shattered - by the time the bikes are parked and we are sheltered, fed, beered and ice creamed (ritual, don't mess with it!) it's 11:30PM. Thursday Jan 15th START: 2176 km ...

... gt;10 euro!) zoveel dat we het eigenlijk niet op konden!! S'avonds ook nog heerlijk gesmikkels van het heerlijke vlees wat ze hier kunnen bereiden!! De volgende dag gaan we weer weg, om een hele reis dag te hebben. Via Buenos Aires (Argentinië) zullen we weer terug naar Santiago(Chili) vliegen! om nog een dag in Santiago te hebben alvorens weer terug gaan naar Nederland.. Boehoehoe.. Kus Annemarth en Lester!