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Friday, 11 March 2005: this is the evening of the night before. We are ready to go, no excuses left, we have to start cycling now. Oh dear! Due to a lack of flights we spent a few extra days in Buenos Aires. We took this opportunity to spend a day ...
... hope that we will see Explorer again but it has already left on its next expedition. Instead we have fabulous views of Tierra del Fuego - the islands, lakes, channels interspersed with clouds. Our flight has a short stop in Trelew, a place I wanted to ...
... pretty and you get great views over the Beagle channel and Ushuaia so worth the trip. Our second excursion was to Tierra del Fuego national park, which the guide book disparagingly says is more set up for day trippers than backpacking hikers - fine by ...
... of that was waiting at border crossings, because the only way to get to Ushuaia is by driving through the Chilean part of Tierra del Fuego. This entails getting off the bus and queuing to get out of Argentina, back on the bus for a few minutes, then back ...
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two week itinerary
Posted on Jan 16, 2008, 12:07:40
... : Buenos Aires BUE (of course), Iguassu Falls IGU, Mendoza MDZ, Bariloche BRC, El Calafate FTE (Perito Moreno Glaciar), Ushuaia USH (Tierra del Fuego) and Trelaw REL (Valdes Peninsula). Day 1 USA-BUE overnight flight 2 BUE 3 BUE-IGU-BUE 4 BUE 5 BUE-MDZ 6 ...
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Exploring Patagonia
Posted on Sep 26, 2009, 17:04:43
If nothing else I would get to Ushuaia on Tierra del Fuego to say I've been in the southernmost city in the world. Also I'm sure you have included the Valdez Peninsula in your itinerary. As far as sailing through the Chilean canals (fjords), ...
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Interesting Tierra del Fuego word...
Posted on Aug 20, 2009, 10:18:59
". . . the word [i]mamihlapinatapai, of the Yagan language of Tierra del Fuego, which means 'looking at each other with each hoping that the other will do something that you both want to have done but which neither of you wants to do themselves.&# ...
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Travelling Sth America for 3 months - ADVICE PLEASE :)
Posted on Sep 21, 2007, 17:24:36
... are a poetry fan), Torres del Paine (beautiful lakes, waterfalls, hikes, and glaciers), Punta Arena (Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego) and my absolutely favorite was the SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA DESERT in the North of Chile---WOW, watching the sunset over ...
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