Ushuaia

Trip Start Sep 23, 2008
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Trip End ??? ??, 2009


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Flag of Argentina  , Patagonia,
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Its the end of the world as we know it, well so the Argentines think anyway. Ushuaia is at the very bottom of Argentina and is the southernmost city of the world. There is a few small towns south in Chile but the place holds the claim to fame. Arriving at 10pm after 12 hours of bus and ferry rides, numerous border crossing with Chile and Argentina, I meet an Indian backpacker whilst getting my pack from the bottom of the bus. We made our way to the Freestyle hostel, which of course had to be a climb up through numerous streets but we were pleasantly surprised by the hostel upon arriving, very clean and modern. We dumped our gear and made our way to a pizza shop and shared a ham and pineapple pizza. Tired from a long journey we went back to the hostel and got some needed sleep. The next morning we meet up with Kim and Karen and organized a boat trip thought the Beagle channel for the afternoon and rented a car for the next day. That afternoon we jumped on board our sailing boat and sailed out to H island. Due to the company we picked for the sail boat we where pleased that we were the only ones that were allowed to land on the island due to conservation of the natural breeding sites of numerous sea birds and mammals. The trek around the island was quite special as the animals weren't too afraid of humans due to lack of contact in the past.

The next day we hired a car to drive along the coast of the Beagle Channel. It was only a small car but it gave allot more comfort and flexibility then a bus would have. The drive out of the township had everyone checking every direction as drivers in this part of the world tend to play by their own rules, and with a hefty insurance premium we didn't want to take the car back with anything more than dirt on it. After successfully getting out of the town we headed down the dirt road, which to our surprise was actually in better condition than the paved main road. It took us through old growth forested areas, past small wooden huts which we couldn't decide why they where there but we certainly made up some pretty funny explanations. Along the drive we stopped at a small little village that was a working station, it was very a pretty village nestled on a bay of the Beagle Channel. We stopped and had coffee and cake before heading further along the channel. When the road meet the channel again I noticed a fox searching for food along the water. Once again I was able to get allot closer than back home which allowed me to get some nice pictures.
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madsy
madsy on Dec 29, 2008 at 10:40PM

Seasons Greetings
Hi Darc,

What an adventure! Keep up the good work mate. It sounds like you are making some good travel buddies and seeing some fantastis sites (great piccies too!).
Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2009, hope you can celebrate in style with a fox or a bird.......

From Madz, Barb, Cody & Cooper

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