Free shit is never free
Trip Start
Oct 19, 2007
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Ongoing
Ushuaia,
Argentina
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Me and distance sign - Ushuaia
. I decide to hit these places up since I like free shit and it won't cost me anything. The souvenir shop is insane. There are more souvenirs here than fat cells in Dolly Parton's cannons. Ewee would love this place (my brother likes souvenirs stores more than anyone I have ever met. One time in Florida we spent 2 hours in one, I don't think he bought anything but he played with or at least picked up everything). This fucking place even sells Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch, the best they sell, and it's only $450p or $145usd (in the states it's about $250usd a bottle) due to the tax free zone status Ushuaia enjoys. I seriously contemplate buying it but if it broke in my bag like a pregnant chick's water I would have a serious mess on my hands. I mean, I would have to spend the next few days sucking out all the scotch from my clothes and whatever else it got on (you don't waste Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Ever!). I end up buying a road map of Chile for $30p, damn it, their little plan worked. I end up not even needing the map of Chile, stupid free gimmick marketing shit. Ok, well at least I got my free map and now it's time to see if I can get hot chocolate for free. The store is this adorable little chocolate shop and I show someone there working my coupon and she has me take a seat and then she brings me over a menu, FUCK! Now I will feel guilty if I don't order something, this is the most expensive free shit ever
Me and famous Ushuaia sign
. I order some vanilla bread which was like 50cents and was actually really good but still, this free but not really free stuff is like a backhanded compliment. It's like getting an awesome yearly review but then only getting a 3% raise, it's like being a Patriots fan last year, it's llike boning a hot chick but then later finding out she gave you the clap (you only have yourself to blame since you clearly didn't heed the advice of Jimmy Dugan), it's like hearing about the Royals actually going out and spending money to get a cleanup hitter to find out later that cleanup hitter is Jose Guillen, it's like finding out that ABC moved Dungeons and Dragons and hour back on Saturday morning (which was good because you didn't have to wait as long) but then realizing it's in the same time slot as the Transformers cartoon or like getting a hummer from a chick with braces. When I get to the boat dock at 2:45 they tell me that no boats are leaving today because the waters are too rough. Fuck. See, that's what I get for partying all night, I could have gotten up early and caught the 9am boat. It's too late to go to the national park now so I just fuck around town for awhile. Ushuaia is a really cool and interesting place. The city has everything, tons of restaurants, small intriguing little stores (like the chocolate shop), bars, clubs, strip clubs and even a casino. I hit up the grocery store to buy food for tomorrow
Rainbow - Ushuaia
. Now I just created a very long day for myself tomorrow. I have to get to the docks by 8:45am to catch the boat, then I have to hurry up and catch the 2:00pm bus to Tierra del Fuego national park and do the most difficult trek the park has to offer. The trek is called Cerro Guanaco and this guy at the hostel who did the Iron Man said it was pretty tough and that it took him 5 hours round trip but with his girlfriend in tow. I cook some raviolis at the hostel and I give Em some (no he didn't hook up with that Isreali chick) since he doens't have any food. I must have built up some good karma as some Isrealis made too many steaks and they offer me one and the couple from Seattle give me some salad that also has steak in it. Yes, I ate very well this evening. I hang here for awhile talking to Em and the Seattle peeps. For some reason we end up naming shithole cities in the US, these are the ones I remember; Atlanta, Gary, Jacksonville, Detroit, Mobile, anywhere in Mississippi, Omaha, Cleveland, Flint, and pretty much anywhere in New Jersey. My hometown Rockford actually has the ignominious pleasure of being one of the top 10 worst cities in the US according to Money magazine, which is pretty sweet. I meet my new roomate who is some cute Isreali chick and she wants to go out for a drink but I know exactly how that turns out. I instead go to sleep because I have a huge day tomorrow. I would stay longer but I already bought my plane ticket for Monday.
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