Fin del mundo, aka ´End of the world´

Trip Start Jul 20, 2005
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Trip End Nov 23, 2005


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Monday, November 14, 2005

Luckily not end of the world in the fire and grimstone sense, just the cheesy marketing line the Ushuaia tourist board and everyone else in the area uses on absolutely everything ... Anyway, Herdy and I had voluntarily gone from the lovely warmth of an early Buenos Aires summertime into a chilly early spring in Ushuaia, where we spent two weeks exploring this part of Patagonia.

Patagonia was one of the main highlights I was really looking forward to before I set out on the trip and I wasn´t disappointed... Snow capped mountains surround the town and line the Beagle Channel where Ushuaia sits (pre Panama canal, this was the main route for all boats heading between the Atlantic and Pacific).

We enjoyed a a pretty busy couple of weeks here as you can see from the selected pics (I´d recommend anyone already bored with big mountains doesn´t look at them, or at least skips to the penguins.. a) Another spectacular flight
a) Another spectacular flight
 . everyone loves penguins!?). Anyway, we did a bit of a variety of stuff from walking virtually every path in the Tierra del Fuego National Park to horseriding through the forests and around the coast... From playing my first ever round of golf on the most southerly golf course in the world to going to visit penguins, seals and loads of sea birds in the Beagle channel. All good stuff !! Sadly my slightly odd desire to visit Antarctica will have to wait until I´ve been back at home working for a while, as 2.5k for a 10 day cruise is a bit out of my budget range at the moment !!

In true English style, I also have to mention the weather - it was completely crazy in and aroud Ushuaia, with four seasons pretty much appearing every day. I guess the fact that Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctic weather patterns all converge here might have something to do with it, but it probably keeps most weather obsessed English folk pretty well amused while they´re here...

Incidently, on the celebrating it being the most southerly city in the world, I liked the fact that the Argentinians dismissed Chile´s Puerto Williams (which is more southerly) as being nothing more than an army base when it looked like a pretty decent sized town to us, but I guess thats marketing for you!
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