Wednesday, November 26, 2008

This is the end... of the World - Ushuaia

Getting to the end of the world by road is quite tricky... First, looking at the map, you'll see that the borders are such that you need to do several border crossing if you want to drive from Argentina to Ushuaia (still in Argentina...).
There is no bridge to cross the Magellan strait (shown in the next couple pictures).

The boat transporting the bus does not look as new as the ones in Stockholm's archipelago, which is a bit crazy, but at least, there was an entire team of dolphins following us, apparently ready for a rescue operation...

The last 400kms are quite painful since there is no asphalt road (eventhough I was getting used to it...). But the landscapes of "Tierra del Fuego" are breathtaking.
Ushuaia has about 50 000 inhabitants, and live mostly of tourism (id est : it is a totally overpriced town). For only 4000 us$, I could buy a last minute ticket for a 10 days-cruise to Antarctica, but I did not (only because I have my plane tomorrow...).
It is situated right on the Beagle Channel, which is the number one attraction here (there is also some skiing, but now is off-season).

On the Beagle Channel...


Onk onk onk...
Some Cormorans :-)

The very famous lighthouse on the Beagle canal...



Today, the weather is not so nice, and Miguel just got his flight back to Buenos Aires, so I'll just chill, reading my spanish book, and drinking hot coffee. Tomorrow I'll fly as well to Buenos Aires, where I should meet Gustav.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grattis! You made it to 'the end of the world'. -And I made it to the first comment! Just couldn't resist the opportunity. When you have got things in perspective - maybe next time you visit Stockholm - I look forward to learning what was the most breathtaking of all breathtaking things you have seen... and the prettiest... and the nicest ... etc. ...

Anonymous said...

yay ! got my first postcard. the PINEcode is a bit weird though· no wonders why it took it 47 days to arrive.

Anonymous said...

mi ese sergio garci* de dieg* har choppad tuberculosis i america del sur. povre de ello. du maste vara very careful !

Anonymous said...

Hi,
Now the next step if you want to go further south is to go to Antartica !
Hope you said hello to the dolphins....
The weather is probably even colder here than what you experienced during these last days... :-s
Best Regards Jean-Yves

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Anonymous said...

Hi,
I particularly like picture 4, with the seagull, (or Cormoran ?) in front of the snow covered mountain !... :-)
Best regards Jean-Yves

Grégoire said...

Penguins !

Pierre said...

I said Cormorans... :-p

Pouic said...

Ca en fait des pigeons ! (euh, des cormorans :p )