End of the World

View from our room
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For us it was a hassle to get here. Our plane should have left at 8:30 am from Buenos Aires. When we got to the airport, we were told that our plane would now leave at 4:30 pm instead. And apparently this is quite common. We weren´t too bothered. We checked in our luggage and went back to town. Had lots of coffee and went to a couple of internet cafes. We arrived back at the airport at 2 pm, checked in and went for a walk. The airport is next to the ocean and people were fishing from a nearby park.

Lighthouse in the Beagle Strait
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The flight left on time. As usual we suffered from inconsiderate passengers. This weird Japanese guy behind us had ants in his pants and couldn´t stop playing with his tray. This flight took nearly 4 hours and once we arrived it was a quick taxi ride to the B & B we had booked. It was about 9 pm. Isabel, our Argentinian friend, had also just arrived. It was lovely to see her again. Her boyfriend, Marcio, was also with her. Once we had settled in we went to a lovely restaurant for dinner and had a long chat. People in South America eat really really late so the restaurant was quite busy up until midnight.

Sea Lions and Comorants
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Our room had a window facing town and the mountains behind, so our first view of Ushuaia was of a beautiful clear day, snow on the mountains and the wonderful variety of colour in the town.

Ushuaia is the southern most city in the world. It is situated between a mountain range and the Beagle strait. In the summer time it is full of tourists. Lots of cruise ships, some going to Antarctica. The town is quite pretty with lots of colourful buildings, but there is a lot of development going on that is likely to ruin the look of it. Lots of people come here for trekking.