Ushuaia

Ushuaia snuggles in a small crescent shaped piece of land between the Beagle Straight and the mountains. It's the last city South, and the leaving point for trips to Antartica.

We spent time recuperating from out long long bus trip by showering, sleeping and finding a fantastic Argentenian restaurant where we ate magnificent sausages and drank fantastic Cape Horn dark beer.  Feeling restored we headed out on the water for a day trip along the Beagel Chanel, which turned out to give us great views of both Ushuaia, the mountains and the wildlife.

 Imperial comorants

Sea lions

And the light house at the end of the world ( please refer to Jules Vern for further information )

We also were able to have a walk on some islands which had great sub artic flora, this one grows really slowly and so this plant would be many hundreds of years old

A great trip justifying all the warming gear which we have lugged about, and making me glad I always take Kwells as a few people spent time peering over the back of the boat on the way in as it got a bit choppy,

We also enjoyed time at local museums, although it's a sad tale of how the four indigenous tribes who lived here survived in amazingly harsh conditions, and then where wiped out so quickly. Apparently the last remaining fully indigenous lady, he Yamam tribe,  83 years old. They used to swim naked to fish as it was colder to wear clothes, they sure must have been hardy,