We just returned from spending three + days in Ushuaia, Argentina. Ushuaia is the southernmost city of the world and it is stunning! I'll add pictures when I've recovered from the trip a little.
Ushuaia was in Spring Heaven when we arrived on Friday. Everyone we met from the time we landed gushed about "the perfect day" - it was sunny and just slightly cool. We only needed a light jacket until later in the evening. We walked around downtown for a bit and had lunch before checking into our hotel for a very quick nap (we had to leave the house at 4:30 AM so desperately needed a power nap) then went back into town to take a boat trip to Penguin Island. I'm not sure if that's the actual name, but it works!
We saw Seal Island first, home to a huge family of sea lions and wanna-be penguins (but they can fly) then on to an island that the catamaran beached onto amongst a huge colony of penguins! Our penguins (chosen carefully among the many who wanted to be named by us, I'm sure!) were named Fatima, Spot and Bob. Our overall favourite was definitely Bob. Dinner was at a Tourist Trap but very yummy! One of the local dishes is a very spiny King Crab - yeah baby!!
Saturday morning was very rainy. We drove up to the ski lift that takes you half way to the glacier but the weather stopped us in our tracks. Instead, we had a hot chocolate at the chalet...smart, huh? We decided to go take the "End of the World Train" which took us around the National Park just outside Ushuaia. To prepare for our two hour trip, it behooved us to have some more hot chocolate (and a sandwich but it was cold, so the hot chocolate was more important!) While waiting on our hot chocolate, John struck up a conversation with a gentleman who sat beside us at the little cafe. They chatted for quite a while then the gentleman got up and brought me back a calendar from the gift shop! Wow! Very nice, I thought. Then John explained that the guy actually owned the railroad. WOW! VERY NICE, I thought! He proceeded to arrange for us to have our own private car on the train and we found more little gifts sitting on the seats within that car. It was exceptionally cool. The train ride was stunning, beautiful, gorgeous, breath-taking...all you would expect from such a wild, wide-open frontier.
I have to take a break and get us fed, be back later with more!
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