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Hotel Canal Beagle Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego Province. 29th January 2009
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Hotel Canal Beagle Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego Province. 27th January 2009
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Tres Cerros. 20th January 2009
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Bahia Blanca , Buenos Aires Province. 12th January 2009
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Las Flores, Buenos Aires Province. 9th January 2009
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Entry #9:

Hotel Canal Beagle, Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego Province.

29th January 2009

On this our last day in Ushuaia, we made an excursion to the end of Route 3 a further 15 or so Kms from the city centre. This was more of a symbolic act than a necessary one, but it felt like the terminus of our southward route.

We have travelled by ship in the Beagle channel, visited the very good town museum, eaten the king crab and enjoyed our stay here very much. As usual the cars attract a lot of attention whenever we go out in them and the smiles and waves today were as much to do with the cars as our appearance in the local newspaper.

We found a delightful café in the Solomon House, full of artefacts left in the family run shop when it closed and has now reopened as a café, with home baked cakes, in particular donuts and delicious coffee and light meals. It has become our unofficial HQ, serving Cape Horn dark beer, home made pasta with salmon and mussel sauce and huge baguettes.

Lunchtime coffee and cake after the
expedition to the end of Route 3

Part of the interior of the shop

Tonight we shall dine with Hernan Fontana the local Honourary President of the ‘Argentinean Club Automobile’ our last evening in this delightful city.

Ushuaia from the Beagle Channel

The rain brought an unexpected bonus, this rainbow

The Argentine flag

Penguins & cormorants on a rocky island
in the Beagle Channel

The lighthouse at the end of the world

For those who have speculated that I am not
actually on the trip

The spectacular snow peaked mountains
of Tierra Del Fuego

Sea lions and cormorants

Vince and Johny enjoy some sunshine on
the deck of our high-speed catamaran

Staten Island on the Chilean side of the channel

The Dutch registered barque ‘Europa’
bound for Antarctica

Tierra Del Fuego

 

 

Johny and I visited the Maritime Museum, housed in the former prison, this wing is unrestored and was cold and forbidding place. The rest of the eclectic museum is however a fascinating insight to life in Ushuaia from the late 1800’s to today.

 

Tomorrow we set off on the return journey and join Route 40, which follows the Eastern side of Argentina over 4000 Kms in all. We will not of course travel the whole distance. Our first stop is planned to be back over the border in Chile, before we cover a long section of ripio on our way to Punta Arenus.


 
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