Ushuaia, Argentina - March 8, 2008
The southernmost city in the world, on the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by the Martial
Mounts. It is the capital of the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands Province.
Ushuaia harbor panorama
Ushuaia is a small town with a
population of about 65,000. The
people were very friendly and most of
them spoke at least some English.  We
spent several hours in the town
shopping following our train/bus tour
"At The End of The World"!.
The train was very narrow, barely wide
enough for two people to sit side by
side.  They are replicas of the prison
trains used to transport the prisoners
to the work sites in the mountains
where they cut down trees to be sold
for support of the prison,
You can see in this photo some of the
tree stumps left from where the
prisoners had cut them down.  Trees
grow very slowly in this area and it will
take 200 years for the forests to
re-grow.
Kathy had to do the "Macarena" at Macarena
Station! It was very embarrassing for everyone!!
The trains were very cozy! The door was in the middle of
each car and there were four rows of seats to transverse
before we got to our spot at the end of the car. It was funny
that all the people that got in first occupied the first seats
instead of going to the back of the car!  Therefore, the
people that came in last had to climb over them to get to
their seats.
This post office is the most southerly in the
world.  We mailed a postcard to the Hillman's
from here (sorry, we only had a single postcard
and Jill won the coin flip!)
How do you like our "World Explorer" hats?! I think I
look pretty good and may start wearing it all the time!!
Below is the "Beagle Channel" which is
the gateway to Ushuaia. We didn't see
any beagles but the scenery was
wonderful. It was named for the ship
named "Beagle" that Charles Darwin
came to this area in.
The "drink of the day" was a Mudslide
and I had to have one.  It was great -
an alcoholic chocolate shake!!

As we departed Ushuaia we got to see
the scenery we missed on the way in
because of the bad weather.  It was
very calm in the channel, but when we
reached open sea it got pretty rough
and the winds were over 40 knots (I am
starting to talk in nautical terms now!!)
We had another great sunset!!