Archives for February 2008

Up at a reasonable time this morning to finish our packing and discard the last of the gear we wouldn’t need for the return trip. Decided to wear our Teva’s on the plane rather than our boots – also pulled out our Thermarest pillows to carry on, so there’s plenty of room to pack the … [Read More »]

Up reasonably early this morning to finish our packing and check out of the hostel and book a taxi to the airport. Our flight to Buenos Aires left a bit later than the 12:05pm scheduled time. At least it was a direct flight – about 3.5 hours. Our transfer driver was waiting for us when … [Read More »]

Slept in today – decided to have a slow day and just do some stuff around town. Headed out late morning and visited Museo Fin del Mundo (End of the World Museum) about the history of the area and the town of Ushuaia. One interesting part of the museum was a collection of stuffed birds (and a … [Read More »]

Got up a bit later than we had planned this morning – but managed to catch a 10:30am bus out to the Tierra del Fuego National Park – only 20km from town. We weren’t sure what the weather would be like – the forecast was for 14 degrees We started off walking around Lago Roco … [Read More »]

We slept in a bit this morning – breakfast was served until 10:30am, so there was no reason to rush! I was still feeling really tired and didn’t feel like rushing out – so we lazed around the room and Leanne headed out to buy some postcards and look in some shops while I had a … [Read More »]