Category: travel

Ushuaia first Impressions

Are fantastic.

Mountains
Massive snowcapped mountains tower over.

There are more mountains here, it’s awe insipring, no doubt about it.

Ushuaia Town
“There is no other place in nature that causes more savage or terrifying sights than this…”
– James Cook (International Explorer) 1768

It doesn’t say that in the Lonely Planet guide.

But things you should know:

Ushusaia is cold
Ushusaia is the southernmost city in the world
Ushusaia is full of eskimos
I’ve been there

That’s enough information to satisfy your curiousity for now..

Here’s some pictures.

Beer

Beer and a dead crab.

Rio Gallegos

After one night in Rio Gallegos I make attempts for exit toward final destination Ushuaia.

Ushuaia is south.

We have to cross the river +600km extra by bus.

Not having a guide book for Argentina, I haven’t researched or memorized such travel detail (like every good traveller should).

I looked for busses to Ushuaia at the bus station last night when we got off the bus.

Travel Agency
After consulting in a. Am instructed to revisit the bus station.

The bus to Ushuaia, after searching around and eventually having to ask, is located in one of the outbuilding toward the side of the station.

Desk
Burley men provide front desk duties, which speeds things up a little with their one-sentence, enquiry-reply method of communication.
The next bus is tommorrow, 10am sharp.

I have to wait one more day in Rio Gallegos if I want to catch this bus which I think is wise.

Bus ride

27 hour Bus ride.

Partially in the Andes (the ‘exciting’ part).

Rio Gallegos
This is a bus journey to somehwhere named Rio Gallegos a town sometimes likened to Puno (Peru).

Puno had wild dogs and rats fighting for scraps in the streets.

There were a few strangely idiotic people in Rio Gallegos but nothing resulting in a fight.

I

Have been down to Ushuaia.

This is in Argentina situated on a navigable sea lane of sorts; The Beagle Channel

Named after the first ship that navigated it surprisingly.

There are no shoals of beagles thrashing around.

Ushuaia
One of the first problems you will encounter with Ushuaia is pronouncing the name so as the locals can understand.

Its ‘Oosh-schwyaa’.