I like learning. Here are some interesting things that I learnt on my tour today in Ushuaia:

· The highest ever recorded temperature in Ushuaia is 31 degrees centigrade.
· The wages in Ushuaia are twice as high as Buenos Aires.
· Houses and food are much more expensive in Ushuaia than Buenos Aires. This is because construction materials and food are trucked in from Buenos Aires which is over 3000km away.
· The southern end of the Pan American Highway is at Lapataia Bay in Tierra Del Fuego National Park. The northern end is in Fairbanks, Alaska over 18000 km away.
· The population of Ushuaia is 60,000 people.
· Sea lions can walk on their flippers. Seals can’t.
· A café con leche costs 6 pesos in the cafeteria by Lago Roca in Tierra Del Fuego National Park.
· Our tour guide Lucas was born in Buenos Aires and doesn’t have a girlfriend. He does however have a great time being a guide.

Our tour took us by bus to Lago Roca and Latapaia Bay in Tierra del Fuego National Park. At Lapataia Bay we boarded a catamaran that took us out into the Beagle Channel. We saw lots of sea birds including Penguins, Cormorants and Skuas. We passed by an island with a Cormorant colony and then another island with Cormorants and Sea Lions. I spent part of the time inside the catamaran (in the warm) drinking coffee and part of the time outside (in the freezing rain) taking photos. The results are below.

• Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia
• Ushuaia and the Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina
• An Englishman In Patagonia
• Bahia Lapataia, Tierra Del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, Argentina
• The Most Unusual Church I’ve Ever Seen – Puerto Chacabuco, Chile