Today was our last stop in Ushuaia. The weather was superb with clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine. Our best day for ages. I wanted to share this photo of Lapataia Bay in the sun.

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This is too funny. My friend Iani sent me this photo from La Quiaca:
Hey! We’re in La Quiaca. I wonder how far it is to Ushuaia…..
Now compare it to my photo taken in Ushuaia:
 
Hey! We’re in Ushuaia…I wonder how far it is to La Quiaca…
Where did those missing 50 kilometres go?

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Three days ago we were in Ushuaia, Argentina. It started off a beautiful sunny day, the first for a long time. The wind was fierce but in the shelter of the town the sun was pleasantly warm.Carlos and I decided to catch a bus to Tierra del Fuego National Park. Carlos is from Cozumel, Mexico [...]

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 [...]

A few days ago I went on an excursion to the Tierra del Fuego National Park. It’s just 12km from Ushuaia, a short trip by bus. Along the way we passed by the world’s most southerly golf course, which our guide said lies under a metre of snow in the winter. Even in the middle [...]