Ushuaia is on the southern end of the Argentinian side of Tierra del Feugo, at 55 degrees south latitude. It is likely the southern most settlement in the world, and so it´s tourist marketing thing is ´the end of the world´. Cruise ships for Antarctica leave from here. It seems like a sleepy little place, with one main street for shops and restaurants and another main street along the port. It is on the Beagle channel, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the Andes mountains in the background. It is quite cold, raining off and on. Apparently a couple of days before we arrived it was snowing.
Today we did a tour to the Tierra del Fuego park. It is quite scenic with hiking and camping. The southern end of it on the Beagle channel, and it reminded me a lot of the British Columbia coast.
This is also the terminus of the Pan American highway that starts in Alaska. We saw several camping vehicles and motorcycles with European licence plates that had been shipped over and the people were travelling part of the highway.
Today we did a tour to the Tierra del Fuego park. It is quite scenic with hiking and camping. The southern end of it on the Beagle channel, and it reminded me a lot of the British Columbia coast.
This is also the terminus of the Pan American highway that starts in Alaska. We saw several camping vehicles and motorcycles with European licence plates that had been shipped over and the people were travelling part of the highway.
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