Monday, March 16, 2009

Ushuaia - The End of the World



Ushuaia is the furthest south city in the world, and our first stop in Argentina.

On our way down the dock, we found a catamaran tour ready to leave, so we signed up. The man who sold us the ticket exposed us to the unique Argentinian accent, and to their mate tea, drunk in metal mugs with metal straws.
The views of the surrounding mountains were truly impressive.
The tour included huge numbers of seals and king cormorants, and even a few penguins swimming.

After the tour we had lunch and walked around town. Marianne bought Richard a hat for his birthday, a few days early.


There was a folkloric show, which included Ecuadorian Indians strangely dressed as Cheyenne Indians from the USA! Anything for the tourists......

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