We have been in Ushuaia for
five days and have apparently lived through any apocalypse. It has rained every day since
we got here and today was no different. When
we got up it was raining. We had decided
that today is the last full day in Ushuaia, so we needed to ride to the end of
Ruta 3. This road ends in the National Park Bahia Lapataia.
We rode about 25
kilometers of wet, but not slippery, mud, stopping to pay our entry fee of
about $17 US. That’s a lot of money just
to drive down a road and take a picture.
So here it is, the “end of the road” at “the end of the world” on “the
end of the world.”
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Us at the end of the road, at the end of the world on the end of the world |
About the time this one was
taken the park ranger showed up and swished us away. I think understood though, because before he
swished me away, I asked for his and his assistant’s picture.
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The map of the Province of Tierra del Fuego |
From the tour we took the
other day, we found out that the reason this is called Tierra del Fuego, is
when Magellan arrived in the straight, the native habitants had then shores on
both sides lit by fires. If you ask me
this should be called Tierra del Viento (land of wind). We took the short stroll
to along the path to the top of a deck overlooking the bay. Here are a few photos I took.
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A map view from the south pole centric point of view |
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Looking out into the bay beyond the walkway |
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Looking back on the plank walkway to the parking lot |
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Me with the Argentinian Flag I won on the tour the other day |
Tomorrow we turn and
head for home. It has been a long three
months and a lot of miles, but there are plenty more miles and numbers of months that lie ahead.
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