Ushuaia - End of the World 9 - 14 February
Having had enough of the bus we treated ourselves to a flight to Ushuaia, the end of the world.
We experienced our first night of `real` backpacking in a 6 bedded room with a sweet pasty English dude called Will and 3 old French men, one of whom snored with noises comparable to that of a sea lion. Thank goodness for earplugs - any backpackers number 1 vital possession. Lindsey and Chantal found themselves in an even worse situation and quickly moved over to our hostel to avoid contracting Hepatitis B from just looking at the bathroom.
Top 10 Things to do in Ushuaia:
1) Have passport stamped with 4 official stamps of the end of the world
2) Have a photo taken with a giant Penguin and Beaver on the main road
3) Hire a car to drive to Cablo San Pablo and be unnecessarily anal about insurance and piss off the rent a car dude
4) Skinny dip alongside a shipwreck at the End of the World
5) Beagle Channel boat tour while the other team player (Gayle) spends 2.5 hours in an internet cafe setting up the 4 o`clock slideshow (see link on the side)
6) Get sponsored 2 hours of horseriding by the headmaster, well worth a visit to see spectacular views of the Beagle Channel and learn to gallop
7) Power walk in the Tierra del Fuego National Park and visit the Ushuaia Prison Museum all in one day
8) Experience "Extreme Makeovers" by Nicky and Gayle - for success stories contact Lindsey and Ash
9) Get up to date with your blog to achieve goal of being up to date when we leave a country
10) Plan your money so well that you leave the country with no Argentian pesos!
So now we`re up to date, keep "high fiving" ourselves. Off to Chile tomorrow, looking forward to a few hours sleep on the bus!
Having had enough of the bus we treated ourselves to a flight to Ushuaia, the end of the world.
We experienced our first night of `real` backpacking in a 6 bedded room with a sweet pasty English dude called Will and 3 old French men, one of whom snored with noises comparable to that of a sea lion. Thank goodness for earplugs - any backpackers number 1 vital possession. Lindsey and Chantal found themselves in an even worse situation and quickly moved over to our hostel to avoid contracting Hepatitis B from just looking at the bathroom.
Top 10 Things to do in Ushuaia:
1) Have passport stamped with 4 official stamps of the end of the world
2) Have a photo taken with a giant Penguin and Beaver on the main road
3) Hire a car to drive to Cablo San Pablo and be unnecessarily anal about insurance and piss off the rent a car dude
4) Skinny dip alongside a shipwreck at the End of the World
5) Beagle Channel boat tour while the other team player (Gayle) spends 2.5 hours in an internet cafe setting up the 4 o`clock slideshow (see link on the side)
6) Get sponsored 2 hours of horseriding by the headmaster, well worth a visit to see spectacular views of the Beagle Channel and learn to gallop
7) Power walk in the Tierra del Fuego National Park and visit the Ushuaia Prison Museum all in one day
8) Experience "Extreme Makeovers" by Nicky and Gayle - for success stories contact Lindsey and Ash
9) Get up to date with your blog to achieve goal of being up to date when we leave a country
10) Plan your money so well that you leave the country with no Argentian pesos!
So now we`re up to date, keep "high fiving" ourselves. Off to Chile tomorrow, looking forward to a few hours sleep on the bus!
3 comments:
Would love you to have a map highlighting the rout as you go --- how about it?
So enjoying your tales, keep laughing, safe travels.
Arrived in Puerto Madryn and still feeling ¨triste¨ because we didn´t say goodbey! But we´ll meet again in Holland! Have a safe journey. I will follow the two of you on your blog. Really fun reading your stories, as if I was there too. Euuuuh?? I was there!!
Saludos
Chantal
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