BA to Ushuaia

A 4am start to get to the airport and then onto Ushuaia - El Fin de Mundo (The end of the world) - the southernmost town in South America. Very exciting approach to landing over the mountainous foothills of jagged rock ridges denuded by snow and ice against the backdrop of snow tipped mountains and glaciers - plus the accompanying wind buffeting the plane as we landed!
Check in with our expedition team Aurora in a hotel high above the Beagle Channel - a body of “protected water” between Ushuaia and a group of islands - which has the most magnificent views over the water from all rooms.
The town itself is disappointing in that it has become a typical tourist cruise ship stopover - lots of shops selling you stuff you don’t need and no local flavour anymore - inevitable I suppose. It doesn’t detract from the natural beauty of the water and the mountains which we are enjoying whilst watching the sunset at 10pm!
Random fact for the day - I have now achieved the unique double of having been to the world’s southernmost brewery in Ushuaia and the northernmost in Spitsbergen in the Artic.Lue lisää