Tierra del Fuego

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Flying south to Tierra Del Fuego, we were greeted with...
Tierra Del Fuego looks like a mountaineering and skiing...
Making our approach to the sleepy, southernmost city in...
The Beagle Channel, supposedly where Darwin piloted the...
Turning around at the end of the runway in Ushuaia.
The Ushuaia (USH) airport with an impressive looking...
Jay and I settle into our temporary bunks at La Posta...
Lots of games of pickup soccer... these guys were good.
A lot of German influence in the architecture here.
We happened upon a high school graduation parade,...
We happened upon a high school graduation parade,...
Jay in Ushuaia.
Pretty great Sphynx. It's even missing the nose.
Run-aground ship in Ushuaia's harbor.
Local beer, called Beagle, as in Darwin's boat and the...
Here comes the yellow submarine! Complete with singing...
Jay and I got a pretty good vantage point from a raised...
Pretty good command of English to be able to use puns,...
Had this been a few months later I would have guessed...
Here come the king and queen sea creature, I guess.
A steam ship was one of the more elaborate and...
Steam ship flying the Argentian colors.
Earth water fire?
I think this is supposed to represent famous monuments...
After we had had enough (and were freezing) we ducked...
The next day, Jay and I signed up for a boat tour which...
Aboard our rather luxurious motor-catamaran.
It was pretty windy and cold on the deck of our boat.
Lots of wildlife to look at. I think these were either...
Island of king cormorants, which basically look like...
Nesting king cormorants.
More nesting king cormorants.
Jay warming up inside our boat's cabin.
Alpha male sea lion protecting his harem from our boat.
Lighthouse near Ushuaia which was quite picturesque.
Jay trying to stay warm.
Another shot of the lighthouse.
A Chilean naval ship. The land in the background is...
Magellanic penguins!
They were really cute, and only a little ridiculous...
Penguins on the beach.
Magellanic penguin.
Jay with a penguin in the background.
Penguin swimming (can you see him at the left of the photo?).
Tourists with penguins, who seemed to be involved in...
Pretty range of mountains behind Ushuaia on our ride back.
The S.S. National Geographic or somesuch. I think this...
Interesting architecture in Ushuaia.
The water here is cold enough that apparently...
The staff getting ready to let people off the boat.
Jay being careful not to fall into the Beagle Channel and freeze.
Jay with a bust of Eva Peron.
John and Eva Peron.
Jay and John hiking up a ski run at Ushuaia's only...
Jay catching snowflakes.
No worries, it's not dandruff. Jay with snow in his hair.
I wish I remember what Jay was doing here. Walk like an...
Apparently we weren't supposed to go past this sign...
Pretty scenery, but not the crevassed, craggy scape we expected.
Jay hiking up the Martial Glacier. Good thing we have...
Jay and John at the highest point we hiked to.
Hiking back down in the soft snow was fun. Good thing...
Apparently they are big fans of Fernet in Argentina. Cool!
Happy birthday Jay! Spent in Parque Nacional Tierra Del Fuego.
Jay walking down to where our hike would start. The bus...
Mussels on the beach! Not to be eaten. A) It's a...
The mussels do look delicious though!
John eating some lunch on the beach at the start of our hike.
Hiking along the shore in a short wooded section. The...
Beds of mussels and limpets growing by the shore.
Mussels and limpets close up.
Mussels underwater. Some look to be open slightly. ...
Jay surveying the beagle channel as we make ourselves...
Jay with the Beagle Channel in the background.
A meadow-y section of the hike.
Weird bulbous growths on the branches and roots of trees...
Jay, looking out at the ocean.
Jay with a tall mountain in the background.
It was very, very pretty here. Check out how clear the water is.
Blue water, green land, white snow.
Very clear water.
More mussel beds from underwater.
Jay, looking at some mussel beds.
Lots and lots of underwater mussels.
What scenery!
Wild horses. I thought so, though I guess Jay made the...
Some funny looking geese.
Hello, horsey.
Jay ponderin' the yonder.
Mangy looking animals. They seemed pretty tame though.
Jay, looking at the horses I think.
Bright green sea grasses!
More mussels. I had fun taking these underwater shots.
Mysterious bone from some unknown beast.
I think this was called a fire bush and we saw these...
So apparently at one point European settlers introduced...
Jay hiking on his birthday.
Jay, as we were exploring a little spit of land where a...
Jay and John portrait.
Aforementioned raptor looking for more food.
Kinda looks like a chicken hawk or something.
Yummy meal for the raptor.
Jay surveying a beach.
Very pretty light forested section toward the end of our...
Hiking through some swampy parts, probably caused by beaver dams.
Washing the salt off our hiking boots by a small footbridge.
Beautiful boggy swamp.
This time without the trees to frame it.
Probably also caused by some busy beavers.
Very glad there was a boardwalk. Very swampy.
Jay checking out a 5,000 foot mountain. We're basically...
Another rascally rabbit.
The southern terminus of "Ruta 3" which, under various...
Picking up Jay's birthday cake at the local sweet shop...
Jay cutting up some birthday cake.
¡Feliz cumpleaños a Jay!
I was particularly proud of having used my very basic...
The cake was a dulce de leche / tres leches cake with...
We made a piece for Christian Alejandro Flores (what a...
Jay photographing the cake.
John and Jay getting a lesson from Lucas (not pictured)...
Dad, if you're ever in Ushuaia, you should check out the...
A machine that makes patches. A cottage industry, literally.
A boat made entirely of chocolate!
The hat that Jay will regret not purchasing for the rest...
You really regret the things you don't do, rather than...
Fuegian Lamb: It's what's for dinner.
Medieval torture device or dinner?
Jay at dinner after a long day of trip planning.
The yerba mate calabaza Jay and I bought in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Our little youth hostel, on the outskirts of town.
Jay and the Gordon fisherman guy, or someone who looks like him.