Ushuaia, Argentina - Polarsteps

We made it to Chile for two hours.... and back to Argentina again. Because of strange lines on maps that are called borders we had to wait in line four times (2 border crossings). Apart from that we took a ferry to Tierra del Fuego (which brought fresh meat supplies, goatsss). After a bus ride of 17 hours we made it to Ushuaia! Last month we stayed on 20 campspots and, apart from the dorm night in El Calafate, we are finally surrounded by four walls again! This includes a real bed, bath, our own kitchen and TV with Netflix. So you can guess what we did... Totally nothing! We have until the sixth of March for our planned O-track. But the reason we arrived in Ushuaia so early is to look out for a last minute trip to Antarctica... We're still in doubt on whether we want to do this. We were as well thinking of crossing the Beagle Channel to Puerto Williams, however border rules since Covid made it impossible to do that starting in Ushuaia. Still in doubt we eventually had a YES-day, why not just do it! We are going to Antarctica!!!! Still having two weeks before our embarkation our Belgian friends Pauline & Gus invited us to share an apartment. We had fun playing games, visiting the prison museum and sharing diner & a cab to the Laguna Esmeralda. They spend their last night in Argentina in our tent which we found in a perfect state at a lovely place in the national park Tierra del Fuego. After a beautiful hike together to the southern most post office we said goodbye and we moved in our tent again for two nights in a row. A steep climb brought us to the Cerro Guanaco the other day where we had a 360 view over the surrounding area including the Beagle Channel, however no Guanaco's were spotted. Feeling that we hadn't hike enough for that day we also visited another side of the park, in the end we hiked for 33 kilometers. Ushuaia got a lot of Southern most stuff where they are really proud of. Not only did we see the southern most city (Ushuaia in itself), post office and train, but also the Pan-America road ends here. So if we ever go to Alaska we can proudly show this picture!

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