This morning we woke up at a little more civilised hour (for us), to find the ship slowly cruising through some fairly narrow channels with snow covered mountains either side. In fact we were just about to enter the Argentinian port of Ushuaia.
With a population of 82,615 and located around 54 degrees South, Ushuaia claims the title of the Southernmost city in the world.
We had a leisurely breakfast and then took off for a walk around the town. For once we were tied up alongside the main pier and did not need a shuttle.
We wandered around the town for a while, and even tried to find a geocache, we failed!
We headed back to the ship for lunch as we had an afternoon tour booked. We were hoping to meet a friend of ours from Ottawa who is a guide and Antarctic lecturer on a ship leaving from Ushuaia in the next day or so, but it wasn’t to be.
In the afternoon we boarded a coach to “The end of the World”. In reality “The end of the World” is the end of Argentinian Route 3, which is part of the Pan-American Highway, which runs from Fairbanks Alaska to Ushuaia Argentina.
As usual, pictures will be more interesting than my ramblings!
Our first stop was the worlds Southernmost Post Office (according to tourist info!!)
Which of course has to have the worlds Southernmost Post (Mail) box!
We then came across this family of Geese.
There may have been a lot of Argentinian flags around, but there appears to be no pride in ownership!
I haven’t got Google Lens to identify the birds yet!
Likewise this has yet to be identified, it was on a lot of trees.
The end of the Pan American Highway marked by wooden posts
Although we are in Argentina and the ship has now left the port, we have to stop off in Port William Chile to clear Chilean authorities before we can proceed. Seems like bureaucracy at work!
Tomorrow is a sea day as we head around the Cape at sunrise (0645) and then onto the Falkland Islands for a day.