Ushuaia

Well after lots of flight delays I finally made it to Ushuaia, the worlds most southerly city and generally marketed as "The End Of The World!". A nice little place, certainly a fair few tourists passing through, but at least that means plenty of decent places to stay and eat. No shortage of good Steaks of course. This is the ONLY trip where i've actually gained a little weight whilst i've been away!

Heading To A Glacier

Anyway, despite the initial 'shock' of going from 35 degrees down to 5 or 6 degrees, i've settled in quite nicely. I may need to buy a few warmer layers and some gloves, but everything is going well down here at "the pointy bit". I didn't have any grand plans set out for what i'd do when I got here (probably because it was only a few days ago that I decided to jump on a plane and come down here). I think my general assumption was that i'd spent 3 or 4 days here, visit the National Park and do a little treking. Still part of my plans. However, yesterday I decided that I was going to 'splash out' a little and went to talk to an expedition company about getting to Antarctica!

Not MY Ship I Hope

It was kind of a good news/bad news/good news story as I comitted myself in the morning to an 11 day trip with the penultimate ship of the year only to have it cancelled in the afternoon. Apparently due to "technical difficulties" - although I believe the boat was only half full, so I think that, that was probably a major factor. Anyway, the GOOD NEWS part of the story is that I managed to get the LAST space on the LAST boat of the season. VERY Happy!

So, i'll be leaving for Antarctica on the 13th March. I hope to have some good pics to post then :-))