Our tired bodies and lack of inspiring information helped us to decide on skipping the 'National Park Tierra del Fuego'.
Instead, our first stop was a launderette where we put our clothes in the wash. Since the launderette closes until 1530 (long lunch) we made our way to the aquarium, donning
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The day was started with a walk down to the 'Muelle Touristico' (tourist pier), where we chose a company (from a selection) for a Beagle Channel cruise at 3pm.We then raced off to the shops and to have lunch at a very nice cafe called 'Tante Sara'. The sandwiches there
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We started the day with a new style of breakfast. No cheese and ham in Argentina, but a hearty plate of sweet pastries appeared, to enjoy after our toast with plum jam.
Our target in the morning was the shops. Ushuaia is full of souvenir shops, and in amongst them, camera
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0930: We have left Punta Arenas today and are on a bus bound for Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.We had breakfast in the hostal and were again pleased with the food, but also amused by the service. There is a man at the hostal (the owner?) whoce antics resemble those
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Today was another 'nothing day'.We got up late , dropped off the rental car, and wandered off to the internet cafe. After three hours of working online we jumped into a collectivo and made for the big new Lider Supermarket on the outskirts of town.We had lunch at the new
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I picked up our Fiat Uno rental car at 10am and, aftret collecting esther, we made our way south to look at Fuerte Bulnes and Puerto Hambres (Port Famine). This was basically a waste of our free 200km, as neither was anything special. I would not recommend this trip unless
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Sleep In!We ate breakfast at 10am and didn't leave the hopstal until midday. Walking east, down through the town, we came to the port. Here we ventured right and walked south along the coast until we reached the skeleton wreck of a ship. The wind blew us around as we
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We left 'Isla Morena' at 0830 after a good breakfast of toast and eggs. This was a nice place to stay, although they didn't accept credit cards so I drained my wallet of Pesos once more.'Buses Fernandez' took us to Punta Arenas, leaving at 9am and arriving at 12:15. The
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Today is our second 'relax day' of the holiday. After a late breakfast we dropped our laundry off at a full-service place that charges by the kg , it would be ready at 6pm.After arranging clean clothes we walked in and out of every souvenir shop we could find but
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Arriving at 'Hosteria Los Torres' it became quickly apparent that we paid far too much at 'Hosteria Pehoe'. The 'Las Torres' is a 5 star hotel by comparison. I bet they even have working TV.Spread out across a large piece of farmland, the Los Torres has a big restaurant, bar,
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