We've awoken occasionally to howling winds and rain – the occasional piece
of tree dropping on the roof hasn't comforted us! Off to a space the forested section for breakfast – you see how chilly it is
Some 80km further, into Ushuaia
(the further out you go, the more vehement the sentiment)
(the further out you go, the more vehement the sentiment)
a
little shabby on the outskirts but we restock in a supermarket in the shopping mall
with good
seating area overlooking the Beagle Channel. Down at sea-level, it's a mixed bag - a bit scruffy with container ships (and their cargo) and Antarctica-bound liners
but gorgeous scenery and clear, flat waters
but gorgeous scenery and clear, flat waters
Out on the main street
past the cathedral
past the cathedral
we find the Museo del Fin de Mundo in what used to be the only bank in town (note the vault, to the right below), ship figureheads celebrating the city's maritime history
and a few stuffed birds (mangy but helpful at least for
us to recognise what we’ve been seeing). Old films are showing, including a
1927 documentary on delivering 25 breeding pairs of beaver from Canada to
Tierra del Fuego, starting an ecological disaster when they make themselves thoroughly at home and take down more trees than expected!
Out of town is Parque Nacional de Tierra del Fuego
Back in town and a stop at the Plaza Isla Malvinas
to pay respects to their eternal flame and black memorial wall of names
and a symbolic
wall (the cut-out 'missing' Falkland Islands). We assume it's pointing in the right
direction.
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