Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Ushuaia la Cuidad Del Fin Del Mundo

Ushuaia, the city at the end of the world and what a wonderful place it is! I have only been here a few days but I have fallen in love with it and the weather has been absolutely magnificent - they tell this is not usual for Ushuaia The air is brisk and the nights are somewhat chilly, but the days have been filled with glorious sunshine, so I spend my time putting on and taking off the fleece as all the shops and buildings are well heated. I am just hoping the weather remains like this for the crossings to and from the Antartic.
The city is not large, particularly compared to many in South America, but is charming, colourful and so very friendly. It is certainly geared up for the tourists and although there are many it is not as overwhelmingly touristy as Iguazu was.
The city is situated along the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded by snow capped mountains with glaciers glistening in the sunshine and with the exception of the day I arrived - it was blowing a gale- the water has been so calm that the mountains and houses are reflected in the waters.
Many of the buildings are very old and have been preserved beautifully often very colourfully and generally the city is very clean. This week there have been workers everwhere planting out the spring flowers so it becomes more colourful by the day.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hola Barb! Soy sofi, la Hija de Ana (tu profesora en Finis Terrae). solo quería mandarte un beso grande y decirte que acá siempre nos acordamos de vos!.
Mucha suerte en todo!!
Sofi