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An old cargo-shipstranded lots of years ago in UshuaiaThis old cargo-ship was stranded lots of years ago close to the cruise-port of Ushuaia and it makes a perfect place to take photographs of the lovely surroundings and the great glaciers in the background.Because of the special climate in Tierra del Fuego nothing will rust or fall apart within quite a short time like in other parts of the world, this ships looks that way now for several decades.
Ushuaia was first just a remote prison for special prisoners and nowadays that Ushuaia had become "the southernmost town on earth" you will still see a lot of traces of these early times. There is a monument for the prisoners next to the entrance of the maritime-museum and you will be able to go there any time of the day without the need to pay an entrance-fee or to go there, while the museum is open.This monument will give you a bit of an idea what the everyday life of the prisoners was like. Inside the museum you will see more of such sculptures plus the original cells, prison-corridors etc.
Sea-Wolves in the Beagle Channelis the theme of one of my favorite excursions from Ushuaia and it is one of the halfday excursions that will be offered by your cruiseship docking there ! It is really great to see the seals, sea-wolfs, penguins and other birds on the small islands in Beagle-Channel, that you will find close to the "lighttower at the end of the world". When you are lucky with the weather you will be able to watch douzens of seals and thousands of seabirds at the same time and when you get too close to the islands the smells might be terrific,too ! ;-)Mostly these cruise are going to various islands on each tour and you will have 5-10 minutes at every island to take photos from a catamaran that is able to get really close to these islands and rocks. Agood telelense makes sense anyway, for these pics I had a zoom 150-600mm.
Montes Martial is the name of the glacier high above the town of Ushuaia. This is a good place for hikings in summertime and skiing in wintertime. There are 2 restaurants there and between Ushuaia and Montes Martial you will find several of the largest hotels of Ushuaia. At first you get to a large parking-area and from there you can take a cablecar uphill.
Lenga-trees are typical for Tierra del Fuego and many of them have "the beard of the grandfather"Lenga-trees are quite unique : Their leaves have a brim like a saw and when the tree gets older it will be covered by some sort of a demi-parasit, that has the funny name "the beard of the grandfather" in the local language and you might get the idea to be in a fairytale forest.
The Prisoners-Mural at the PostofficeAt the postoffice in the main street of Ushuaia you will see these interesting murals : At one wall you will see some prisoners in their uniforms and at another wall you will see the native "Yamana people" who lived in that area before the Europeans had arrived.These tribes were water-nomads, travelling from one place to the other and they were dressed only with thin furs all year long. Just think of the icy winds that will blow there even in summertime and you might understand, that they were eating only meat and fish and they even had a different ordinary body-temperature of over 38 degrees celsius ( human beeings normally will have 36,8 degrees and everything above 37 is feever and you have to stay in bed with such a temperature) These tribes completely died out shortly after the arrival of the white settlers, partly because they got diseases that...
The "end of the world-museum" in Ushuaiais devided into the museum-building that you will see on my main picture and into an interesting part in the garden of the museum, where you are able to see these old exhibits of my photographs 2-5. This garden is open day and night, so it makes sense to take a look there even when the museum is closed.For wheelchairs there is a small lift on the left and the museum is free for residents of Tierra del FuegoThe "end of the world-museum" in Ushuaia is open Mon-Sun : 09.00 - 08.00pmguided tours (only in spanish!) are held at 11am +2 & 5 pmThe entrancefee is $15 in local currency = ca. 5 US$
the Beagle Channelis one of the most important natural waterways in Tierra del Fuego and it was named after the ship "Beagle". There are a lot of small islands, where you will be able to watch seabirds, see-wolfs, seals, penguins and other interesting animals. A lot of ships are offering halfday and fullday-tours of the Beagle-channel,one of the highlights of such a tour is always "The lighthouse at the end of the world".Most tours are made by catamarans, that are able to get very close to the islands, so you are able to take perfect photographs !
Eclaireurs Islands Lighthousethe lighthouse at the end of the world was built at a small island in the Beagle-channel after a cruise-ship had sunk there in the early 20th century. This lighthouse is still one of the highlights of all of the many excursions by catamarans to see the great wildlife of the Beagle-channel : Sea-Wolfes, seals and all sorts of birds...My day in Ushuaia started with a foggy early morning and soon after arrival it turned into perfect sunshine, a bit windy, but still quite warm !
Tierra del Fuego National Parkis an interesting nature reserve in a distance of about 10km from Ushuaia and we got there at the end of our ride with the "train at the end of the world"20 pairs of beavers were taken from Canada to this end of the world in 1940 and because of a lack of natural enemies there are about 70000 beavers nowadays and they are systematically destroying all of the trees of the area.So far the government did not find any solution to the "beaver-problem"
Tierra de Leyendas Ushuaia
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Hotel Los Nires Ushuaia
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Q: Want to buy a nice sweater on arrival in Ushuaia so can anyone recommend a good shop and any idea how much Argie for nice one...
A: Okay, I guess that maybe you are on a cruise....? From the quay/key walk up into the town and you'll come to the main street. Turn left and walk along there for a...
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