Truck packed we head off further South, everyone fired up with enthusiasm recounting their individual stories of the W trek. We are heading to USHUAIA, the southern most city in the world. We cross the border again back into Argentina passing along the Magellan Straits. We come across a couple of disintegrating ships on the cobbled beach, they made fascinating pictures.
Each drive is approximately six to seven hours covering great distances of ever changing countryside, mostly Argentian Steppe at the moment. As we approach Ushuaia we suddenly come to a halt on the outskirts, there's a road block. Trees across the road set alight, vehicles behind this, a crowd chanting and banging a drum. It's the local truck / lorry drivers protesting about pay and conditions. After hanging around for about fifteen minutes were let through the road block, flaming trees pulled aside, thumbs up and victory signs from the crowd, it all seems pretty good natured.
We arrive at our camp site set just out of town in the thick woods, at the base of a ski lift. It's their summer here so it's not in operation, summer !! God it must be bad in winter.
Well that's us tucked away for a couple of days, lets see what this area has to offer.
Despedida !
Tony x
1. One of the skeleton hulls lying on the cobbled beach outside a deserted town.
2. Same
3. An old army bridge crossing one of the many rivers.
4. The long road ahead through millions of acres of Steppe.
5. Catching the ferry.
6. Roadblock outside Ushuaia
Wow - such a contrast in scenery and photos are fab. Keep them coming....... Love you - love from all of us xxxxxx
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