Showing posts with label End of the World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label End of the World. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2016

To Ushuaia, Argentina

To begin, I had go to the end. The "End of the World," as Ushuaia (oo-SHWY-ah) is called, is Argentina’s southern most tip of South America.   
40 years ago Ushuaia's population was around 5,000.  2015's population was 67,600.  Tourism, navy and electronics are its industries.

Flights (25 hours, including 2 layovers) 

  1. Norfolk to Atlanta 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (2 hours)
  2. Atlanta to Buenos Aires (EZA), Argentina 9 p.m. - 9:10 a.m. (10 hours) - On 7-hour layover, I retrieved luggage, showed Argentinian officials I pre-paid the required $160 Reciprocity Fee, cleared customs/immigrations, taxied 30 miles north (from EZE to AEP, another of Buenos Aires' airports) and checked-in for last flight
  3. Buenos Aires (AEP) to Ushuaia 3:55pm - 7:30pm (3.5 hours). (Argentina is two hours ahead of time back home/EST.) 
Hotel
Overnighting at Arakur Hotel overlooking the Beagle Channel.  
Arakur Hotel, Ushuaia, Argentina







The channel was named for the ship HMS Beagle - which, in 1833, provided English amateur naturalist Charles Darwin with his first sighting of glaciers.


Arakur Hotel overlooking Beagle Channel
Source: http://www.underoursky.com/lfcwinners-arakur-ushuaia-hotel-patagonia-austral/ 

Tomorrow, I meet the expedition team! (140 people from 30 countries!)


Link to: Neko Harbour.