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Arrived Ushuaia, the most Southerly city in the world (pop approx 80,000) at 1600 today, after 4 nights in Santiago and one night in Buenos Aires. Both cities are very flat, but whereas Santiago is surrounded on all sides by mountains (and has a few hills within the city), Buenos Aires is flatter than Holland, and there are no hills within sight. The people in both cities also have a calmness about them which is unexpected given the Spanish heritage. More of these thoughts later perhaps. For now suffice to say that I am enjoying having to wear a jumper again for the first time in ages. As you can see from the stock photo above, Ushuaia is a port town at the foot of quite spectacular hills (the highest at 1400m is Ben Nevis sized, so quite titchy in comparison to other parts of the Andes farther North.) I have booked myself on a half-day tour of the Tierra del Fuego National Park tomorrow morning. The briefing for the Antarctic tour is tomorrow evening, and we set off on the ship on Saturday morning. There are a number of bike hire shops here, so on the spare day I have after the cruise, I intend to do a bit of cycling around. It will be not only the farthest south I have cycled, but also the first time in the Americas.
All for now folks.
PS I amended and extended the previous blog yesterday, but a notification didn´t go out, so you might want to have another look at it now.
Cheers
Frank
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Jon and enny Sounds like you are having a great trip Frank - we've seen a bit of Antartic weather here in Leeds so take care on that ice!
peter Hi Frank. Went to Angkor Wat today. See you soon. Peter
Steve Jones Thanks for sending your blogs Frank, it's given me a good insight into your trip so far. Looks like this is where it really gets interesting. Steve J Steve.