Views outside my Ushuaia hostel – Freestyle. The bay in front, the painting in the courtyard outside our room and the mountains behind the city complete with a cat on a cold tin roof. The cat doesn’t belong to the hostel…or is it true here as it is at home…the…
My good luck charms for a smooth journey are a pearl (for wisdom), raw beauty (for health), artist’s palette (from Myra, to remind me to be creative when facing issues), a bear (from Canada, for strength…or maybe knowing when to hibernate!) and St. Christopher, from Mel. XOXO
Ushuaia Maritime and Prison Museum Spent some time at the Museo Maritimo y del Presidio de Ushuaia – The prison at the end of the world, now an interesting museum of Ushuaian life and maritime history. The first male prisoners started arriving in 1896 and in general most convicts were…
…I couldn’t get through a whole bottle in the two days I have here, drinking alone it just seems a waste. So I’m sipping my way through a hip flask of pisco and making picola instead…pisco and cola! Just tastes like straight coke but goes straight to my head!
Following the trend, I regrouped with two couples at the port who were on yesterday’s trekking and rafting excursion for today’s engagement with the animal kingdom. Harberton Ranch was founded in the 1880’s by Tomas Bridges, an anglican minister/language recordist/rancher responsible for an interesting and involved slice of history that…