To the end of the world we go

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Greetings from the southern most city in the world, Ushuaia.  We spent 12 hours in Peggy today driving from Punta Arenas, the fastest time Andy's made so far.  Only got three hours of sleep.  Breakfast was at 6am for a 6:30 departure.  A few people showed up late after a big New Years out.


When we arrived at the ferry terminal for our boat across the Magellan Strait, I seemed to be deserted.  Through binoculars, Andy saw them loading the boat on the other side.  Phew!  I thought I'd stay inside the cabin on the boat, but the black and white dophins playing nearby were much more entertaining.  We must have seen at least ten.  Amazing!


Landing on Tierra del Fuego, we still had a bit of driving before the Chile-Argentina border.  Leaving Chile didn't take long and in Argentina the guard insisted on taking our passports and sending us back to the truck.  We stopped for lunch just past the border office once we'd all gotten our documents.  Last lunch outside Peggy, so I antibacterialized up and chopped tomatoes and cut bread.  Very exciting.  Lunch was the usual, salami or ham slices with cheese, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, avocado with the added bonus of hummus.  Hard to get creative with limited resources.


Back on Peggy, we drove until we reached Tuhillo and after refueling, continued the last couple hours to Ushuaia arriving at 6:30pm.  I ended up going to dinner with Sarah, Nick, Ted and Brad at an American style restauarnt (Tante Sara) on the main street.  First time I've ordered a salad, and Ceasar for that matter.  Ted generously treated us to the meal since he'd run out of cash.


When I got back to the room, Sameena was already asleep.