Buenos Aires-Ushuaia

Hi,

It has been a busy last week or so, with lots of long bus journey... as a result we are now in Ushuaia where it is snowing!

Ushuaia, walk to the Martial Glacier

We had a great time in Buenos Aires, saw quite a lot of the city, which is nice and you can get most places by either walking or getting the Subte (subway) then walking. On the last day we went to see the Chacarita Cemetary, sort of the normal persons cemetary compared to Recoleta (one in previous post). It was absolutely huge, had abou 20 massive underground bunkers basically with probably 30 maybe more of the corridors/streets like the one below.

Chacarita Cementario, Buenos Aires

After Buenos Aires we caught the bus down to Puerto Madryn, a nice short 18hrs. Puerto Madryn is a town next to Peninsula Valdes, which is a large wildlife reserve. We went around both the reserve itself a well as the surrounding area, including Punta Tombo which is the largest Magellanic Penguin breeding colony in the world.. We also rented bikes and went to see a nearby seal colony.

Jumping into Atlantic on our Bike ride.

Journey back to Puerto Madryn

Punta Tombo

Punta Tombo

 You can really close, as they have to natural land predators so aren't scared.

Invisible friend

Peninsula Valdes

After a few nights in Puerto Madryn we caught a very delayed and long journey down to Ushuaia, where we arrived yesterday/3am this morning. We have just been up to the Martial Glacier today, while it has been snowing. Very cold and a bit of a shock compared to Puerto Madryn where it was a reasonable 25-30 degrees.

Top, by Martial Glacier

Bottom of route to Martial Glacier

Now finally here are some more birdies for Mr Bertie, obviously the Penguins also count.

Not sure what, saw it at the Cemetary

Dunno

Rock Shag....

Penguin... again

We are here for a few nights then off to Puerto Natales in Chile, the passport is getting fuller!

Cheers Will x

Don't mention the war...

Hey,

Been pretty busy last few days, done a fair bit of travelling and been to see some "sites" instead of more beaches. We crossed over to the Argentinian side of the falls, staying in Puerto Iguazu for 2 nights and spending a whole day looking around the Argentinian side which was really inpressive particularly where you are able to stand right above the "Devils Throat". It was also a lot less busy than the Brazilian side which was an added bonus.

Next to the Devils Throat

Devils Throat

In the evening after getting back from the falls, we got asked to play 5 a-side football with one of the hostels workers and his friends. Was about 8pm but still 30+ degrees and 90-100% humidity so a good workout!

San Ignacio Ruins

After Iguazu we got a bus to San Ignacio (about 5 hrs) where there are ruins of a Jesuit Mision, was pretty good but still really hot. From there we moved on to Posadas where we crossed into Paraguay breifly (in and out same day) to go see some more of the Jesuit ruins and then got a long but very comfortable bus down from Posadas to Rosario, Argentina´s 2nd/3rd biggest city.

Trinidad Ruins (Paraquay)

Spent 3 nights in Rosario looking around, and met some local for a game of ultimate frisby, which was weird but good fun.

National Flag Monument, Rosario at night. (Was also a Falklands War memorial but we decided against a picture with that)

From Rosario we moved down to Buenos Aires where we arrived 2 days ago, there is loads to do se so we´ve been to some galleries seen the parlimentary buildings and the cemetary where all the old military leaders, social elite, ex presidents etc are buried. There was also a load of protestors outside the Pink House (Kind of like there White House) protesting about the Falklands, so we are from either Australia or New Zealand when the need arises.

La Recoleta Cemetry, Buenos Aires

The Pink House, Buenos Aires

We are staying here till after the weekend then going down to Puerto Madryn which will be a lot quieter and more walking scenery etc, which I can´t wait for.

Oh and here is another birdie for you Mr Beesley


Hope your all good, Cheers x