El Fin del Mundo
It's bloody freezing here. I am now in the southernmost town in the world. Officially. Unofficially, if you look at a map, Chile curls around the bottom of Argentina, and some island in Chile really can lay claim to the Fin del Mundo title.
Ushuaiu is really a fantastic town. The houses are tiny. The town is hilly. I'm freezing my booty off -- though, the cold weather is a most refreshing change to the heat and humidity of BA. J says that it feels like a Seattle Spring day here, and reminded me that everyone in Seattle would be running around in shorts and short-sleeved shirts. He says I've become rather acclimated to BA, as I was wrapping myself in my comforter shortly after lying down in my room.
Because of the extreme southern location, there is only six hours of nightfall here. That is, there is light in the sky until 11pm, and dawn is at 5am. I'm thinking the light will be really incredible and I plan on taking even more pictures.
There is a mountain here that J think looks like Mordar. LOTR trivia, folks. We've been told the proper name, but we call it Mordar every time we see it. The mountains are much different than most I've seen before. The tops are very jagged and pointed and look like there was a lot of violence in their creation.
On the other side of today, J and I had a 5.30am flight this morning. We went to dinner with everyone from my residence last night (which was a very cool evening), and didn't get back until 1am. We had to wake up at 3.30am in order to be ready to catch a 4am taxi. Good lord, we were exhausted. J's had 1.5 siestas today, and I've had two. I think I'm finally back on my regular energy level. I was getting a little bitchy earlier, before the second siesta. However, we got two of the last five seats on any flight to Ushuaia this weekend. So, we couldn't be too choosy. Also, it worked in our favor, as lodging here is rather difficult to find, as this is peak travel/vacation season, and our earlier arrival allowed us relative ease in finding lodging. While we were dozing in my room, while J's room was finished being cleaned, we heard at least three people at the door asking for rooms.
Just in the nick of time.
Tomorrow, we're planning to go to the maritime museum and the old prison museum. [As a touch of irony, the old prison here is now a naval base...]
I'm just starting to appreciate walking in to a place with the heat ON, instead of walking in to a place with the air conditioning on.
Que interesante.
Ushuaiu is really a fantastic town. The houses are tiny. The town is hilly. I'm freezing my booty off -- though, the cold weather is a most refreshing change to the heat and humidity of BA. J says that it feels like a Seattle Spring day here, and reminded me that everyone in Seattle would be running around in shorts and short-sleeved shirts. He says I've become rather acclimated to BA, as I was wrapping myself in my comforter shortly after lying down in my room.
Because of the extreme southern location, there is only six hours of nightfall here. That is, there is light in the sky until 11pm, and dawn is at 5am. I'm thinking the light will be really incredible and I plan on taking even more pictures.
There is a mountain here that J think looks like Mordar. LOTR trivia, folks. We've been told the proper name, but we call it Mordar every time we see it. The mountains are much different than most I've seen before. The tops are very jagged and pointed and look like there was a lot of violence in their creation.
On the other side of today, J and I had a 5.30am flight this morning. We went to dinner with everyone from my residence last night (which was a very cool evening), and didn't get back until 1am. We had to wake up at 3.30am in order to be ready to catch a 4am taxi. Good lord, we were exhausted. J's had 1.5 siestas today, and I've had two. I think I'm finally back on my regular energy level. I was getting a little bitchy earlier, before the second siesta. However, we got two of the last five seats on any flight to Ushuaia this weekend. So, we couldn't be too choosy. Also, it worked in our favor, as lodging here is rather difficult to find, as this is peak travel/vacation season, and our earlier arrival allowed us relative ease in finding lodging. While we were dozing in my room, while J's room was finished being cleaned, we heard at least three people at the door asking for rooms.
Just in the nick of time.
Tomorrow, we're planning to go to the maritime museum and the old prison museum. [As a touch of irony, the old prison here is now a naval base...]
I'm just starting to appreciate walking in to a place with the heat ON, instead of walking in to a place with the air conditioning on.
Que interesante.
posted by Shana @ 3:33 PM
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