Up on the Argentinian border lies the rarely visited PN Pali Aike. It was about a two and a half drive along the coast of the Magellen straits. The winds were so strong they were making odd noises round the car. We past nodding donkeys in the oil fields and the turn off to the ferry at Punto Delgado. We also past the road off to the park and ended up about to cross the border into Argentina. By the border there were volcanic cones. Joan video'd them but with her ...

Today the bus actually turned up. Admittedly it was late as some earlier passengers were late leaving their hotel. We just had to wait in the rain but the driver did apologise on their behalf. The Parque Nacional is only about 12 km form Ushuaia so it didn't take long to reach. we bought tickets at the station and board the rain which is a 500mm gauge and not the original gauge which was 600mm. The tren al Fin del Mundo was originally built to carry the prisone...

Today we had booked a tour to the Parque Nacional de Tierra del Fuego. As instructed we waited in the freezing cold for a bus to pick us up. After an hour of waiting, we were beginning to wonder what was going on. The flat we are staying in is linked to a guest house on the next street and Joan just happened to se a man come out and get in his car. (It isn't staffed 24/7). She approached him and it was David who had first greeted us here. Kindly he rang the tour ...

Today we had booked a trip to see the wildlife on the Beagle Channel. Joan has always wanted to visit Ushuaia since watching the Voyage of the Beagle on the TV in the 1970s. She has always been interested in Captain Robert Fitzroy who funded Darwin's trip on the Beagle. Peter Nicholls' book Evolution's captain is a very readable account of this complex man. The trip was in the afternoon so we took an early lunch before walking down to the departure pier. On the...

We are approaching the longest day here in Tierra del Fuego and despite being shattered from the journey, Kevin was up at seven and Joan was no long after. We are staying at a flat rented out by Ahnen http://www.ahnen.com.ar/ The flat is about 5-10 minutes from the main street. There were more glamourous cabins and cabins to let but all of these are up on the slopes of the mountain and require a car. This was convenient. It is in a residential area, and typical o...