This morning we woke up and it was raining quite hard. Having already spent quite a lot of time in Ushuaia, we were in no rush to get wet. The hotel was very good and said we could use their facilities all day. The main room was stocked with beautiful books of photos of Argentina and Patagonia. For the whole time we had the company of a heat loving ginger tom described as "El dueno del comedor" (the dining room boss). We had an unremarkable flight to Buenos Aires...

Today was a travel day again. We stayed at the Hotel Navegantes which was very plush and convenient for the bus departure point on Colon. In all the bus journey was uneventful. Kevin made the mistake of accepting the free coffee that they handed out - thick, black and Diabetic coma-inducingly sweet. The biscuits they gave us were called Bimbo and came in bear shapes! At Punta Delgado where the ferry crosses from the mainland to the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego...

We said farewell to the milodon on the roundabout at the entrance to Puerto Natales and headed back south. The road was quiet, so quiet we had time to notice the very fancy bus shelters and flag trees. We passed a large herd of cows being driven alongside the road. On the way up, we saw this unusual rock ill at odds with the vast, rolling plains. As we passed it again we noticed there was an interpretation board. It turned out to be a volcanic plug, one of five i...

A bit like yesterday the pictures speak for themselves. Took an excursion up the Seno Ultima Esperanza to see two glaciars. On the way we saw cormorants, sea lions and waterfalls. The glaciars were much smaller than the ones we have seen at Laguna San Rafael and Perito Moreno. The one thing about glaciars is the sound of them shifting. It is like thunder and we heard this a few times today. On retreating from the glaciars, we were all given a tumbler of whisk...

Today we went back up to the Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. We filled the HiLux up on the way out of town and Diesel costs about 62 pence a litre. As we passed the piers, we spotted a Skorpios boat docked. When we were getting married, Joan had some crazy idea about hiring a motorhome in Buenos Aires and driving down to Patagonia, though we had never been to South America before, didn't speak the language, Joan had no idea of the distances involved nor the s...