Our last stops in South America are two of the most glamorous places on the continent, the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina and the beach resort town of Punta del Este, Uruguay. Before moving into my experience and descriptions of the places, I must mention that we were happy to be joined on this part of the trip by our friend Kelly Hagan from Navarre, who is currently spending the next six months teaching english in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She definitely added a ...

Luckily, we crossed the Straight of Magellan on a calm day because we had heard stories of people being stranded for many hours at a time waiting for either the winds or the waves to abate. Our crossing was very nice and I enjoyed riding at the bow even though it was a little cold. After the crossing, we continued for another 12 hours before we arrived in Ushuaia (the Southern-most city in the world).The city was originally founded as a penal colony, which would ...