Officially the furthest south inhabited city in the world, Ushuaia nestles on the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego overlooking the Beagle Channel. We arrived after a strenuous 11 hour day bus that crossed from Argentina into Chile, took a ferry across to Tierra del Fuego and then another border crossing from the Chilean side back o the Argentinian side! We arrived in the dark and rain and the temprature was even lower still and it didn't take long before we sacke...

Such a shame that we arrived in this town at 10am because the only connecting bus to Ushuaia was at 9am! There is nothing to do in Rio Gallagos on the best of days but when its raining and the blustery wind makes the rain sting you face, the temprature feels somewhere around -10 degrees (kelvin) and to top it all its a Sunday, then watching paint dry seems like fun! We did have chance to cook a nice meal of all different kinds of roasted vegetables and pasta wash...

Our first port of call in Patagonia (excuse the pun). We were a bit worried that our choice of clothing we had left Buenos Aires may be a little cold for Patagonia but were pleasantly surprised that shorts and flip-flops were fine as the sun was blazing as we got off the bus. Puerto Madryn is a buzzing hive of activity in the peak summer season with all accomodation booked up and prices are sky high. We decided that today would be the best time to put our new te...

This place could be any major fashionable westernised city but we dont have the time or money to browse through the boutiques as we are only stopping here briefly to buy camping equipment and get done all the things you can only do in a major city before we race on to Patagonia. We really need to get there before the last of the wildlife migrates for winter. The most important job was crossed of our list within moments of us finding a cheap hostel. Katie got a pr...

Another stopover town. On the banks of the river Uraguay with Argentina on one side and Uraguay on the other. It is a sleepy little town with not much of an attraction for your average tourist in low season so the accomodation prices are high. With us booked into the cheapest we could find, it was time to hit the beach to top up our fast fading tans and then soak away any stresses and strains in the thermal pools in preperation for our arrival in Buenos Aries the...