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2# El Calafate to Ushuaia

Foillsichte: 27.02.2018


In Calafate you have to try Calafate (berries) jam, hmm....



You feel right at home...
A boat trip to the Uppsala Glacier











A little mishap for an R4 (from Buenos Aires), but we are happy to help
Onwards to Tierra del Fuego

Now we are in Chile for the first time
Straits of Magellan

We cross over to Tierra del Fuego via the Strait of Magellan
The surroundings haven't changed much yet..
We also visit the cemetery in Porvenir...
Porvenir (Chile) on Tierra del Fuego

A shrine for Gauchito Gil (folk saint) can be found everywhere on the roadside
Our overnight spot right on the Strait of Magellan, the dark dot in the middle is the snout of a seal, which swam casually past us and scared me a lot because I only saw it afterwards in the photo...

There is also a king penguin colony on Tierra del Fuego

Back in Argentina, we spend the night at a small lake

which after breakfast turns out to be a beaver lake:

Because it's so sunny and calm here, we stay another night

On the road to Ushuaia, the landscape has slowly changed:




We smell the city air..



Back at the harbor, there is a festival going on,
the kids are spraying each other with foam
Ralph also got some.
'Murga' is being celebrated, an Argentine version of carnival, where different dance groups parade through the streets and dance to loud music.













everyone loves getting their picture taken.

Contrast program:
From the bustling city to the Tierra del Fuego nature reserve
Impressions from here:
There are also trees here
A SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:
Barbas del Biejos








The last picture shows the 'End of the World' sign, the end of Route 3 from Buenos Aires. From here, there are no more roads going south, so for us, it's the turning point. However, the latitude corresponds to only about the German-Danish border on the northern hemisphere.

Climate-wise, it's similar to Iceland, but we're lucky with the wind, which only blows moderately. Sometimes it's even calm.

Despite the long and often monotonous stretches of Pampas, the route was occasionally spiced up by rough washboard roads. This, of course, took its toll on the vehicle, but so far, everything could be repaired with the tools we had.

It takes some getting used to the sometimes (especially in national parks) days of being unreachable. We have become very accustomed to constant contact via mobile phones. Our satellite phone reliably provides a solution. Many thanks to the sponsors!

We have already crossed several borders. Not only the always exciting pursuit of correctly stamped documents, but also the handling of 5 currencies (Uruguayan, Argentine, Chilean pesos, Euros, and US dollars) keeps us on our toes. Along with all that, we often sing the praises of our open-border EU and our common Euro.

A final note on the subject of guanacos: The hunting enthusiasts among us may find it interesting that traditionally, they can be hunted here with a rectal shot with a bow and arrow. This gives the term 'sneaky' a whole new dimension. This method is justified by the pronounced rib structure of guanacos, which otherwise cannot be penetrated.

We have covered about 5000km so far, everything is going well, and we will now be heading north.

Freagairt