By the time you get to Ushuaia, you are already off of the continent. It is in the "Tierra Del Fuego," or land of fire. Tradition says that it got it's name from the natives who lit fires along the beach to warn of the coming ships. Anthropologist say that the natives lit bon fires on the beaches when whales were grounded to let everyone know that there was going to be a party tonight with lots of food. Choose your own interpretation. All of the guide books describe Ushuaia as "wind swept Ushuaia"
The town itself refers to itself as either the "ends of the earth,"
or the gate way to Antarctica which is where you go if you don't think the ends of the earth are far enough away. I think both vies overlook the quality of the extremely fine chocolate candies that you can get there.
Ushuaia is on the Beagle Channel, of Charles Darwin fame, and it is where we caught our boat to go out to Cape Horn.
Ours is the smaller ship behind Paul Allen's rather large yacht. I think that we left a much smaller carbon foot print.
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