28th Dec 10 - Ushuaia, Argentina

Good one for a pub quiz. What is the most southerly city in the world? Answer, Ushuaia. Indeed, this is where the world was meant to end and you would just fall off the edge if you went any further south. Ushuaia is now the port from which all the expedition ships for the Antarctic leave.

We went on a trek which turned out to be more of an adventure than we had bargained for.

Ushuaia, Argentina - Tierra del Fuego

The view of the fjords at daybreak

Ushuaia

We moored on a very busy quay full of expedition ships getting ready for their trips to Antarctica

We went on a trek from the Tierra Mayor

We were all issued with Wellington boots as, in order to get to the forest and waterfalls, we had to cross a bog and several rivers.

It was very wet

Climbing through the forest

An amazing beaver damn. I never realised they could build them this big!

This is the point where it got a bit hairy. The guide went a different way back and decided to cross this wet bit. Quite a number of the party fell in as it was very deep. Eventually I shouted out to the guide 'Are you lost?" and eventually she admitted she was and burst into tears! We led the party up a steep cliff to safety.