Arriving in Ushuaia

Származási hely: Ushuaia-Puerto Natales

Let me cite a short story from wikipedia today;

On August 10, 1519, five ships under Magellan's command left Sevilla. On November 27 the expedition crossed the equator; on December 6 the crew sighted South America.
On December 13 anchored near present-day Rio de Janeiro. They continued to sail south along South America's east coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would lead to the Spice Islands. The fleet reached Río de la Plata on January 10, 1520.

At 52°S latitude on October 21 the fleet reached Cape Virgenes and concluded they had found the passage. Four ships began an arduous trip through the 373-mile (600 km) long passage that Magellan called the Estrecho (Canal) de Todos los Santos, ("All Saints' Channel"), because the fleet travelled through it on November 1 or All Saints' Day. The strait is now named the Strait of Magellan.

I just wanted to point out with this short historical outlook, that the first trip ever done by a European to Fireland/Patagonia took more than 15 month against our 30hours. What a difference in only 500 years:)

I could not really sleep in Buenos Aires, because of the jetleg. So just after lying 2 hours in the bed I left the hotel and went to the airport to catch the plane at5.30 a.m. and arrived after 30 hours in Ushuaia, as I just said. The meeting point with Ili and Tisza was at the car rental company in the city. I told them to meet at 10 a.m. an arrived just with 5 minutes difference to the agreed date. It is really amazing to travel more than 14000km and to arrive with only 5 minutes difference to the expected time.
We took a nice Toyota Hilux pick up and headed to look at the Martial glacier at the city border. After hiking a couple of hours in the mountains I went shopping; gas cooker, tent and some souveniers.

See the track online on the map/ kövesd eloben a terkepen

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=417069


latest pics/ legfrissebb kepek


http://picasaweb.google.de/szaipandras/UshuaiaPuertoNatales#