Ushuaia (2/2)

Having technical difficulties with this stupid blogger app. Unable to attach pictures for some reason. Will try again after the trip. 

Ushuaia day 3

Today we do an all day 4wd tour that goes into Tierra del Fuego and checks out a couple of lakes (Lake Escondido and Lake Fagnano).

First stop was some hotel with a field of peat moss out the back. Interesting experience to walk upon. Very spongy but supportive at the same time... almost like a good pair of underwear.

I remember them digging out peat for fire in Scotland... wonder if they do the same here? 

Then a few stops to look at pretty things and a bunch of driving (in mud, in lakes, on rocky beaches etc...) before lunch. Beautiful scenery... forests and lakes. 

Really nice bbq lunch with a choripan, plenty of steak and red wine. 

We were joined by a couple from the UK (Laura and Andy) who were really nice people. Interesting, intelligent and well travelled. Andy actually works with Bupa UK as a vendor and has applied for a role there. Small world! 

Overall a pretty good tour but just not active enough for me. Beautiful scenery but ultimately just a day driving around in a car.  It was really meeting the other people that made the day for me.

Gail needed to do some shopping so I went along to provide expert fashion advice and to kill time until we met up with Deb and Kerry for dinner. We met them on our sea kayaking training course a couple of months ago and figured out we'd be in ushuaia at the same time. Dinner was at La Estancia Parrilla which is basically a coal fired bbq place. Pretty average and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Ushuaia day 4

Mum and I headed off on a hike to Laguna Esmeralda today. Gail unwell so rested in the room again. Feel bad for her and hope she doesn't feel abandoned but I'm still going!

Got a shuttle bus to the trailhead with what felt like 100 other people for a really nice walk.

There was a lot of mud and a bog to walk through (just enough to make it fun) but it wasn't a difficult walk.  Very scenic with a nice variety of terrain. Forest, meadow, more forest, bog then paydirt. Took us about 1.5 hours to reach the lake and it was beautiful. 

In the evening Gail and I did a quad biking tour. Idea was to go quad biking, get a bit of history about something then have dinner. 

The quad biking was great! Gail and I shared a UTV and took turns driving. The track was muddy and sloppy and full of water and it was great. There just was not enough time behind the wheel. It felt like we really only got like 30 minutes of driving. It might have been more but it just felt short. 

Dinner was ok. Pretty basic but tasty enough. 

The guy who runs the bike place tells a pretty good story so overall I quite enjoyed it. More than the 4wd thing the previous day.