A boat in Ushuaia harbour |
Two Dutch sailing boats in Ushuaia |
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An abandoned boat in the harbour of Ushiaia |
Ushuaia below the mountains |
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A monument to the fallen during the Falklands/Malvinas war of 1982 |
The King of Spades looking skywards on the opposite side of the valley from Cerro Guanaco in Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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From the top of 971m Cerro Guanaco looking west to Lapataia bay and Chile |
Arrival at the Fin del Mundo in Tierra del Fuego National Park where Ruta 3 ends |
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Ushuaia, with the Chilean Navarino island in the background |
Chilean Isla Navarino across the blue waters of the Beagle Channel, from the top of 971m Cerro Guanaco, Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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Rock formations at the top of 971m Cerro Guanaco, Tierra del Fuego National Park with the Beagle Channel in the background |
Striking contrast of colour against the dead trees in a beaver dam, Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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A little life amongst so much death. A beaver dam in Tierra del Fuego National Park |
Blue rocks on the shore in Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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Tranquil waters of the river near Lapataia bay, Tierra del Fuego National Park |
Morning light on the river near Lapataia bay, Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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Just after the rain in the evening sun, Tierra del Fuego National Park |
A beaver dam in Tierra del Fuego National Park |
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Glorious evening colour on the way to Punta Arenas |
Wow, the freshness of Super Chicken in Punta Arenas, I must go... Well at least there is no Macdonalds |
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The wind is strong here! On Lake Fagnano at Tolhuin, Tierra del Fuego |
Mother and baby Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on Isla Magdalena in the Straits of Magellan |
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Conversation in the street, two Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on Isla Magdalena in the Straits of Magellan |
A grave of a drowned 22 year old on the shore of Lake Fagnano at Tolhuin, Tierra del Fuego |
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Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel, first explored by the Fitz Roy expedition of 1830 and later by Darwin in 1833 |
Different coloured lupins down here, fitting for Tierra del Fuego |
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Ominous black clouds above an Estancia in evening sun on the way to Punta Arenas |
The Saltos del Laja waterfalls |
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Try to imagine the scale of this, Cerro Catedral, the spire opposite, is about 7km away and rises about 800 metres vertically from the snow at its foot! |
Part of the bridge over the Rio Serano I needed to cross to get to the backroad to Puerto Natales - in strong winds with a 50kg bike! |
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The wind whipping up the water on Lake Skottsberg underneath the Cuernos del Paine. I climbed just below the spire of 2500m Cerro Espada on the left. |
Nature has some amazing colours - tiny plants that grow on the rocks in the windswept French Valley |
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The Torres del Paine from the glacial lake below |
The glacial lake at the foot of the Torres del Paine. The top of the central tower is about 1.8km higher than the lake! |
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Morning light outside Torres del Paine National Park after the rain of the previous day |
New lenga forest interspersed with fire destroyed trees in the French Valley, Torres del Paine |
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