Date: Dec 30th, 2010
Our flight's approach to Ushuaia was beautiful and the pilot seemed to take more than usual time to go around this tiny island giving us a glimpse of the beautiful landscape surrounding the city. Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego nicely tucked amidst snow capped mountains. It is beautiful little town located close to the Tierra del Fuego national park. I get the feeling that it is one of those small towns where everybody knows everybody else. The life here centers around the San Martin street which has shops for anything and everything that one could possibly want away from home.
Though our flight was an hour late, the expeditions staff were promptly there to pick us up from the airport and get us settled in. The briefing for our Antarctic journey was scheduled for some time later in the evening and we got some time to nibble fish and king crab soup for lunch. You can't go wrong ordering sea food in Ushuaia along with warm drinks (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic). On our way back to the briefing, Trinity noticed a ship docked at the port which read 'National Geographic Endeavor' and we promised ourselves to return soon to take some shots of this well known research vessel. Unfortunately, the next time we got there it had already left the port.
The briefing for the trip was fairly straight-forward and concise with focus on the logistics. This was the first time we got to meet some of our fellow passengers. We could not help but notice that there was a fairly large percentage of Australians and Brits on our expedition and those of us in the minority were from Netherlands, China, Canada and US. Andy and I were the only representatives with Brazil and Indian passports. The day ended with a light dinner and a bottle of Dulce wine that I was not very impressed with. Argentinians seem impatient with making wine and we could see a lot wines made and sold in the same year unlike Californian wines.
It felt good to be back in Ushuaia. Feels like the actual holiday just got started.
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