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| From Tierra Del Fuego |
Our itinerary involved a lengthy road journey from Torres del Paine to Ushuaia, which spanned almost two whole days, and involved an overnight stopover in Punta Arenas. Not quite sure how we ended up with this route as a flight would have saved us at least a day's holiday, but anyway, it offered the chance to "view some of Patagonia's most stunning scenery", and cross the "mystical Straits of Magellan", according to the blurb in our itinerary. In the event, the multiple bus hops were all comfortable enough and we did have a good meal in Punta Arenas. However, the Tierra del Fuego landscape was pretty dull compared to some of the spectacular scenery we had encountered earlier on our trip, and the roads on the Chilean side of the island were all of the dirt track type. As we approached the West cost of Tierra del Fuego we had to go through the whole Chile/Argentina border control again, with it's mass of paperwork. Why these two neighbours can't trust each other a bit more beats me. After yet another bus change in Rio Grande, we eventually reached Ushuaia - the end of the world!
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