Beagle Channel

This was really the reason for coming so far south. I had booked onto the short trip, Regina on the long trip - bet she even had a bigger boat! Boat envy! At the start the weather was foul but the sea calm. Rain and no views of mountains, but at least we had set sail. There are lots of islands in the channel and we stopped to go ashore on one. It was special to look one way and see the Pacific, the other way to know the Atlantic was there. To see mountains in Chile one way and back to Ushuaia the other. Such an important Channel to avoid Cape Horn. The other islands host Cormorant colonies, sea lions and a multitude of birds. As we came back to Ushuaia, the sun was out, the mountains resplendant. Ushuaia most certainly has a character of its own. It feels as though you are destined to go to Antartica and that you are cheating it by escaping to the warm. You need to be hardy to live here. Regina and I have explored Ushuaia, enjoyed it and found a Bistro that serves great empanadas and a house malbec that is very good.