It's definitely not the end of the world, but it is the most southern city of a good size. We didn´t manage to get a flight from BA to Ushuaia for the time and price we were hoping for, so we decided to just go for it and take the bus. Believe me it was a looooooong bus ride and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who gets a chance to fly. The bus trip took 50 hours!! However, it wasn't actually that bad. The buses in Argentina are surprisingly comfortable. The "semi cama" chairs lean back far enough to sleep, they are more or less on time, have a toilet, and serve food. We took the chance to walk around and move a bit on the occasional stops in any bigger city we went through. The view from the bus, for the most part was a whole bunch of nothing other than bushy or grassy, flat land. The distances were mind boggling. The last 12 hours of the stretch were the most annoying because it wasn't very far, but the two boarder crossings took hours... salida Argentina, entrada Chile....crossing the Strait of Magellan....then crossing back into Argentina. But, we made it and it turned out to be a good adventure with the occasional view of guanacos (small llamas) and rheas (like small ostriches).
Our bus for the 2 days
Exciting view from the bus of the Patagonian plains. The same for a day and a half. We went to sleep as it looked like this. When we woke up the next morning, it still looked the same.
View out front. The wind shield was looking pretty bad after a while.
Crossing the Strait of Magellan
Ushuaia is put in a really nice setting. There are mountains, the Ushuaya bay, Beagle Channel and a Glacier right behind the town.
More pics later. They will be more exciting, too : ) Gotta catch another bus right now.
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