3rd January / El Calafate to Rio Grande.
Today we set off at 7.30am on the first leg of our trip south to Usuhaia. We have had to retrace our steps to the Atlantic coast and then head south from there. Again the trip has been acoss very arid country with little sign of habitation. What towns there are are very industrial looking with lots of power and telephone poles, broken footpaths and concrete roads.
There can't be a building code in Argentina, since the huge variety of run down looking houses suggests you just get on and build what you like.
We crossed the boarder twice today between Argentina and Chile. Finally we reached the straits of Magellan and crossed into Tierra del Fuego on a ferry. About a 20 minute journey with dolphins putting on a display near the bow of the ferry.
The next 160km were on a rough gravel road through Chile, then back across the border and sealed roads in Argentina. Finally decided to stop in the "camp ground" at Rio Grande, a coastal city of 58,000. A truly ghastly town if I ever saw one. The camp ground was beside the river mouth and was sufficiently bad that some went back into town to find a hotel. Liz and I quite enjoyed it though. We are well kitted out with warm gear and had a good warm sleep in our tent.
The camp also had a communal room where we all cooked dinner and sat around chatting. The sun set was lovely and went down about 10.30.
Today we set off at 7.30am on the first leg of our trip south to Usuhaia. We have had to retrace our steps to the Atlantic coast and then head south from there. Again the trip has been acoss very arid country with little sign of habitation. What towns there are are very industrial looking with lots of power and telephone poles, broken footpaths and concrete roads.
There can't be a building code in Argentina, since the huge variety of run down looking houses suggests you just get on and build what you like.
We crossed the boarder twice today between Argentina and Chile. Finally we reached the straits of Magellan and crossed into Tierra del Fuego on a ferry. About a 20 minute journey with dolphins putting on a display near the bow of the ferry.
The next 160km were on a rough gravel road through Chile, then back across the border and sealed roads in Argentina. Finally decided to stop in the "camp ground" at Rio Grande, a coastal city of 58,000. A truly ghastly town if I ever saw one. The camp ground was beside the river mouth and was sufficiently bad that some went back into town to find a hotel. Liz and I quite enjoyed it though. We are well kitted out with warm gear and had a good warm sleep in our tent.
The camp also had a communal room where we all cooked dinner and sat around chatting. The sun set was lovely and went down about 10.30.
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