On Tuesday morning, I got up early – about 7:30 (In Ushuaia, anything before 8:00 is considered ridiculous) and took advantage of the free breakfast at the hostel.  It consisted of watery OJ, small pieces of dry toast and some really, really good croissants.  There were some condiments as well…

After reading some stuff in my guide book and visiting the tourist office on Sunday (which was a rainy, boring day), I got up Monday morning ready to do some hiking.  With all these mountains around, how could you not? Scaling up a mountain to see the nearby Marital Glacier…

My flight to Ushuaia was to leave at 8:50 on Saturday morning.  I shared a taxi at 6:00 from the hostel to the airport with a Norwegian dude named Daniel. Having already toured the airport the day before on my little parcel quest, I knew exactly where I was going. …

When I woke up on day one in Santiago, the first order of business was to procure a new camera.  While I love my little 2 megapixel job, and it’s good in a pinch, it’s just not the device you want on a trip like this.  After asking directions from…