Our whole trip is contributing to a blog through PLU and I just posted an entry on it. You can read it and keep posted on our trip here:
http://plu-antarctica-2012.blogspot.com/
We're about to embark on our ship, the Ushuaia, in less than two hours!! Hasta luego y abrazos y besos de Argentina!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
End of Ze World!
Day Two in Ushuaia and it's just as great as the first! We went on a day hike today in el Parque Nacional del Tierra del Fuego and spent a lot of time walking around along the coast of the Beagle Channel. The scenery here never ceases to amaze me; it is gorgeous anywhere and everywhere we go.
The more entertaining part that has happened is the night life in Ushuaia. Yesterday was a guy on the trip's birthday, so we went out for dinner and found a club to celebrate his birthday. We went to a nightclub called Sheik and after hanging out there for a while and taking hints from the native people here, we realized it was a gay bar! Nonetheless we stayed and made it a great night, there is no other way we would have spent it.
As for tomorrow, it's off to Antarctica!!
The more entertaining part that has happened is the night life in Ushuaia. Yesterday was a guy on the trip's birthday, so we went out for dinner and found a club to celebrate his birthday. We went to a nightclub called Sheik and after hanging out there for a while and taking hints from the native people here, we realized it was a gay bar! Nonetheless we stayed and made it a great night, there is no other way we would have spent it.
As for tomorrow, it's off to Antarctica!!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Buenos Aires y Ushuaia
Estamos aqui!
After 20 some hours of travel and minimal hours of sleep the past few days, we are finally in Ushuaia! It's known as "el fin del mundo" or "the end of the world." It's a gorgeous little fishing town on the very tip of Argentina; probably the southern most civilized place on earth before you reach Antarctica. We have been walking around the town today and just went to a prison museum. Yesterday we spent the day walking around Buenos Aires in the 100+ degree weather! It's definitely summer up there! Ushuaia is about 50 degrees so all the PLU kids feel right at home, however the scenery here is a little bit more beautiful!
I am absolutely LOVING all the spanish going on here! I am falling more in love with the language every conversation I have and listening to the conversations around me is so intriguing.
Here are a few random pictures I've taken in the past day...we've only been settled in one place for about 6 hours so we've just scratched the surface of this amazing experience we have!
Flying in to Ushuaia this morning.
Standing in La Plaza de Mayo en Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ushuaia, Argentina
Dr. Bergman in Ushuaia
After 20 some hours of travel and minimal hours of sleep the past few days, we are finally in Ushuaia! It's known as "el fin del mundo" or "the end of the world." It's a gorgeous little fishing town on the very tip of Argentina; probably the southern most civilized place on earth before you reach Antarctica. We have been walking around the town today and just went to a prison museum. Yesterday we spent the day walking around Buenos Aires in the 100+ degree weather! It's definitely summer up there! Ushuaia is about 50 degrees so all the PLU kids feel right at home, however the scenery here is a little bit more beautiful!
I am absolutely LOVING all the spanish going on here! I am falling more in love with the language every conversation I have and listening to the conversations around me is so intriguing.
Here are a few random pictures I've taken in the past day...we've only been settled in one place for about 6 hours so we've just scratched the surface of this amazing experience we have!
Flying in to Ushuaia this morning.
Standing in La Plaza de Mayo en Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ushuaia, Argentina
Dr. Bergman in Ushuaia
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