Day 3
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
Steps taken: 32,593
Our plan for the day was to trek through the Tierra Del Fuego National Park. After breakfast, we took a bus to the park. We could have taken a guided tour, but decided to go on our own. We started with a few of the shorter paths, which were really nice because it consistently provided new views of the surrounding mountains. There was even a small "End of the World" train that ran parallel to our first path. The hikes were comprised of making Lord of the Rings references, discussing girl/guy problems, and fighting mosquitoes. Many pictures were taken by all three of us. Mutual friends will probably complain after looking at our facebooks.
The next trail we took was the coastal trail and this should have taken three hours, but turned into almost five with detours. It was an arduous trail, but the ocean breeze and smells were invigorating. I didn't like cleaning my glasses constantly, but I'm used to it. By the end of the trail, my feet were getting sore and my body overall tired. We walked a few more side paths until 6 and went to the cafeteria/bus stop to be picked up. This was a load off because I was wiped out at this point. I definitely recommend hiking the National Park if you're in Ushuaia.
We got back to the hotel at 8pm, but it was a good day of hiking. One of the highlights was running into foxes. One of them stole a bag with four loaves of bread from a campsite. Good job, fox!
At the hotel, we went to the restaurant for dinner. I had pumpkin soup and a salmon w/ veggies dish. They both were tasty, but the salmon was a bit undercooked at first.
After dinner I went up to my room, met Percy from British Columbia, and then went to sleep to get ready for a morning hike and then boarding the ship for Antarctica. Happy New Year!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Argentina/Antarctica Day 2
Day 2
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
Steps Taken: 10,412
We arrived at the Buenos Aires airport at 5 am and had to walk over to another terminal. The terminal was very small and our flight to Ushuaia which was supposed to leave at 7:30 left around 8:30 after shuttle buses brought us to the plane.
The plane made one layover and then we landed in Ushuaia around 1:30pm. The airport felt like a ski lodge, which made it feel very comfortable at first, however three separate flights were waiting in the small baggage claim area. The body heat and lack of mobility was unbearable. This is the part of travel that I despise the most. It took almost an hour to get our bags. Once we had our bags, a G Adventures rep took us and two other passengers to the Hotel Albatross. (Insert "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" joke here). After dropping off the bags and showering the funk of being in the air for a whole day, we wandered around town.
The town was quaint and charming for "The End of the World", however by the time we got souvenirs and wanted dinner most of the places were closed or closing. It was difficult to find food so we settled on a local bodega. The ham and cheese quiche I had was good though when I asked the hotel if they could heat it up it took twenty minutes. It was worth it after eating airline foods and snacks the past day.
There wasn't much to do in town that night so we settled in and watched Harry Potter in Spanish until we all passed out. Happy New Year?
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
Steps Taken: 10,412
We arrived at the Buenos Aires airport at 5 am and had to walk over to another terminal. The terminal was very small and our flight to Ushuaia which was supposed to leave at 7:30 left around 8:30 after shuttle buses brought us to the plane.
The plane made one layover and then we landed in Ushuaia around 1:30pm. The airport felt like a ski lodge, which made it feel very comfortable at first, however three separate flights were waiting in the small baggage claim area. The body heat and lack of mobility was unbearable. This is the part of travel that I despise the most. It took almost an hour to get our bags. Once we had our bags, a G Adventures rep took us and two other passengers to the Hotel Albatross. (Insert "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" joke here). After dropping off the bags and showering the funk of being in the air for a whole day, we wandered around town.
The town was quaint and charming for "The End of the World", however by the time we got souvenirs and wanted dinner most of the places were closed or closing. It was difficult to find food so we settled on a local bodega. The ham and cheese quiche I had was good though when I asked the hotel if they could heat it up it took twenty minutes. It was worth it after eating airline foods and snacks the past day.
There wasn't much to do in town that night so we settled in and watched Harry Potter in Spanish until we all passed out. Happy New Year?
My path to Antarctica
Greetings! My name is Dylan and I am an adventurer. One of my personal mottos is "Live to Travel, Travel to Live". My desire to travel the world began as a child through reading about heroes and their adventures. I'm no hero, but I want to tell whoever is willing to read about my adventures. I have been to 20 states in the United States, 11 countries, and 6 continents. As you can guess by my post that the last continent is not Antarctica (It's Australia). I went to Antarctica at the end of December and I want to share about my experiences there because it is truly one of the most magnificent places on earth. I think it's safe to say that most of you reading this have never seen Antarctica first hand, but I hope that my musings will make you look into going or book your own adventure there.
This blog will be broken up into daily logs from my traveling journal. I'd also like to blog about future journeys, so as I travel more I shall post about those trips. I may even look back at past trips or give a basic rundown of my time in certain locations. Obviously my blog entries will be posted in spurts, but even when the blog is inactive I'd like to hear about the travels of those of you reading this.
Argentina & Antarctica Trip Day 1
Monday, December 30th, 2013
Steps Taken: 5,876
Scott, Dan, and I left Scott's apartment after a night of listening to overly loud Latin neighbors and griping about girl/guy problems. With a breakfast of oatmeal nestling in our bellies, we took a cab to La Guardia Airport. We were flying from La Guardia to Miami as the first of three(four because of a midflight layover) flights to Ushuaia, Argentina.
After a bit of confusion on checking in and whether our bags would make it to Ushuaia or be abondoned in Miami, we played the waiting game. La Guardia is not my main choice of local airports because it is such a pain to get to, but it is a nice airport despite the fact that the entire airport was littered with iPads. I travel to ignore those things though I ignore Apple in general.
The 1st flight was decent. We left at 11:15 and arrived in Miami around 2pm. Once we arrived in Miami, we needed to get our next boarding passes, however we had difficulty finding the AeroLineas booth and our flight gate. Our flight, which was supposed to leave at 5:30 was delayed an hour although we really didn't take off until 7:30. The joys of flying! This flight was a bit more uncomfortable and this made it difficult to sleep on the trip to Buenos Aires, but I usually can never sleep well on flights.
This blog will be broken up into daily logs from my traveling journal. I'd also like to blog about future journeys, so as I travel more I shall post about those trips. I may even look back at past trips or give a basic rundown of my time in certain locations. Obviously my blog entries will be posted in spurts, but even when the blog is inactive I'd like to hear about the travels of those of you reading this.
Argentina & Antarctica Trip Day 1
Monday, December 30th, 2013
Steps Taken: 5,876
Scott, Dan, and I left Scott's apartment after a night of listening to overly loud Latin neighbors and griping about girl/guy problems. With a breakfast of oatmeal nestling in our bellies, we took a cab to La Guardia Airport. We were flying from La Guardia to Miami as the first of three(four because of a midflight layover) flights to Ushuaia, Argentina.
After a bit of confusion on checking in and whether our bags would make it to Ushuaia or be abondoned in Miami, we played the waiting game. La Guardia is not my main choice of local airports because it is such a pain to get to, but it is a nice airport despite the fact that the entire airport was littered with iPads. I travel to ignore those things though I ignore Apple in general.
The 1st flight was decent. We left at 11:15 and arrived in Miami around 2pm. Once we arrived in Miami, we needed to get our next boarding passes, however we had difficulty finding the AeroLineas booth and our flight gate. Our flight, which was supposed to leave at 5:30 was delayed an hour although we really didn't take off until 7:30. The joys of flying! This flight was a bit more uncomfortable and this made it difficult to sleep on the trip to Buenos Aires, but I usually can never sleep well on flights.
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