Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego - D'end of D'World in all and anyways. Having left Ireland just over 9 months ago, we have made it to the most southerly landmass in the world before Antartica.A trip out on the Beagle Channel brought us face-to-face with South American sealions, emperor cormorants, turkey vultures an albatross and a bird called the 'Snowy Shitbill', no joke. Its white and apparently it feeds on whatever the other animals 'leave behind'... lovely.
On the boat trip to the "End of the World Lighthouse", the sealion cubs jumped and frollicked in the wake of the boat. Even the photos don't capture the craic they seemed to be having!
Quite a sense of achievement and finality about getting here. Fiona had a notion about getting to Cape Horn, but apparently its a 7-day trip on a tanker/ice breaker.... maybe next time. From here, its back to Buenos Aires and then onto New Zealand. An end to the Latin American adventure... for now.
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