Stranded at the end of the world!

We're stranded in Ushuaia ("the end of the world"), the southernmost city on the planet, and we can't get out!

It's a nice enough place, but we have 9 days to kill before the first available flight (and this place is so remote it would take us longer than that by bus). Oh well, it's not the end of the world...

We've had a good time over the last few days. We have camped in Torres del Paine, where we did a bit of trekking, including a gruelling 8 hour trek to the Towers of Paine that give the park its name. We were literally crawling up the (almost vertical) rocks for the last hour, and poor Sharon almost collapsed when we finally got to the top - most of the rocks she had to climb up were taller than her legs! We also visited Lago Grey, with its beautiful blue icebergs.

Yesterday we went to Seno Otway to see the colony of Magellanic Penguins. We're sure that we saw the Madagascar "commando" penguins on their latest escape mission running through the tall grass...

We've crossed the Straits of Magellan, and sailed on the Beagle channel, now we just need to work out what to do with the next 9 days before we can get out of here!