Ushuaia pt. 2

Thursday I went to the National Park of Tierra del Fuego (Tierra del Fuego is the name of this state, the most southern in Argentina). Ended up walking thought the park with a Belgium family that was on my flight and an Argentino from my hostel named Mariano. The park was very beautiful, full of lakes, lagoons and forests. The family was nice but they didn’t stick around long. Mariano and I ended up walking one trail along the largest lake to the border with Chile. The border was just a small metal tower and a sign saying not to cross into Chile. Then we walked back and went to another trail that was in the southern part of the park. This one was a lot more difficult because a large portion of the trail was covered in ice and there were parts where it was safer to skate than try to walk. It was worth it though because the views were beautiful and it was incredible to be in such silence. A big change from Buenos Aires. Mariano was great company and it was much nicer to walk for 6 hours with someone else and not on my own (not to mention safer). I think in total we trekked about 9 or 10km.

That night Mariano, an Español named Siscu, another Argentino Guillermo, a hostel employee Adriano, a Chilena and I went to a bar called El Invisible. There was a tango class being taught and we just watched and had a few drinks. Back at the hostel we sat around and had a really interesting conversation just about life. I love hearing other people’s stories and lessons they’ve learned. Plus, I felt pretty proud cuz the whole convo was in Spanish and not only did I understand everything, I didn’t have to translate it in my head first. Besides seeing so many spectacular things, I think the best thing about traveling is getting to meet so many different people and to be able to learn from them. Plus its just fun! Anyways, it was just a really good start to this trip.