Spent 2 more days touring in Ushuiai, though the weather was cool, cloudy and rainy much of the time.  One day had an all day trek and boating excursion in the Tierra del Fuego National Parque.  The guide was good- it seems most Argentine have a good sense of humor..  He said most people think that TdF is the end of the world.  That is wrong, he said, the end of the world was when Brazil lost to Germany in the World Cup final.

After trekking through the woods and along the shore in the Parque, we came to lake where we were to kayak back to the bay and ocean.  Well tour description said kayak, but in reality we rowed these rubber boats as a crew.  Fortunately, we had a crack team- something to analogous to Seal Team 6 to man the boat-

 I and this other fellow were the lead rowers and sometimes i would look back at the rest of the Seal team and find that he and I were the only ones rowing.

On the bus going back, these French girls were asking this Brit what the W in Torre del Paine was like and how comfortable were the Refugios.  I almost spit my water out when he said they were pretty comfortable, except that the showers did not always have hot water.  The French girls shrugged at that and then he said - oh, yeah, you are French and so you wouldnt care about that.   They seemed to take no offence.

The next day I went on a hike to glacier that overlooked the city of Ushuaia and which supposedly had a magnificent view of the city and Beagle Channel.  And i am sure it was, if I could have seen any of it.  The higher I hiked, the more the clouds closed in and by the end I could barely see my boots, much less the city.  Here is the view at the top-

Still Ushuiai and TdF is spectacular setting (and a lively little city) and i recommend it to anyone who is in the neighborhood.