Photos taken during a visit last May to Ushuaia at the far end of Argentina
There are seawolves, cormorands, the prisom, a train, routes and lakes
Also a cruise along the Beagle Channel
4. At the begining houses were done with steel sheets and painted with bright colors
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11. These ships ( catamarans) sail across the Beagle Channel
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13. Replique of “Les Eclarcieurs” from where jules Verne got inspiration for his novel End of the World lighthouse is now called, being the true one very far away
14. Islands are full of animal life, being cormorands and seawolves the most commond
27. Ushuaia Jail was created in 1896 when the fist convicts (guilty of serious crimes, many for lifetime or long sentences ) were sent here, the idea was to colonize with them The motto was Work, Silence, Order and Discipline The system was bassed on work for lifetime with little salary Thank to the convicts a railway was built in 1910 and became the southernmost railway in the world The prisom was closed in 1947
28. View of a restored wing of the presidio, exibitions are located in the prison cells
29. A cell shows the way the convicts lived, the wax figured represented a very dangerous one
30. The heat was provided by stoves with wooden fire
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33. At the National Park there are well marked paths that always lead to great views
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36. The two flags are Argentina ( blue and white) and Tierra del Fuego province ( yellow and blue)
37. From this far awy place you can post cards that will arrived sealed and stamped with a pinguin saying End of the World