You ride the train.
This week the Star takes us along on a train ride through and about the southernmost city in the globe: Ushuia, Argentina. The train is modeled soon after the ones built in the early 1900s. These trains have been crafted with the utmost simplicity — smaller, narrow and uncomfortable — as the cars carried exiled convicts about the southern limits of Patagonia in order to cut lumber. As a result, Ushuia’s founding is firmly rooted as a “penal colony.”
Currently the city of some 65,000 offers guests an chance to practical experience Ushuia’s humble beginnings by taking the train from La Estacion del Fin del Mundo by means of the haunting scenery of Tierra del Fuego till Estacion de Parque Nacional, then back once more. The entire tour takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. A excellent issue as well, simply because the seats are apparently “hard and cramped.”
I believe this sounds like a tiny some thing small ol’ me is just going to have to do: go to The Finish of the Globe and back once again.
By Brit Weaver
About the Author
Toronto born and primarily based, Brit is an avid leisure cyclist, coffee drinker and beneath-a-tree park-ist. She normally finds herself meandering foreign cities hunting for street eats to nibble, trees to climb, a patch of grass to sit on, or a small bookstore to sift by way of. You can uncover her musing life on her individual blog, TheBubblesAreDead.wordpress.com.
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