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Ushuaia

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Buenos Dias!! Here's the first entry to our blog....better late than never I guess!!

We left Miami on 16 Jan, driving from Orlando after a fab week in Disney and Universal Studios, arrived at Miami International Airport with an hour to spare before our flight only to be told we were unable to get on that particular flight! No negotiations, we were just told! On a plus side we're offered compensation of USD200 per person and we were put on a flight that was direct to Buenos Aires as opposed to flying via Lima, which was our original plan. The downside - spending 5 extra hours waiting around an airport....I suppose we should get used to that! The flight was only 9 hours, positively "short haul" considering we flew for 21 hours plus a 5 hour wait in Paris to get to Miami in the first place! (and that flight wasn't without issues.....being told as we were boarding that we needed visas to enter America....running through the airport with 10 minutes to spare before the flight was due to depart to get our visas sorted....it was close but we made it....and we were last on the plane! A great start!)

Back to Argentina....

We had an 8 hour window to get ourselves from the International Airport in Buenos Aires to the domestic airport for our flight to Ushuaia so we managed to fit in a quick guided 3 hour tour of the city on the way. Buenos Aires = an amazing place with some incredible sights. Luckily we are returning for a couple of days at the beginning of Feb so we do get to explore the city in greater detail.

After getting to the airport in plenty of time for our Ushuaia leg, we were told that the flight was delayed by 2 hours....so another wait at an airport!!

It's 10pm at the moment in Ushuaia and it's not yet dark. First impressions are pretty spectacular. We are planning on taking a day out tomorrow to explore the town on foot and the following day we'll be hiking for a few hours and then off canoeing!

We've only been away for 10 days - it feels like 10 weeks already!

We'll hopefully update you in a couple of days! Hasta Luego!

Posted by Graemeandmel 14:13 Archived in Argentina

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Well done on getting the blog up and running!

Sounds great so far guys - apart from all the waiting around ... I did that with the America visa too btw - just a little bit stressful!

Looking forward to the next installment,

Ange x

by dustybackpack

PS any pics yet?

by dustybackpack

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