Sunday, December 9, 2007

Fin del Mundo

Two days ago I arrived in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. The mountains are incredibly and wonderfully daunting, peaks covered in snow, the town made to look minuature against the competeing landscape. It is refreshing to be surrounded by such a vast amount of natural space. Amazing that humanity is capable of hurting such vastness....
Tomorrow we are going to El Calafate, the glacier, and an hour north of here by plane.
I am here with five other lovely girls, all studying abroad, all to return home soon. There is a sense of completion and excitement about going home. And a feeling that we are extremely lucky to be here.
I went to the national park yesterday. Saw many birds. Trekked through heavy-duty mud, slipped and fell on my arse and now have nice one on my butt. Deep purple.
Will eat crab tonight, the speciality here. Things feel clear, life is good.

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