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Ushuaia
Ushuaia, is the southernmost large city of the world and the 48.000 km long Pan-American Highway ends right here.

Ushuaia sits at a large bay north of the Beagle Channel where the Ona people have carved out a tough living for over 10.000 years.
The town was founded in 1884 to establish Argentine claims over Tierra del Fuego. 
In the early years missionaries and convicts had an important role in the region's history but nowadays Ushuaia is a major tourist hub to the nearby abundant Beagle Channel wildlife and tours to Antarctica.
 
In 1982 the town's naval base played a major role in the short-lived invasion of the Falkland islands. Nowadays the city sports a large memorial for the fallen Argentine soldiers and sailors in the lost Guerra de las Malvinas. 
 
Ushuaia  proudly advertises itself as "Fin del Mundo", or the End of the world.
 
We called port in Feb 2008 for a Beagle Channel wildlife tour and a short visit to the capital of Tierra del Fuego.
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but in the afternoon showers take over
a monument to commemorate the first raising of the Argentine flag in 1884 was erected 50 years later
the colorful church of La Merced sits at a busy and wet San Martin West avenue
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Ushuaia is basking in the morning sun
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the runway of Ushuaia's Aeroclub ends right at the harbor
from our stateroom we have a nice view of a sunny Ushuaia town
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Roca street goes right up
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Monte Olivia is stocked full of souvenirs
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penguins down the drain? No, its another souvenir shop
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looking east into Avenue Maipu
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the Argentine flag flies over a wet Plaza Civica
time to head back to the ship
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when we sail out there is a nice view of the peaks of the Martial Mountains
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this buste of Evita Peron in front of the government building was inaugurated in 2006