## Arriving in Ushuaia
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The city glowing golden along the Beagle Channel as we came into port.
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## Tren del Fin del Mundo
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The Tren del Fin del Mundo — a narrow-gauge steam railway originally built by prisoners to haul timber through Tierra del Fuego National Park.
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Relief map of Ushuaia's geography at the train station.
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Inside the heritage building at the Tren del Fin del Mundo station.
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Our Tierra del Fuego National Park map.
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Mom and Dad on the train!
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Estación La Macarena — a stop along the route.
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Our stop at the halfway mark of our journey.
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Cascada La Macarena -- Macarena Falls
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Cascada La Macarena, a short walk from the station.
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Selfie!
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Back down to the train.
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## Tierra del Fuego National Park
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Looking across the water in the national park -- those mountains? Chile!
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The island in the middle is still Uruguay, with the Chilean shoreline and mountains behind it.
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Aww, we're cute.
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The whole crew at Canal Beagle, Tierra del Fuego National Park
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The former Post Office at the end of the world -- on the shore of the Beagle Channel.
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Heading back from the park.
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## Around Town
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The Celebrity Equinox in port as we returned to town.
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A vintage Ramos Generales delivery truck parked near the port.
## Santos Bar Cultural
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Dinner at Santos Bar Cultural - where I had the most amazing cup of coffee from their co-tenant Vagon Coffee.
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"Cafecito del Fin del Mundo" — a ***second*** coffee at Vagón Café on the way back to the ship.
## Evening
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This pup found the ideal sunny napping spot.
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Dad on Avenida San Martín — with the ship just visible in the harbor behind him.
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Ushuaia's distance from everywhere, helpfully illustrated.
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Bust of Evita Perón.
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Ushuaia's memorial plaza, with busts honoring notable explorers and political figures.
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The Celebrity Equinox and a few other expedition ships crowding the harbor.
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*Ushuaia, fin del mundo* — they really lean into being the "end of the world."
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Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery — Belgian Navy officer who organized and commanded the first scientific Antarctic expedition in 1897–99.
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José María Sobral — Argentine explorer and geologist who was part of de Gerlache's expedition and became the first Argentine to winter in Antarctica.