Tim_Day 16-17 (Leaving Ushuia)

Day 16
We spent this whole day doing details. The hostel didn´t have room for us so we needed to move to another one. It turned out to be a great move. We got a room for just me and Ana for a night. It was so nice to have the ability to close the door and know that no one was coming in. It´s the first time we´ve had to ourselves since we started. We´ve only been in dorm rooms with other people.

We took a nap and it was great. Rain on the roof. The weather in Ushuia is very harsh. You can tell it´s at the bottom of the planet. The clouds and wind roll in a matter of minutes. Next thing you know the tempature drops and it´s ice cold and raining. Very harsh conditions. Were only about 80 miles from the tip of Antartica which was killing me. I wanted so bad to get on a boat and go. I almost did a couple times. Tickets are about 4-5 thousand dollars. Which I would have paid. Seeing the wind and the seas though made my stomach turn. I´m not sure if I can handle those seas for the 2 days there and 2 days back. At some point I will though try. Just not this trip.

We had dinner with the nice french people we met. Was really good times. I love the way the french enjoy life. From food to friends to traveling. They look at life in a way that seems so romantic. We had a great time and went back to our own room. Was a bit dirty but our own room.

Day 17
Was an interesting morning. We have only a small alarm clock that isn´t very loud. So we´ve been looking for a watch with an alarm as a backup. But when I bought the cheap watch the alarm didn´t work. So we asked the guy at the front desk to wake us up at 4:30 to catch our 19 hour bus to Califatei. I woke several times in night as well as Ana to check the time. We got to bed around 12:30 so we only had a few hours to sleep. Luckily I woke up around 5:00 and we ran to the bus stop. When I went to the front office the lights were off and our guy who was supposed to wake us up was sleeping. Nice. We made the first bus though. I would have been pissed if we missed it because we would have needed to wait a couple more days to get the next bus.

The bus ride was great. Pretty crappy local bus with no leg room for the "big strapper". I was a little tired as well. Made it to the transfer bus. Ate some churros with dulce de leche for breakfast. We´ve been eating those for the last 3 days. Damn there good. Ana seems to alwasy locate the pastery shops with them in it. She´s like a churro K-9.

By the way as I´m typing this blog Ana is getting all pissed off at the computer she´s using. That little tiger. She´s been having the worst luck lately. She keeps losing what she writes. I think it´s funny since the same has been happening to me but she doesn´t find much humor in it. I can see smoke coming from her direction as we speak.

Anyway we sat on the bus all day. We´re getting better at long distances. The 19 hours didn´d seem that bad. I got allot of time to read my spanish book. The only part that sucked was the 5 hours of dirt roads throuh Chile. Bounchin my big belly all over the place. Actually made my stomach upset there was so much bounching. It´s like driving a bus through the dirt roads in Hesperia for 5 hours. I don´t know why it wasn´t paved but I don´t ask to mamy questions in a country like this.

Got into Califatei about 1:30 in the morning. Kind of sucked but we found our way to the hostel. Walking in a new town late a night is always fun. Ana is getting more used to that kind of stuff. I got to admit she has adjusted to allot of shit very well. We´ll see how she does in Africa though. I´m wondering even how well I will do. I´m worried about the diet. I don´t think they make churros over there?

We got another room to ourselves at this hostel. We´ve been scoring lately. Only for one night though since we were coming in so late. We had to move to a 4 bed room today. Slept good on nice beds in a really nice room. Only 10 american dollars a night. Little expensive but was really nice.

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