Ushuaia (population of 60,000) is located on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego. Being the most southern city of the world, it reputably earned the "title" of fin del mundo (or the end of the world). The title itself is in quotes; some critics are claming that Puerto Williams (a town with a population of 2,000 but is located further south in Isla Navarino, Chile) should be given the title instead. Anyway, it probably does not matter (at least to me) where the REAL end-of-the-world is.

There are a variety of visitors to this city; sailors, fishing enthusiasts, cyclists, tourists going onwards to Antarctica (the ice continent is just 1000kms away!!) or plain backpackers who simply desire to experience being in the "end". After such a long journey (probably the furthest I could travel), I just felt like chilling out for a couple of days and not doing anything significant. My month-long trip was coming to an end afterall.

Despite all the weather forecasts, the sky defied all odds and somehow became clear the next day (YEAH!). I went out immediately to shoot places that were covered by all that haze (almost repeated the route that I took yesterday but with double the speed). Hailed a taxi and it got me to the base of Cerro Martial (7kms away from Ushuaia, AR$15/S$7.14) leading to Glacier Martial. I started hiking and realised that some of the snow could get as high as my knee level. This was also the first time where I saw SO MUCH snow!

Managed to reach the junction of Al Glaciar and Canadon Negro after 2 hours. I really did not have any objectives in mind while I trekked; just kept thinking since I managed to scale this slope I may as well do the next. Apart from a couple of hiking groups and skiers, I did not meet alot of people (they probably thought that I was crazy to trek with my jeans, canvas shoes with no other gear). To be frank, my legs were literally freezing.

And just before I turned back to Ushuaia (the sun was already starting to set at 5pm), I wrote a postcard to Sally and really wished she was with me physically (though she and mum were always on my mind). I knew somehow I had achieved my objectives and it was time now to go home.