After the program ended we went to Ushuaia, arguably the lowest city in the world. It was FRIGID. Somehow I managed to pinch a nerve in my back in Ushuaia, making most things painful and difficult. I could have been more attractive in pictures, but mainly I just look constipated--you're welcome mom. We saw a dog house, where they keep all of the husky mixes, and they were beautiful! Argentina, of course, attempted to breed some sort of arctic monster bear dog, the last of which died last year. Now, its offspring are charged with being the sleigh dogs. They are pretty terrifying and aggressive.
Allison y yo, with the end of the Andes in the background!
"I generally like cats, but you're okay too"
After mastering our fears of rabid wolves, we went 4x4ing around Lago Escondido and had a little parilla lunch. Twas delicious, and the views were OUT OF THIS WORLD. Places like this are not real and I treated it as such: by eating approximately 16 choripans.
Lago Escondido (Hidden Lake) in Tierra del Fuego National Park was named because its so rare to be able to see it under a layer of clouds. Obviously, the clouds parted for my presence.
Kate McCarty and I, squatting in front of the glorious views.
That is really the color of that water, those mountains, that sky, and those trees. I'm almost camouflaged, can you find me? After Ushuaia, we flew to El Calafate. It had cute mountain-town onda and a very very very casual landmark.
The very casual Perrito Moreno Glacier. The Glacier itself is about 250 square kilometers- larger than the city of Buenos Aires. And I got to hike on it. There are pictures, but they are on my phone. If you think going to Georgia Tech has made me any better at working anything electronic, then I beg you to look at my GPA and reassess. I will gladly show them all to you in person, including the one of me drinking at the end. After hiking up glaciers with your scary, spiky shoes, you get a nice rewarding glass of whiskey to enjoy with some glacier ice. Definitely an experience for the books. The last thing we did in El Calafate was horseback riding and zip-lining. I handled neither of those things gracefully, so I will not be uploading pictures. Deal with it.
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