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"I finally came to the end of the world, and suddenly I wanted to go home, and although I was far away from them, I felt very close to them that minute... ”
--"Spring Breaks"
World's End has been busy, with more and more travel destinations being labeled "World's End".
The Horton Plains of Sri Lanka, the Moher Cliffs of Ireland, the Faroe Islands of Norway, Tasmania in Australia, the ends of the earth in Sanya...
But the only one who can really be recognized by everyone is Argentina's Ushuaia.
Ushuaia is 3200 km from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.
But 1,000 kilometers further south from here is the vast Antarctic continent.
No city can be further south than Ushuaia,
The special geographical location makes it endowed with the label "End of the World".
It is a transit point, and more than 95% of expeditions and tourists to Antarctica board ships via Ushuaia.
In fact, this is not just a transit station,
It is also a beautiful small town, but also a world of pure love that is forgotten by the cold.
It's a chic little town.
Although the area is not large and the streets are not wide, it has its own beautiful characteristics.
When you come here, you will feel as if you have entered a fairy tale world.
Antarctic Gateway
The town under the snowy mountains is Ushuaia, which is just a small city.
As the gateway to Antarctica, Ushuaia is built on the mountain facing the sea, looking at the Antarctic continent,
Ushuaia is winter all year round, and two-thirds of the time of the year, it is either raining or snowing.
Ushuaia, surrounded by mountains and waters, is complemented by lush slopes and majestic white snow-capped mountains.
Houses of different shades sit between the sparkling Beagle waterway and the snow of the green mountains, and the snow-capped mountains of Chile on the other side of the waterway are also vividly remembered, forming a beautiful picture.
The whole town of Ushuaia is more simple and quiet, and the colorful houses are neatly arranged.
The town is not big, but there are unique graffiti on the streets: penguins with cute attitudes, realistic prisoners... A strong artistic atmosphere comes to the fore.
The chill of the past
At the end of the world today, countless prisoners have been held, and the city was founded by prisoners.
Who would have thought a few decades ago that a huge prison that held several prisoners would become a city attraction.
The Museum at the End of the World was converted from an abandoned prison, and the two-story building is itself a relic of history.
When visiting the museum, the warm wind of the air conditioner is very strong, but you can still feel the chill brought by the thick walls.
Entering the museum, there is a former steam train at the door, a wooden boat that has been stranded and painted, and a statue of a heavily armed janitor imitating the original stands in the guard pavilion.
The museum is divided into two parts, prison and maritime,
The ship models in the maritime section let you know more about the story here, while the unmodified corridor in the prison part of the museum still reveals a piercing eerie.
Walking in it, it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of time and space interlacing.
In the minds of many people, punching at the end of the world's roads is a task to be completed when you come to Ushuaia.
As the longest intercontinental highway in the world, the Pan-American Highway has a total length of 47,515 kilometers, starting in Alaska, USA.
The road crossed mountains and rivers, passing through many countries, before completing its mission in Ushuaia.
At the end of the Pan American Highway is in Tierra del Fuego National Park.
This park is not only the southernmost national park in Argentina, but also the southernmost national park in the southern hemisphere.
Here the forest mountains and lakes, no need for filters, quiet and rich, sitting on the lawn, overlooking the turquoise lake, the opposite snow mountain seems to be within reach.
The wind here is really strong, and the trees are blown to the east and west, and the shape is strange, as if drunk, and it is wonderful.
And the calm lake, the snow-capped mountains in the distance, the path leading to the forest, so quiet, so serene, so quiet that people can't bear to disturb.
If you don't want to hike, then be sure not to miss the train ride at the end of the world.
Through the double-glazed windows, you can see the mossy primeval forest.
In the perennial low temperature and damp valley fog, a lonely little train slowly travels along the only track.
Take a small train through the green meadows dotted with small yellow flowers, through the inland forests, through the lakes that see the bottom at a glance...
The little train drove very slowly, the wooden carriages, the corduroy seats, dangling as if back in the past, always felt as if the train would really drive all the way to the end of the world.
Today's influencers
In Ushuaia, all the goods related to the south are sold here, and even the only Chinese restaurant has a sign of "the world's southernmost Chinese restaurant" hanging in front of it.
Here's a place that all tourists will go to: the post office at the end of the world.
Here, postcards are stamped with a commemorative stamp with "The End of the World" and sent around the world.
These postcards read troubles at the lighthouse at the end of the world, experience the farthest delivery distance on the planet, cross thousands of mountains and rivers, and return to their own side!
"I heard it was the end of the world, so I wanted to see it." Have you ever been there? I heard that there is a lighthouse there, and people who have lost love like to go and leave unhappy things behind. ”
In wong kar-wai's film "Spring Breaks", the lighthouse at the end of the world was given such a beautiful legend.
He said that this lighthouse can contain all sad tears, take away all unpleasantness, and let people start a new life.
When you see this red and white lighthouse, there will be more, which is really the feeling of reaching the end of the world.
This is not only the end of the world, but also the beginning of the Antarctic continent, so this is the end and the beginning.
Some say that Lapataya Bay is the real "end of the world."
As the southernmost point of Ushuaia, the air here is cold and pure, and you can feel the unique and mysterious atmosphere of Antarctica.
Surrounded by mountains and waters, the tree-lined slopes and the snow-covered mountains shine together,
Fairytale-like cabins and busy people come and go, together forming a beautiful picture.
The Waves in the Beagle Channel are not large, and several small islands protrude from the Strait, which are the habitat and breeding of penguins, sea lions, fur seals and various birds.
The dense black dots on the long strip of islands are full of birds of all kinds, and this spectacular scene is rare anywhere else.
Against the backdrop of blue skies and snowy peaks, a group of fat sea lions lie on the reef basking in the sun.
Sea lions are really lazy, most of them lie there motionless, but there will be a few active people who can't move and dance a dance.
Then look at the penguins that look like columns, thick and fat, and have a cute attitude, and they walk in a square step, swinging horizontally and vertically.
Penguin Island has three breeds of penguins, and they always flock to each other as if to show off: look, how big my family is!
Gentle little town
Every year in the southern hemisphere, the small piers of Ushuaia usher in the busiest season.
Tourists and adventure boats from all over the world flock to fill this small city of just a few tens of thousands of people.
Travelers sit on benches by the sea and watch the boats coming from the docks, entering the port early in the morning to resupply and deliver passengers, and then leaving the port before sunset and heading for the South Pole.
Cruise ships come and go, but never stop here, but constantly sail away.
The evening of Ushuaia is particularly gentle, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the earth,
The sea, the sky, the trees... They were all covered with a pink coat, which plunged the whole town into a pink tenderness.
The length of the night here is affected by the seasons.
In summer, it is almost extremely daytime, and it is only at twelve o'clock in the evening that it shows tiredness, the sky has not been dark for long, and it is less than 4 o'clock and the impatient sunrise and dawn.
In winter, it becomes polar night, with only one or two hours of daylight a day.
And Ushuaia has become a white world, looking up, it is all white snow, romantic to the extreme.
At the end of the world, of course, you can buy and buy.
A two-way single-lane lane trail of only about 1 km in length, The Avenue Saint-Martin, but the luxury of the shops on both sides of the street is not inferior to that of a metropolis.
"Sparrows are small, they're well-equipped", and on this street you can get almost everything you want.
And king crab is a must-try food in Ushuaia,
The price here is less than 1/5 of the domestic price, which is enough for you to eat without pressure.
Some people say that Ushuaia is a haven in people's hearts, full of lost, true selves and talking.
But the story in everyone's mind is different, and this special theory of relativity makes Ushuaia forever special.
Such a fairyland on earth is definitely not just a transit point to the South Pole,
Here, feel the simplicity of the local residents, admire the beautiful scenery, taste seafood delicacies, and experience pure life.
It's far from home, it's close to home, and when you come here, you always want to go home, and that may be its magic.
This is the end of the world – Ushuaia.
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