There was a spate of family / friend gatherings over the holidays. It was as if one lunch get together melded into a dinner get together which ended up finishing in the wee hours, only to start all over again the next day.

There was a 50th wedding anniversary party last night with people flying in from all over. As with most things Argentinian, this one started late and finished late. I changed out of my tux at 6am and headed for the airport. I assumed because I was heading for a domestic flight to Ushuaia, it would leave from the domestic airport, Aeroparqu�. I assumed wrong and there followed a mad high speed dash to the international airport, but it all worked out in the end.

I arrived in Ushuaia, at noon a tad tired but happy to be travelling again. The itinerary for the next ten days is to leave the missus behind and spend three days here, in the so called southern most city in the world and then head to Chile and go hiking in Torres del Paine national park with a friend who is coming back from three months work in Antarctica.