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Ushuaia is a windswept town, perched on a sloping featured dozens of 3D relief cops and robbers in action
hill that runs down to the port district. There’s a frontier on the two-story exterior. Sculpted spider crabs of all
feel to it, encircled by the snow-capped Martial Moun- sizes identified the many restaurants serving the spiny
tains and the icy blue Beagle Channel. Built during creatures.
the peak of gold rush days. Ushuaia now thrives as a After surviving our boat trip - described later, we had
tourist destination attracting cruise ships large and a late lunch at the most popular place in town judging
small, some bound for Antarctica cruises or nearby Isla by the line out the door. The modestly sized room was
Yécapasela or “Penguin Island” for its penguin colonies. packed with hungry tourists wolfing down chunks of
When our ship docked, there was a handful of smaller meat pulled from the long legs of the 18-inch wide
vessels in port provisioning for trips to the Antarctic. fire-engine-red whole crabs in front of them. We order
Just a five-minute walk up a slight hill from the a crab to share, but they had a slight musty taste to
dock Ushuaia is a souvenir-lovers paradise of “End of them, so Mary passed on the crab and had an excellent
the World t-shirts and other gear. Many shops were serving of seabass instead. We washed it all down with
decorated with silly stuff to catch the visitors eye. One a bottle of Argentine sauvignon blanc.

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