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Some of the city’s other highlights include the      Crab, beer and wine
           Maritime and Prison Museums, a former jail that    seem to be the area’s most
           showcases Ushuaia history. The Museo del Fin del   sought-after products.
           Mundo displays tools by indigenous tribes such as   Hungry visitors chow down
           the Yámana and screens nature and history films. The   on giant spider crabs.
           Southern Fuegian steam-engine railway or “End of
           the World Train,” built by convicts in the early 1900s,
           travels from Ushuaia to Tierra Del Fuego National
           Park where there are lots of hiking trails. We had only
           a day here and bypassed these attractions for a boat
           tour to the Beagle Channel with Patagonia Expedi-
           tions. Several times as we crossed the water, Mary
           especially wished we had opted to stay ashore.




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