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…on the island of Tierra del Fuego, la cola del mundo, an archipelago bordered by the Strait of Magellan to the north and west, the Atlantic to the east, and the Beagle Channel and the Atlantic to the south. The Andes range bends east with la cola maintaining the characteristic Patagonian combination of mountains, lakes and forests, giving way to… | |
…endless expanse of freezing windswept estepa… and hangovers. | |
As I was the only one legal to drive, Dad woke me to drive us through the border crossing into Argentina… ouch. From Río Grande we headed south through more estepa… "For some reason these crossings make me nervous (even when we're not smuggling onions and potatoes)." | |