Today we went on a four hour boat trip on the Beagle Channel booked through 'Tres Marias' to H Island, Argentina's southernmost island and a Natural Reserve. We had good views back to Ushuaia from the Beagle Channel. On the way we passed lots of small islands with seal colonies and cormorants and the second furthest south lighthouse in the world, Cape Horn being the southernmost. We also passed a small boat of fishermen crabbing, catching king crab, local restaurants favourite dish. The fisherman gave our crew two king crabs. When we arrived at H Island we had a short trek around the island to see its different vegetation, bird life, lots of nesting cormorants and evidence of ancient Yamana Indian visits to the island - mussel shells, sea lion bones etc. There were lots of mussels around, staple diet in the past for the Yamana tribes but inedible today due to 'red tide', a toxic algal bloom eaten by shell fish, causing the shellfish to become poisonous for humans. It was a beautiful day, cold but sunny with no wind. There were great panoramic views back towards Ushuaia and also across the channel to Chile. On the way back we were served coffee/tea and dulce de leche chocolate biscuits, they are delicious and sold everywhere here. It wasn't a cheap trip, everything is very expensive here, but we thoroughly enjoyed it. I might have hit the photo record, 121 photos I think! I deleted loads too.
In the evening we went for a lovely seafood meal to Villaggio Restaurant, live crabs in a tank in the window, recommended by our b&b owner. Sticking to the local fish Nigel had Prawn and King Crab stew and I had Black Hake with King Crab, both delicious.
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