Thursday, January 05, 2006

January 5, 2006 - Tierra del Fuego Ushuaia
We are taking the bus up to the National Park, Tierra del Fuego tonight. We will camp for a couple of days. We miss the parks already. Not sure what to do when we're in the city. We eat a lot.

Tierra del fuego = "land of fire". The first of the explorers arrived during the fall season when all the trees and plants were turning colours. The area was coloured in reds, gold, orange and yellows and it looked to the explorers as if the land was truly on fire...thus, the name. I think it was Darwin who was among the first of the explorers, but don't quote me on this.

We heard another funny story - In one part of the park, some brilliant (or idiot) person transported about 50 Canadian beavers to the area for reasons of starting a leather industry. That failed. But, the beaver population has since flourished and now beaver dams have become a real big problem here. There are no natural predators to keep the beaver population in check. The area is identified as a tourist spot "Canadian Beavers". Don't think Joe Canada should be raving to loudly about our proud Canadian beavers.

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