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Originally we had booked a direct flight from Bariloche to Ushuaia. A week before we left home the airline emailed to say the flight had been cancelled and now we had to fly back up to Buenos Aires then get on another flight all the way south to Ushuaia. Meaning it would take all day. We didn't have much choice and had to go with it. We have had several further emails over the past 2 weeks with time changes - only quarter of an hour each time but it was a worry each time such an email popped in to the inbox.

Last night we were sitting in the lounge of our B&B and Martin received three emails from the airline. The first stated that the flight from BA to Ushuaia had been put back to 16.00, the second stated that the flight from Bariloche to Buenos Aires had been cancelled..... We took a deep breath and didn't start to panic.... The third email said we had been rebooked on another flight and it was still in time to get the connection. Phew.

The day started with catching the airport bus which thankfully we had investigated the previous afternoon as the route shown on the web wasn't the route it took. At the airport they kept changing their mind about the gate number - not sure why as there are only 4! The flight left a little late but we were serenaded whilst at the gate by a passenger with a guitar.

We caught our connection and had everything crossed that our bags had made it too. When we came into land we had a great view of Ushuaia with the mountains and the sea. Our bags were some of the first out and our host at the rooms we had booked met us and drove us to drop our bags then kindly took us to the supermarket.

There are more 'Malvinas belong to Argentina' signs here and it feels quite like the wild west. We are both looking forward to the next few days in this very different part of the country.