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You ride the train.<\/p>\n

This week the Star takes us along<\/a> on a train ride through and around the southernmost city in the world: Ushuia, Argentina. The train is modeled after the ones built in the early 1900s. These trains were crafted with the utmost simplicity — small, narrow and uncomfortable — as the cars carried exiled convicts around the southern limits of Patagonia in order to cut lumber. As a result, Ushuia’s founding is firmly rooted as a “penal colony.”<\/p>\n

Today the city of some 65,000 offers visitors an opportunity to experience Ushuia’s humble beginnings by taking the train<\/a> from La Estacion del Fin del Mundo through the haunting scenery of Tierra del Fuego until Estacion de Parque Nacional, then back again. The whole tour takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. A good thing too, because the seats are apparently “hard and cramped.”<\/p>\n

I think this sounds like a little something little ol’ me is just going to have to do: go to The End of the World and back again.<\/p>\n

By Brit Weaver<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong>
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Toronto born and based, Brit is an avid leisure cyclist, coffee drinker and under-a-tree park-ist. She often finds herself meandering foreign cities looking for street eats to nibble, trees to climb, a patch of grass to sit on, or a small bookstore to sift through. You can find her musing life on her personal blog,\u00a0TheBubblesAreDead.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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