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Even at the upper floors the buildings of Buenos Aires are famous for the statues floors above the street level. across the city.

You will find many domed buildings in this area of Buenos Aires.

Argentina is noted for the Asado or barbecue. Asado is a traditional way of preparing food for a social event. An asado usually consists of beef, sausages, and sometimes other meats, which are cooked on a grill, called a parrilla, over an open fire over a hard wood called la lania. Juan Pablo, a good friend is called the Asador, the person who is preparing the feast for my visit with Argentinean friends.

You can see the feast that Juan Pablo has prepared along with his wife Maia, daughter Athena and good friends.

Adding to the feast is Flan a great dessert prepared by Patricia.

Left to right Juan Pablo, myself, Maia, Maxi and Patricia. Good friends of many years and many trips.

This is downtown Ushuaia, "the City at the end of the world". A former penal colony, Ushuaia's name is a Yamana Indian word for "bay that stretches into the sunset".

It is a small but busy port with a friontier atmosphere. The snow capped Andes rise on one side of town, while the magnificent Beagle Channel extended from the other leading into Tierra del Fuego and into Antarctica.

Just off the Main Street in the city center is the Prison Museum, with exhibits on the area's early penal colonies.

Bathroom for the prison

Although the 600 convicts that occupied the 380 cells in the Ushuaia prison up until its closure in 1947 were not exactly town citizens, their work was integral to the daily life of the city beyond the formidable walls.

Public works projects and houses were often built by prison labor, which also supplied the southern Argentine town with such staples as firewood, bread, and electrical power; prisoners and citizens relied on each other

This is an actual cell with a depiction of the cell.

One of the prisoners actually painted the flowers on the wall for decoration.

Photos of some of the prisoners

the Museo Marítimo y del Presidio, dedicated to the maritime history of Tierra del Fuego, the building's own history as a prison, and the history and biology of Antarctica.

Views within Ushuaia

Even at the end of Summer and now Fall in Ushuaia there is snow on nearby mountains with beautiful streams and water falls nearby.

City of Ushuaia a casino in the foreground next to the harbor. ,

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