Train to the End of the World

It might sound like something from Jules Verne or Dante but it is actually a quaint little narrow guage train to the national park of Tierra del Fuego. The line was built by prisoners from the gaol and 6 days each week prisoners went out on the train to cut trees for fuel and building materials for the gaol. After being closed for many years, a section has been reopened and steam trains and diesel trains take tourists on a recreation. Our train was called Camilla and we were 2 of just 10 passengers on the train. We were on the 12.00 o'clock train as the 9 am train, actually 4 of them catered for the coachloads. We had a stop at the Macarena Waterfall - there were no dancers! We went past the tree graveyard as nothing has regrown and saw snowcapped mountains towering overhead. The summer wildflowers were out, especially the Patagonian swamp daisy (so named by Robert). A touristy but relaxing and enjoyable day.