The end of the world as we know it

Ushuaia. Besides for having a funny name (pronounced Oosh-wah-ya), it´s known for being the southernmost city (town?) in the world. We wandered around today, and it´s prettymuch a tourist place, at least in the main area of the town. The views, though, are magnificent. The town in a small port-town, from whence cruises to Antarctica leave. There are a bunch of hikes in the area, so we´ll get going with those tomorrow. In the meantime, today is a kind of quiet day as we regain our energy and prepare for the more serious part of the trip.

Last night we went to a great concert. It was a percussion group in an outdoor venue, and the place was just filled with other youngsters looking to bop around to some fine rhythms. What I like so much about percussion performances is that there is no way to stop yourself from dancing(why even bother trying?). Rhythm is the basis of all music- it literally comes from the heart and you just can´t help yourself... mosech otcha, we day in Hebrew... it just pulls you in. And you don´t even really need other people- it´s okay to close your eyes and just be by youself in a sea of people, and then open them and remember that you´re part of a larger group. That being said, the show made me really miss my best friends from Nativ (hey, those of you reading this)- you would have really enjoyed the show. I thought about getting a CD to bring home but realized that I have no way of listening to it in the meantime (that the drawback of the modern iPod set up, right?)

Anyway, things are good... I´m going to try to put some pictures on the computer so I can upload them to the blog, but the computers in our hostel are painfully slow, so I´ll do it somewhere else. In the meantime, use your imagination to think about what the end of the world would look like if you could design it.