Walking 6 kilometres to Susana Beach in Ushuaia because I didn't dare to hitchhike.

No matter how many times I had heard great anecdotes of people hitchhiking in Ushuaia: this had not become commonplace for me. Even the owner of the hostel, a lifelong local, recommended me to go for a walk doing that, but I couldn't bring myself to do it on my own. Luckily, I am a person who likes to walk, so not getting a free car to go to a certain place was not a problem. And that's what kept me in shape throughout my stay .

It had been more than four months since I had been a quasi-resident in Ushuaia, but the places to visit never seemed to end. I had already prepared a mental list of all the places I wanted to see before I left. One of them was Playa Susana, south of Ushuaia but bordering the entire coast of the Beagle Channel. I had been told that this place was beautiful and not to miss it, so on one of my free mornings I went to see it.

The point was that this beach was 10 kilometres from the hostel, and in an area where perhaps not so many tourists go. That day I didn't have any companions to share the walk, and a taxi to get there cost about $15 (which I didn't want to pay to spend only half a day before having to go back to the hostel to do my volunteer shift). Another option was to take a public bus and walk the remaining 6 kilometres to the beach or hitchhike. But you know how I get on with it.

Finally, I took the bus as far out of town as it would take me, but it was still a long way from the beach. I don't know why I couldn't bring myself to hitchhike, but I couldn't do it despite the occasional car passing by. I guess what I don't like is having to beg for a ride and even more so when I'm alone, so I preferred to save all that and started walking.

The good thing about this section is that, being along the canal, the views were beautiful. This whole neighbourhood is a rather expensive area within the city of Ushuaia. This place is called Costa Susana and has some pretty fancy houses, all overlooking the beautiful canal and mountains. This development is relatively new, so during my walk I came across several houses under construction.

It finally took me a little over an hour to get to the beach. At the entrance, there was a car park with some cars, which probably would have been no problem to bring me there, but I didn't dare to ask for them. Anyway, I had achieved my goal of getting to the beach and seeing it with my own eyes. It was nice and quiet, I quite liked it ❤️.

I had read that another trek to the so-called Cucharita Bay started at Playa Susana. At first I was interested in doing it, but after checking my offline map, I saw that it was about 8 kilometres round trip. I was not tired and could have continued walking without any problems, but at 7 PM I was supposed to be back at the hostel and it was almost 5 o'clock, so I would not have enough time. Instead, I sat on the water's edge for a while and even took a little nap. A good solitary plan to pass the time.

When it was time to go back, I confess that I was a bit lazy about having to go all the way back. However, I had no choice but to do it in order to get to my tour on time. But can you believe that while I was walking, a lady stopped her car next to me without my asking, and offered to drive me back to the city centre. She lived in one of those beautiful houses in the neighbourhood and was going in that direction to do some shopping. The lady looked very nice and so it was friends that the journey that took me an hour to make took only 5 minutes by car. I wish I had had that initiative from a stranger to the idea, but at least I had it on the way back and was able to get to the hostel just in time (and not so tired, which was what I was most grateful for) .

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