The South American Adventure, Part I

We are trying to see as much of South America as we possibly can in the time that we have (2 weeks for me, 3.5 weeks for R). As a result, we are heavily dependant on our flights to get us around the continent in a timely fashion. Until now we have had very good airline Karma; all international flights, as well as the TAM flight from Rio to Iguazu and the Aerolineas Argentinas flight from Iguazu to Buenos Aires have been on time. Our first setback was this morning, as we arrived with what should have been enough time to check in for our 5:30 AM flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia. After being moved between several different queues by the airport personel, we arrived at the check in counter 15 minutes before the scheduled departure, and when we got there there was only one available seat on the plane! So we were bumped to the 10:40 departure, throwing our Ushuaia itinerary into chaos. We´ve had some time in the internet cafe to re-work our schedule, but it looks like we won´t be able to do the boat tour of the Beagle Channel. In addition, the weather report for Ushuaia still looks intimidating '' our fingers are still crossed!