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- Tierra del Fuego フエゴ島 -
Early morning departure, just heading south.
早朝の出発。とにかく南へ。
Mountains are only bald on top. This is the visible forest limit.
上だけ禿山。目に見える森林限界。
The truck drove through the unchanging landscape without any music. After exhausting my Spanish vocabulary, I was still comfortable in the car even with almost no conversation, perhaps because the driver was a professional in driving alone.
変わり映えしない景色の中を、音楽も無くトラックは走る。スペイン語の語彙を使い果たした僕が、ほとんど会話の無い車内で変わらず心地良くいられたのは、運ちゃんが、ひとりで走るプロだったからなのかもしれない。
It is said that the beavers are increasing too much and destroying the forests. However, perhaps the proliferation of beavers is within the assumptions of the earth.
ビーバーが増えすぎて森林が破壊されているらしい。でもたぶん、ビーバーの増殖なんて大地の想定内。
He was a very blunt driver, but he did voluntarily stop at places with excellent scenery.
とにかくぶっきらぼうな運ちゃん。そのくせ、景色抜群の場所で停まってくれたり。
Once, there was no place I really wanted to go. Now, I don't know why, but there are so many places I want to go.
かつては、どうしても行きたい場所なんてなかった。今は、なぜだろう。
- Ushuaia ウシュアイア -
Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. A place where you can genuinely yearn for faraway places.
世界最南端の街、ウシュアイア。純粋に遠い場所へ憧れることができる場所。
At the home of Ueno-san, who lives in the southernmost town in South America, we enjoyed fine soba noodles and the satellite Japanese TV program "The Year Going Out, The Year Coming In". The night filled with hard-to-find Japanese flavors was more like a traditional Japanese New Year's Eve than any other New Year's Eve I've ever experienced.
南米最南端の街に住む上野さんの家で、澄んだ蕎麦と、衛星放送の「行く年来る年」。やっと手繰り寄せた日本らしさに包まれた夜は、どの大晦日より、大晦日らしかった。
So many people must have come. So many things must have happened.
いろんな人が来ただろね。いろんな事があっただろね。
This cold, this dimness, not bad. Because they make me feel the home very warm.
この寒さ、この薄暗さ、悪くない。家というものが、とても優しく感じる。
"The end of the world" just means "the end of the world map." I am now just at the bottom of the world map that we often see.
「世界の果て」とは「地図の果て」。 よく見る世界地図の下のほうにいるだけのこと。
All the way over there is Antarctica.
ずっと向こうは、南極。
Hot pot, yakitori, and raw rainbow trout, New Year's dishes need to be sumptuous.
鍋、焼き鳥、刺身で食べるニジマス。正月料理は豪勢に。
It slowly took its present form as it was patched and pieced together. A traveler's house that ever grows like a living thing.
継ぎ接ぎを重ねて、ゆっくり今の形になった。生き物のように育つ、旅人の家。
Heavy machinery in the harbor, wild dogs over there, wind in my ears. I am leaving this city, hearing the same sounds as the day I arrived.
港に重機、向こうに野犬、耳元には風。到着した日と同じ音を聞きながら、この街を去る。
Now, I am about to head north again. In other words, from here, I am on my way home.
さて、再び北へ。つまり、ここからは帰路。
