After an early start we met the 9 other people (plus Daniel the driver and Lucia the guide) who would be travelling with us through Patagonia. Only one other English girl (Emma), who coincidentally lives in Manchester, and gave us tips on where to live when we move up there in September for my new job! Lots of Aussies and Kiwis (Graham, Julie, Taryn, Mahnee, Carrie, Chloe and Andrew) and a 71-year old Japanese guy (Ishii) who is absolutely hilarious! His broken English is made up for by his constant singing and amusing exclamations. We then our commenced our 2 day, 1500km, bus journey to Puerto Madryn on the Valdes Peninsula. For lunch we stopped off at a local’s place near Azul... not sure how to describe it but it was one of those encounters that
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