Blogs from Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina, South America
Patagonia Part I: Peninsula Valdes (ARG)
Published: February 25th 2011South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesSarah displayed no noticeable marks or bruises after being traumatically removed from Buenos Aires. All that was left now after our two weeks in the city was a wine stain on our apartment floor. But how long could we last in our next destination; this raw, rugged wilderness that we were entering? Patagonia had an air of mystery about it, and it was about time for us to find out more. Patagonia is the southernmost portion of South America, comprising of over 1,000,000 sq. kilometers of Southern Argentina and Chile. With just about an average of 1 person per sq. km, you can get the picture that this is a vast and sparsely populate region. But the barren landscape is, in itself, quite intriguing. Every now and then you can see pockets of sheep, Lamas, Road ... read more
Parque Nacional Peninsula Valdes
Published: March 31st 2011South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesNach einigen Transit-Tagen erreichten wir die Halbinsel Valdes. Auf dem idyllischen Zeltplatz Municipal zwischen zwei Sanddünen schlugen wir unser Lager auf. Lustigerweise gehörte das Nachbarzelt Dieter aus Luzern (wie sich am Abend herausstellte). So hatten wir am Abend jeweils eine Schweizer Grillrunde. Über Tag erkundigten wir per Auto die Halbinsel und vor allem die Aussichtspunkte, von denen aus Magellan-Pinguine, Seelöwen und Seeelefanten beobachtet werden konnten. Absolutes Lieblingstier wurde jedoch das kleine Gürteltier. Dieses krabbelte hinter den Autos auf dem Parkplatz herum und schien sich grundsätzlich über die vielen fotografierwütigen Touristen zu ärgern. Als Moni jedoch einen Apfel verspies war es zur Stelle und wäre beinahe sogar ins Auto eingestiegen.... read more
Velryby, lvouni, tucnaci
Published: November 27th 2010South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesI think I can see Africa from here....
Published: March 13th 2010South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesThis is a 1 horse kind of town. Actually, we saw 4 horses, so we kept changing the name with each additional horse that came into view. We were walking down the street singing out loud, ¨Oh just wandering around a 1 hourse town, I mean a 2 horse town.... na na na.¨Ect.... Puerto Pyramides is a 4 horse town. There are 300 residents, and the town itself is located in a rounded bay on Reserve Valdez, a island-shaped peninsula connected to mainland Argentina by a small sliver of desolate land. The entire island is covered in short drouht tolerent shrubs. Kids run amuk, shooting up and down the street on suped up quads and little go-carts. Many of them carrying groceries and such, but others, obviously just trying to have some fun. The police station ... read more
A barren landscape leads to a living ocean of beauty
Published: November 28th 2009South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesWhile resting up and taking in the sights of Santiago, the capital of Chile, we learned that November is a good time of year to go whales watching in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina. This meant instead of heading south through Chile we would meander back across the continent once more. Plans are made for changing! We made a quick check of bus routes and timetables: it is possible to go from Santiago to Puerto Madryn with only one change of bus in Mendoza. We settled on leaving Santiago in two days time. Santiago is a very likeable city, safe to walk around most areas under the sun and even the centre is quite safe under moonlight. It's a mix of modern day skyscrapers and old European style buildings. Power suits mingle with ... read more
Rencontre avec les baleines
Published: September 16th 2009South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesNous avons donc quitte Buenos Aires apres cette petite semaine de visite pour descendre vers le sud du pays. Notre premier arret fut a Puerto Madryn ou nous avions rendez-vous avec les baleines. Une fois arrive au terminal apres un voyage fort agreable en bus-cama...c'est un peu comme la classe affaire des avion, ce qui n'est vraiment pas un luxe pour descendre la moitie du continent en bus...Durant lequel nous avons fait la connaissance d'Alinda, nous avons rencontre 3 francais: Moise, Nico et Fred qui eux aussi voulaient rendre visite aux baleines. Nous avons alors decide de faire le dernier bout de chemin ensemble jusqu'a Puerto Piramides et de reserver le bateau en groupe afin de negocier les prix. une fois sur place, la soiree fut d'assez courte duree car le lendemain nous devions nous lever ... read more
Puerto Madryn and Puerto Pirmides
Published: January 24th 2009South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesHaving had several comments on my writing style I´m going to make a concious effort to use punctuation from now on. (you ungrateful shower - I´m busting my hump here trying to help you pass the day at work!) Once again the memory banks have to be dredged as this seems like ages ago. If I remember rightly the trip down to PM was uneventful though the bus was late so I missed the connecting one to PP where I was to meet up with Graham and MAgda. I stayed at a place called Chepatagonia and it was the most homely hostel I´d stayed at so far run by a young couple who had the prettiest child Catarina with a funny deep voice who was totally loco at times- I hoped to learn some spanish from ... read more
Whale Watching adventure
Published: November 23rd 2008South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesFor anyone who likes spotting wild animals this is the place to be! One wouldn't think that considering that this is practically a desert - but we have seen so many creatures on land and in the sea... Whale watching tops it all. These huge beings are incredibely docile and curious. They swam around, next to and under our little boat, did breaches to show off... it was certainly one of the most amazing experiences ever! We did the tour several times (never enough ) and every time it was a totally different experience. Just loved it! We also spotted sea lions, elephant seals, penguins, orcas, armadillo, guanacas, rheas, maras, a desert owl and other birds, tarantula type of spider, snake... It's a desert - but full of animals! Here, in this small and totally relaxed ... read more
Puerto Madryn y Piramides
Published: July 16th 2008South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto PiramidesHola, Viens de passer quelques jours a Puerto Madryn et Puerto Piramides. Vraiment une experience unique. Ca ne m´arrive pas tous les jours de me promener en bord de mer et de voir des baleines. A puerto piramide j´ai fait une ballade en bateau et ca m´a permis de les voir de tres pres, elles sont enormes, franchement pas tres belles, mais c´est vraiment impressionant. Et mon voyage en Amerique du sud ce termine ici. Demain je retourne a Buenos Aires et vendredi soir, hop direction Amsterdam. J´ai hate de revoir tout le monde. Je dis donc a tres bientot, beso. Paar dagen in Puerto Madryn en Puerto Piramides geweest. Was echt heel bijzonder. Hoe vaak zie je tijdens een strand wandeling walvissen? Hier echt vaak. In puerto piramides op een boot geweest. Kon ze echt ... read more






































