http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Chubut en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:56:20 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:56:20 BST HolaViens de passer quelques jours a Puerto Madryn et Puerto Piramides. Vraiment une experience unique. Ca ne marrive pas tous les jours de me promener en bord de mer et de voir des baleines. A puerto piramide jai fait une ballade en bateau et ca ma permis de les voir de tres pres elles sont enormes franchement pas tres belles mais cest vraiment impressionant. Et mon voyage en Amerique du http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Piramides/blog-300617.html Det var s dagen hvor vi var rundt og sige farvel til alle Lasses venner. Lrdag morgen skal vi med bussen til El Bolson.Frst er vi til frokost almuerzo hos Juan og familie. Derefter besger vi en familie som har vret samlingssted for alle AFS'erne da Lasse var der. Faderen er medlem af Regionsrdet for Chubut regionen S der blev talt lidt om politik bde lokalt og p verdensplan. S bliv http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-298896.html This year for fourth of July Dain and I did something no other North American did to celebrate Independence Day. We traveled to the east coast of Patagonia to get some fresh air and winter time beach activities. During this time of year the Southern Right Whales arrive to mate as well as the Elephant Seals. Later in September October Orcas arrive to feast on seals in fact Patagonia is t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-297695.html We saw whales and dolphins swimming together yesterday. It was really magic. The whales were huge and there were several of them playing and splashing around. No killer whales unfortunately as theyre not here at this time of year but we saw flamingoes and elephant seals too. The nature here is out of this world. Just strolling down the beach you can see whales in the water. Not like Blackpool be http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Valdes-Peninsula/blog-296541.html Torsdag den 3. JuniVi sover lnge og starter dagen med en lbetur p 4 km. Selv Inger synes at det vil vre sundt med lidt motion oven p aftenens udskejelser.Efter morgenmaden tager vi p en ekskursion til Lasses gamle skole. Mens vi gr ned af en af gangene strmmer det pludselig ud med sm Chicas fra et klassevrelse. Sjldent har vi fet s mange sde kindkys. Og det bde til goddag og til fa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-295850.html Tirsdag den 1. JuliBariloche ligger i Andesbjergene ved en stor s. Vi gik de 4 km fra Busstationen til bymidten hvor vi fandt et listigt lille chokoladested og besgte turistkontoret og det hostel som vi skal bo p senere. Bussen vi skulle med glimrede med sit fravr p afgangstidspunktet. Vi kom i stedet med en bus en time senere og som s til gengld var en time langsommere. Men endelig kl. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-295849.html Tirsdag d. 2 Juni EsquelI dag startede med at den intense strlevarme fra lejlighedens alt for hrdt pressede gasvarmere mindede en om de alt for mange gange man er faldet i svn ved stranden og er blevet skoldet. Heldigvis er UV stling ikke et problem gasbrndere giver og man kunne i ro og mag vende sig om og nyde lyden af den blafrende flamme og knirkenen fra det varme stl som mest af alt http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-295837.html Lorie in Patagonia Now...Hey there everyone... Ive just arrived to Puerto Madryn right next to the whale viewing destination of Peninsula Valdes located in the southern half of Patagonia on of course the Atlatic side get out your maps... its where the right whales come to mate this time of year. There are boat trips that take you right up to the whales where they congregate just off the sho http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-283492.html Theres only one month left until the end of my trip and I got a little taster of returning home when I visited the area in Patagonia where many Welsh people settled after crossing the Atlantic in 1865. So funny I visited a little town called Gaiman which is famous for its Tea houses. I was very intrigued by the idea of this as I dont really associate afternoon tea as being a particularly Wels http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Gaiman/blog-279721.html Hows the crackThe cracks mighty Mooie uitspraak he We hebben van onze Ierse vriend wat slang geleerd en dat wilden we jullie natuurlijk niet onthouden. Echter als we eerlijk zijn is onze kont helemaal niet goed omdat we al weer 20 uur in stomme bussen hebben gespendeerd en helaas mogen we er vanmiddag nog even 30 achteraan doen. We hebben nu gelukkig wel wat uurtjes te spenderen in het ooh http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Comodoro-Rivadavia/blog-278628.html Puerto Madryn and its surrounds are a representative example of how Argentina's population has been shaped by settlers and immigrants predominantly from Europe. Seeking to escape oppression by the English in Wales and encouraged by incentives from the Argentine government to colonise sparsely populated areas of Patagonia a boatload of Welsh wouldbe settlers landed in what was to be Puerto Madr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-275195.html Well after a few solid days of walking it was nice to take the hiking boots off and slip on some comfortable traveling shoes. This is metaphorically speaking given the fact our hiking shoes are our dancing shoes which are our restaurant shoes which are our running shoes and you guessed it are also our traveling shoes dont feel too sorry for us as we do have a pair of sandals each also.We are h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Comodoro-Rivadavia/blog-271214.html Wow ok so it has been 22 days since my last update. Eeeek Where do I start....why do I do this to myself.....I left off the last blog with some mixed feelings regarding heading to Buenos Aires before or after Iguazu Falls from Salta. I decided to hop on the bus the very next night and head straight to Buenos Aires to visit my Irish buddy Martin. It was a good 20 hr bus ride but a comfortable http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Piramides/blog-271068.html Day 182 cont. Homely EsquelIt was getting dark by the time I arrived in Esquel and rather than walk ten blocks to find somewhere to stay I took a taxi to the reputable cheap hostel on the other side of town. Nice and homely and with not many people staying there it seems like a nice place to be based for a couple of days before I head back up to Bariloche. My only problems seem as usual to s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-270215.html So off we set on our day trip with a quick skittle around town to pick up others from the various hostels. At the final pick up our tour guide came back from buzzing the bell at the hostel looking very frustrated. Apparently the last couple were still in bed. After waiting a good 10 minutes and seeing a few frustrated passengers suddenly the doors swung open and we both looked at each other and b http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Valdes-Peninsula/blog-268671.html What three stories 75 births along and awash with a controlled chaos of people Well if you get this question at your next pub quiz you can answer it with Buenos Aires Omnibus Terminal.We boarded our bus and took our prime spot at the front 2 seats on the top deck. This spot gave us panoramic views when we awoke in the morning. Strange but true as we head south the sun seems to be rising signifi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-268242.html Dear Loved ones We are finding it hard to believe that we are already in the month of April. This disbelief is further enhanced by the fact that we are experiencing fall all around us. However our bodies and minds clearly believe that it is spring. Down here in the southern hemisphere the leaves are beginning to fall the fruits and nuts are being harvested the temperatures are dropping and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-264438.html Ein Tag in Argentinien A day in Argentina1. Allgemeines PrefaceGermanIch habe in nur einem Monat so viel unterschiedliche Landschaften Farben Formen und Muster gesehen und so viel erlebt dass ich es hier nicht alles aufschreiben kann. Aus diesem Grund berichte ich lediglich ueber einen Tag der mich besonders beeindruckt hat.EnglishI have seen so many different landscapes colours shapes http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Comodoro-Rivadavia/blog-261021.html Day 153 I am not longer a fan of Argentinian Politics. Even if they do paint their Government Buildings Pink.When everyone started stirring again on the bus the atmosphere was thankfully a little more dare I say it jovial than it had been the night before. And after coffee and alfajores which I normally avoid like the plague since they contain dulce de leche but given that food was limited http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-260949.html Sat Mar 1 We got up early and went on an excursion to Peninsula Valdez at 730 am. This peninsula is a wildlife preserve and a UNESCO World Heritage site. httpwww.peninsulavaldes.org.arenpeninsula.phpcontenidopeninsulavaldesIt is a very desolate and arid peninsula populated with lots of wildlife including armadillos guanacos as well as several sheep ranches. We had a very interesting http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-253757.html Friday Feb 29After an all night bus ride that included beautiful views of the Andes and a stop in the ldquoArtesanalrdquo town of El Bolsn httpwww.elbolson.comturismoindex.shtml we arrived around 700 am in Puerto Madryn which is a beautiful little beach town of about 90000 people. httpwww.madryn.gov.arturismohttpwww.patagonia.com.archubutpuertomadryninfogral.phpItrsquos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-253421.html After another blissful overnight bus journey we arrived in Puerto Madryn. It was back to the camping again and the campsite barbecue area being the social hangout for the evening. More barbecue tips from the locals so much so that on one night one guy pretty much cooked our food for us no need to start another fire when there was plenty of room on his barbecue I wasn't complaining.The mai http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-253176.html So I have been sitting in Puerto Madryn since Saturday.I went on the tour of the Valdes Peninsula on Monday.I saw a lot of guanacos a llamacamel animal sheep armadillos a grey fox lots of birds sealions elephant seals and magellanic penguins. No orcas though. Oh well.Overall it was cool but not worth the money for the tour. I should have really rented a car but it was a tad expensive on http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-250652.html I went to Lago Puelo last Monday after coming on the internet.It is a huge glacial fed lake about 30 minutes south of El Bolson.I was with Horacio Sans and Che Dr Lucas. We set up camp and spent the next couple days just hanging out at the lake.I spent the time reading an Evelyn Waugh novel learning Akido from Horacio and just lying by the lake.On Wednesday we went into the town of Puelo and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-249195.html Hallo Freunde. Bisher waren wir immer so gut beschaeftigt dass keine Zeit zum Schreiben blieb oder kein Internet verfuegbar war.0602Um 20 Uhr verlasse ich Sao Paulo um Fernanda in Porto Feliz abzuholen. 130 km in 15 Stunden. Zuvor habe ich noch mit dem GPS gekaempft welches nicht mit dem Laptop in Kontakt treten moechte. Die gruene Versicherungkarte habe ich zu Rubens und Marina von RUBICBA http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-247947.html After our first few days in Bariloche we picked up a hire car to drop back south to Esquel and El Bolson. Stopped for lunch in El Bolson and despite my fears it is notno longer overrun with hippy types despite what the guidebooks might lead you to think. These days they are growing fruit or maybe some herbal tobacco. Seemed like a nice town.Esquel is about 300 km south of Bariloche and just about http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Esquel/blog-247537.html http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-246369.html Our first stops in Patagonia were the towns of Puerto Madryn and Trelew in Chubut province a 17 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires Puerto Madryn was founded in 1865 when a group of Welsh settlers were given land here after fleeing Wales due to religious and cultural persecution by the English. They landed at Puerto Madryn and gradually moved west founding Trelew and a few other towns and vi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Trelew/blog-246349.html English version below.Do Ziemi Ognistej postanowilam sie dostac mniej interesujaca wschodnia strona Patagonii a w drodze powrotnej na polnoc zwiedzac czesc zachodnia andyjska. Najczestrzym przystankiem dla turystow jest tu Penisula Valdes ze wspamiala fauna morska przede wszystkim wielorybami. Niestety o tej porze roku ich nie ma wiec postanowilam minac polwysep. Moim jedynym przystankiem jest http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Gaiman/blog-245281.html AmyI am actually transcibing this in from a couple of weeks ago. We updated this thing and as we were posting the update the internet crashed and we were too tired and full of wine and fish to try again So back to the 29th Jan when I was writting this whilst on a bus out of Puerto Madryn...The last time I wrote we were about to go over to Colonia del Sacremente in Uruguay from Buenos Aires. Be http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Chubut/Puerto-Madryn/blog-245242.html