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p..p..p..pick up a penguin (and whale watching)

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November 5th 2008
So we have made it into (Northern) Patagonia (this was one of the areas I was secretly most excitied about...). Can definitally tell that we have arrived in this climatically challenged part of the world as the winds down here are incredible. (Apparently its just something we are going to have to get used to over the next month). So the main reason for visitng this area is for all the abundance ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto Madryn

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more