Blogs from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, South America - page 10

PUERTO MADRYN The train ride south eerily resembled flat, Kansas farmland, complete with windmills and the occasional horse skeleton dotting the landscape. Our first stop was Mar del Plata. However, this was a summer town and we couldn't understand why it was so expensive considering how cold and dead the place was. The town gave us a weird vibe, so we decided that instead of spending money in a town we weren't really interested in, we'd jump on a bus and keep going. It was the shortest we've ever spent in a town. Puerto Madryn is about half way down the Argentinian coast. It's mostly a jumping off point for viewing the nearby wildlife. The first thing we wanted to do was to go whale watching. We had never been whale watching so we didn't know ... read more

Puerto Madryn (tweede keer): boottocht naar de dolfijnen en de pinguin kolonie Puerto Madryn ( second time): boat trip to see the dolphins and the pinguin colonie... read more

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 of wildlife close to here. Peninsula Valdes is close by which is home to Nañdus, Llamas, elephant seals, penguins, dolphins etc.... but the star attraction around here are the Southern Right Wales which can be spotted in Peninsula Valdes at this time of year. The whale watching tour was pretty spectacular - loads of mums with their calves (calves were especially playful - splashing ... read more

Being in a city is great but after a few days we started to crave being somewhere a bit less hectic. Heading to Puerto Madryn to see some Whales seemed like the perfect place stop over on our way to Ushuaia and it didn´t disappoint. Although the town itself is not much to look at, it has a really nice feel and being by the coast was like a breath of fresh air! We arrived at our hostel around 8am and quickly headed off down to the bay for a coastal walk. We didn´t actually expect to see whales so easily but there they were about 40m from the shore. The hostel guy had said we would probably see them but we didnt actually expect to. We decided to carry on walking along the coast and ... read more

Dag 87 - 89. Disse dagene har vi staatt opp forholdsvis seint, dvs at vi akkurat har naadd frokosten kl 09.30 (Jane synes at den eneste fordelen med at Eirik er smaaforkjolet, er at han sover mer...). Vi har gaatt turer langs stranden og ut paa "piren" Muelle Piedrabuena. Der kunne vi se flere hvaler som lekte seg; hoppet, rullet seg og duppet opp og ned. Generelt har vi sett masse hval fra strandomraadet. Vi har ogsaa sett en sjolove som var paa vei over bukten. Vi er blitt ganske kjent i byens gater ogsaa, men det har ikke vaert saa mye som har fristet aa kjope. Det er veldig mange turist- og suvenirbutikker med sel, hval og pingvineffekter. Puerto Madryn var grunnlagt av walisiske immigranter som steg i land her i 1865. Byen har idag ... read more