Blogs from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, South America - page 15

We left Buenos Aires for an 18 hour bus ride to Puerto Madryn. On the way whenever we stopped at traffic lights people would juggle to entertain us, it was really odd. We arrived at our hostel Chepatagonia in the morning, that afternoon we decided to do a bike ride to Punta Loma. It was 17 km each way. The hostel owner told us it would take 3 hours but took us 6!!!! The bike ride was so hard as we did'nt realise how hot it was going to be and the path was gravel and very difficult to ride on. The road seemed to be never ending and there was so many hills to climb. Along the way we saw a lighhouse and wrecked ship. When we finally reached our destation we saw sea lions ... read more

Arriving in Puerto Madryn we could definitely feel that the town is a special place, and for obvious reasons - the wildlife. In particular the Southern Right Whale, Orca (Killer Whale), Megallanic Penguins, Sealions and Elephant Seals, along with an abundance of different birds. We were both very excited at the prospect of seeing these animals in their natural habitat and wasted no time in reserving places on excursions to see them over the next couple of days. Puerto Madryn also brought us our first hostel experience as up to now we had been living it up in "hotels", however things weren´t so bad as this also brought with it the opportunity to have a home cooked meal courtesy of Suzz - a very welcome break from eating out. Our first full day started with ... read more

The bus ride was very comfortable in Carma class. Although the landscape that passed by my window was extremely monotone, they entertained us with movies and served coffee and sandwitches. Puerto Madryn as typical Beach-Touristy Place. On one of the Mainroads you find one tour seller after the other. The Town has some very good restaurants for fish and beef. Besides that, you can only go on the Peninsula Valdez or down to Punto Tombo. I did the last thing, because its not whale watching season anymore, and in Punto Tombo are still a couple thousand Penguins left. On the way south we stopped at the coast and hopped on a boat to search for Commerson´s Dolphins. They are only up to 1,6m long and therefore belong to the smallest dolphins in the world. Once we ... read more

Tanaan meilla vietetaan kaksinkertaista juhlapaivaa - Katja tayttaa KOLMEKYMMENTA ja siita kun lahdettiin Helsingista on nyt kulunut paivalleen seitseman kuukautta. Hurjan nopeasti tuo aika kuluu. Kohta on aika jo palata kotiin =( Nyt ollaan Argentiinan rannikolla Puerto Madryn nimisessa kaupungissa. Taman paikan vetovoimana on se, etta se sijaitsee lahella Valdesin niemimaata, joka on tunnettu monista elainlajeistaan. Me tehtiin paivan mittainen retki alueelle, ja onnistuttiin nakemaan mm. guanakoja (laaman sukulainen), kettuja, vyotiainen, kalkkunakondoreja, merileijonia, pingviineja, merinorsuja, pampajaniksia eli maroja....ja miekkavalaita. Miekka- eli tappajavalaat kayvat tahan aikaan vuodesta Valdesin alueella sijaitesevassa Punta Nortessa napsimassa merileijonan poikasia suoraan rannalta. Me nahtiin valaat vain meressa vaanimassa, mutta rannalle ne eivat tulleet. Katja on ... read more

We've now just left Puerto Madryn where we spent 3 days amongst some pretty amazing wildlife and not a whole lot more! We got into Puerto Madryn EARLY in the morning and hopped straight on the bus to Puerto Piramides (a tiny village on the Valdes Peninsula where only 300 people live and probably double that number of penguins)! We met an Israeli couple (Yael and Hagay) on the bus and spent the next few days exploring the local area with them. We hired a man and his 4x4 to take us up the coast to where you can see all the wildlife. I sat in the front and tried my crap Spanish out on him and we managed to half quite a convincing conversation even if i did do a lot of nodding and smiling ... read more