Blogs from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, South America - page 21

The Spanish language has a great word to describe the roads in much of this lovely country - ripio - but more of that later. We flew down to the town of Trelew with Aerolieas the other night in the hope of seeing some wildlife and maybe getting some cooler weather - we got the first but not the latter. Puerto Madryn is the big draw in this area, but muggins´here stayed in Trelew for a few nights as it was closer to the airport. The hotel we stayed in (Touring) had lost much of it´s glory since the days when the first Welsh people came to this part of Argentina in an effort to escape English oppression (and Wales if any of my experiences of the place are anything to go by). This wasn´t necessarily ... read more

Just call me "Wimpy", because I have successfully fully digested not one, but TWO hamburgers in the past week! As most of you know, I have not eaten beef or pork for about eight or nine years now (see blog titled, "Mandy Eats Meat, Twice!" for a more in depth look into my semi-veg life). After speaking with several people here about the processing of beef versus chicken, I have decided that though my taste buds long for a more feather-laden creature, eating too much of it here may just result in my babies having three arms and a gimpy leg....hormones. Ironically, this is the exact reason I stopped eating beef in the States (hormone regulations are a bit stricter for chickens than for cows back home). As this is the land flowing with milk and ... read more

Hello After a good bus journey (with bad films) we arrived in Puerto Madryn, put our tent up and headed off on a bike to find some sealions. Noone told us that it was 100% gravel and sand and would be like near on impossible to move! But we managed to go 17kms there and 17kms back! but when we got there the ranger told us the bad news.... there ís only 1 sealion and hes asleep, the rest are out at sea eating. Puerto Madryn is a lovely seaside town, its the Welsh settlement in Argentina. Its windy like Wales and smells very seaweedy (also like Wales). It has roads named Gwenyth and Davis etc, but its not Wales.. theres no rock! We met a lovely couple from France and went off on an adventure ... read more

the luxury coach ride. if only national express was this good... read more

The past couple of days have been spent in Puerto Madryn. On the outskirts of Peninsula Valdez this town was originally settled by Welsh immigrants last century. My brief experience in Buenas Aires was brief, to say the least. arriving off the plane i proceeded to get lost in the airport looking for immigration. fortunately i was not the only person, so it didn't look bad for me. At the airport, the customs officials waved me through without any looking or inspection of my baggage (nor stamp on the passport). i just dropped my card off and left. hopefully this will not come back to bite me in the ass when i try to leave the country. I then went to the areoparque de Jorge Newbury (the domestic airport) where it was a zoo. In Pto. ... read more