Blogs from Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, South America - page 4

There is a pretty good argument that mountains, gorges and rivers have it easy in the scenic stakes. They just have to be. Even deserts have the chance to stack up fairly well – although, as far as I know, there are no actual deserts in Patagonia. But flat, brown expanses of plains covered with short shrubs have a very tough time of it. For a region that includes Torres del Paine, the Lakes District , the Perito Moreno, Upsalla and Spegazzini Glaciers as well as part of the Andes, it is probably unfair to take away an overall impression of Patagonia being flat and uniformly brown. But that is what most of it is. And, for me, it's up there with the most beautiful parts of the world. Flat, brown lands do need be something ... read more

We visited El Condor from Viedma - home to the largest colony of parrots in the world - what a find! (everything in the town was closed for winter and we had 3 hours to kill before the bus back to Viedma!) thank goodness for the parrots!! We embarked on our next part of the journey South on Tuesday. The coach was an hour late but nobody seemed concerned about it! We were on the top deck this time with only half reclining seats - thought we could watch the scenery but for most of the journey it was just a straight road, across boring, flat, arid landscape! Mind you, it helped that I'd taken a Nytol instead of a Kwell and dozed for most of the journey!! We were met by staff from the Hostel ... read more

Yesterday I spent most of the day emailing and organising my PhD. I'll make it short: I'm going to Tübingen for my PhD and I'll start around mid-June. Though, everybody, I'm back on the 24th of May -> let's meet then! And of course you're welcome to visit me in Germany, it's not that far from the border. After sitting in front of the computer most of the time, I enjoyed again the nice beach, the 29 degrees aire temperature, as well as the 16 degrees water temperature...(Argentinians think I'm crazy). Next stop is Viedma, well, actually, Carmen de Patagones. Bus's leaving at 2 pm and it's a short trip of about 6h. Btw: comments still welcome ;) I'd actually like to know who's reading my blog...!... read more

I'm in Puerto Madryn: the sun's shining, it's about 22 degrees, the beach is 5 min from my hostel :D yes, the south was very beautiful, but I'm obiously enjoying the somewhat warmer north. The hostel is very nice too, and tomorrow I'm going to the Peninsula Valdés - penguins, sea lions, whales, dolphins... :) and a cabalgata on the beach is planned. Argentinian computers don't like memory cards...but I'll try to take some pictures with my cell phone tomorrow.... read more

Na dnes nas cakala celodenna tura na Peninsula Valdez. Tento poloostrov patri do UNESCA a je to jedno z najvyznamnejsich sidlist tulenov, velryby tu maju mlade a okrem toho tu zije kopa inych zvierat. Mi sme sa sem dostali az po hlavnej sezone, vatsinou tu byva ovela viac zvierat, na druhu stranu sme tu boli skoro sami, v nasej skupine sme boli len mi, dalsi par a nas sprievodca. Hned pri prichode nas privitala skupinka nandu /juhoamericky pstros/. Potom prisla na radu kolonia tulenov, povatsine len tak lezacich alebo sa prevalujucich. Akurat mali mlade, tych tu bola kopa, na plazi mali taky maly prirodny bazen a tu sa ucili plavat a potapat pred vstupom do draveho oceanu. Na ceste on nich sme videli patagonskeho zajaca, ktory podla nas velmi ako zajac nevyzeral. Dalsia navsteva patrila kolonii ... read more