Blogs from Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina, South America - page 2

Hola, Viens de passer quelques jours a Puerto Madryn et Puerto Piramides. Vraiment une experience unique. Ca ne m´arrive pas tous les jours de me promener en bord de mer et de voir des baleines. A puerto piramide j´ai fait une ballade en bateau et ca m´a permis de les voir de tres pres, elles sont enormes, franchement pas tres belles, mais c´est vraiment impressionant. Et mon voyage en Amerique du sud ce termine ici. Demain je retourne a Buenos Aires et vendredi soir, hop direction Amsterdam. J´ai hate de revoir tout le monde. Je dis donc a tres bientot, beso. Paar dagen in Puerto Madryn en Puerto Piramides geweest. Was echt heel bijzonder. Hoe vaak zie je tijdens een strand wandeling walvissen? Hier echt vaak. In puerto piramides op een boot geweest. Kon ze echt ... read more

An isolated wilderness - a handful of ranches and amazing wildlife. Check out the animals we saw....... read more

Apart from a real and deep friendliness the most obvious character trait we´ve noticed abut the Argentines is their abiding love of bureaucracy; a 5 day stay at a campsite with swimming pool use and fridge rental took 4 visits to ADMINISTRATION to fill in the required forms and then separate trips to the payment desk to give money to the very important lady. At the post office we were told it was only possiblre to send a parcel to England between 9.30 and 11.00 on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. To use the public swimming pool in Buenos Aires it was compulsory to visit the doctor to be checked for nits and fungal infections between the toes - just like schooldays!! Little surprise that unemployment has plummeted from 25% to 10%. Since our last blog entry, ... read more