Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Travel Blogs

Penguins, tea and cakes
Oct 10, 2005 (3 photos)

... , but it was the first cup of tea I had had in 3 weeks mind you, so I wasn´t complaining! I am now in Comodoro Rivadavia, Patagonia´s most populous city. The first thing a couple of people in Buenos Aires said when I mentioned I was heading to Patagonia ...

Day 191: February 22, 2008 Esquel to Comodoro
Feb 22, 2008 (15 photos)

... in Argentina.I had driven all day but here I let Liz take over. We followed the highway for nearly 200 km into Comodoro Rivadavia. I hadn't approached the city from the north this year and was surprised to see that the strata are mostly volcanic and ...

Day 162: January 24, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 24, 2008

Day 162: January 24, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia The sound of running water awoke me a couple of times during the night. I had strange dreams of rainstorms and pipe bursts. Will is supposed to arrive tomorrow so I sent him a text message telling him where ...

Day 157: January 19, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 19, 2008 (11 photos)

Day 157: January 19, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia I slept in until 9:00; I needed it! After breakfast, I called Dubrovnik Rent-a-Car and rented a Ford Fiesta for two days for $75/day but I can only drive it for 150 km/day without paying extra. Fortunately, I ...

Day 159: January 21, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 21, 2008 (2 photos)

Day 159: January 21, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia After eating breakfast, I called the Dubrovnik Rent-a-Car people and told them I was ready to return the car. Luis came up to the hotel about an hour later. I paid him and handed over the keys. He gave me a ...

Day 158: January 20, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 20, 2008 (1 photos)

Day 158: January 20, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia Although it was overcast when I got up at 8:30, the sky soon cleared to give us another beautiful day on the Patagonian coast. I had a leisurely Sunday breakfast and then strolled on the street. It surprised ...

Through the Argentinean Patagonia
Apr 9, 2011 (1 photos)

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Comodoro Rivadavia
Aug 15, 1992

... ? "Master College"? Seriously?), our biology teacher had no better idea than to take us on some sort of field trip to Comodoro Rivadavia. That's in a province called Chubut, which in Spanish means "why are you still here?", so you kind of imagine the kind ...

The Long Road Back to Comodoro Rivadavia
Oct 12, 2007 (5 photos)

We crossed arentina again on our way to Comodoro Rivadavia and a flight home. Home now being Mendoza.

Day 164: January 26, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 26, 2008

Day 164: January 26, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia This might really be my last full day in Comodoro! I got up at 8:00. After taking a shower, I called Dubrovnik Rent-a-Car and told them that I wouldn't need the car until tomorrow. There seemed to be no ...

Day 156: January 18, 2008 San Julián to Comodoro
Jan 18, 2008 (8 photos)

... allow an upward continuation of the section. I will try to check all of these things out before Will arrives. We arrived in Comodoro Rivadavia, another ugly town in a beautiful place. It is on the central coast of the Golfo de San Jorge in southernmost ...

Day 161: January 23, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 23, 2008 (1 photos)

Day 161: January 23, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia Once again, it was a hot day in Comodoro. The locals tell me that it is unusual to have so many hot days in a row. After breakfast, I went to the internet locutorio. It was stifling in there. I uploaded my ...

Day 160: January 21, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 22, 2008 (4 photos)

Day 160: January 21, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia Today was a slow day. I got up late and wrote. I read the paper and learned a lot of new vocabulary, something I hadn't worked on in awhile. It was another hot day so I waited until after siesta time to go to ...

Day 168: January 30, 2008 Playa Bonita to Comodoro
Jan 30, 2008 (4 photos)

Day 168: January 30, 2008 Playa Bonita to Comodoro Rivadavia I slept fairly well and got up at 8:15. My hair was thick with sand. After doing a long stroll to the water to do last night's dishes, and getting surprised by the rapidly rising tide, I woke ...

From Ushuaia to Comodore Rivadiva
Mar 30, 2008 (10 photos)

... up the east coast, the atlantic coast. Driving back out of Terra del Fuego the same way i came in and crossing back into argentina near Rio Gallegos, a pretty big town. On the way there is a laguna verde, a volcano crater to see. Heading north there ...

From Comodoro Rivadavia to the North
Feb 7, 2008

We are back in Comodoro Rivadavia for a couple of hours to get the bus up to Trelew (about 280 kms North along the coast line). A few notes on our first impressions on Argentina: - Most shops close from 12pm to 5pm for lunch and siesta (its summer now) ...

Day 59 - Punto Piramides to Comodoro Rivadavia
Nov 23, 2007 (5 photos)

Woke up to the power on and sand blown in our room from under and around the door.  Our breakfast was of a bowlfull of dry cold toasted bun slices with marmalade on the side.  It kept the stomach from growling for a while ...

Day 163: January 25, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia
Jan 25, 2008 (1 photos)

Day 163: January 25, 2008 Comodoro Rivadavia Another day in Comodoro, this is getting old. It's not that it's a bad place; it's not but it is a long way from just about everything else. Maybe I should have stayed in Rada Tilly; I know that is more ...

Comodoro Rivadavia
Apr 3, 2009 (5 photos)

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Mendoza to Bariloche
May 11, 2008 (5 photos)

... you out. I went on a day trip to Nahuel Haupi park, considered to be one of the best in Argentina and it didn't disappoint. Stunning views over the lakes, surrounding mountains and Cerro Tronador, which literally means roaring mountain in ...

Omnibus Stopover
Feb 27, 2007

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Oily places now.
Jan 25, 2008 (5 photos)

The petroleum centre of Argentina.

Getting Warmer
Jan 23, 2009

... identify and avoid. The air is getting more crisp as we continue driving South. We took our time getting to Comodor Rivadavia passing several lakes, watching eagles stalk their prey and landing with a meal on nearby fence posts. The lowlands around the ...

Comodoro 1st Arrival
Oct 18, 2006 (4 photos)

After many hours delayment (thanks to Aerolineas Argentinas, unfortunately the onlu airline here) I arrived 6.00 local time to Comodoro. Just when sun was dawning. There was someone there to pick me up at the airport and drive me to the hotel. The ...

Comodoro_mi casa (SPANISH)
Nov 12, 2006 (5 photos)

Chavales!!! Hago un alto en el camino de viajeros para contaros un poco como es Comodoro Rivadavia La Ciudad La ciudad no es muy grande, 150000 habitantes, aunque esta creciendo mucho porque vive del petróleo y ahora mismo hay un boom... eso ...

Asadito con Leti y Nico
May 18, 2007 (4 photos)

Regresados de la primavera europea, Leti y Nico se acercaron hasta Comodoro a comprobar si la fama de los asados en mi casa era tan cierta como para haber cruzado el Atlántico. Compartimos con Edu, Kate, Diego, Bea, Diego (Ferreira), Andrea, Quique, ...

Comodoro Rivadavia
Oct 22, 2009

... nbsp; On leaving here we had another 70 kms of dirt road before we got back onto the main route 3 and continued on to Comodoro Rivadavia, the largest town in the district. We wanted to come here to get some waterproof clothes to use in the Antarctic and to ...

Hour 14 of 33
Apr 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... . and i am sure it wouldnt take the 33 hours it did in he right season, first four hours to rio gallegos, then to comodoro rivadavia, then finally bariloche. comodoro is famous for an ugly cathedral and not having a place to store your pack at the bus ...

Hightway to hell !
Feb 25, 2008 (5 photos)

Emprenem el camí en busca de la RN 40, carretera que creua tota Argentina per l'interior. Dos nous fixatges són incorporats, Claudia i Guus, tots cinc a mercè de'n "Black Jack".

The Real Argentina -- RN3 Atlantic Highway
Feb 5, 2009 (1 photos)

The road from Calafate through Rio Gallegos onto Comodoro Rivadavia is mostly dry desert. Empty, windy and lifeless. This is Patagonia Argentina at its wildest. The overnight bus was full of backpackers going from Calafate to the lake district of Bariloche ...