Rio Gallegos, Argentina Travel Blogs

Rio Gallegos
Jan 28, 2007

Dean: Our long trip down to Ushuaia was broken up at Rio Gallegos, as the connecting bus down to Ushuaia was full and so we have to wait until tomorrow (Monday) to continue south. Not really a problem as after 19 hours on a coach we are really ready ...

Relaxing Rio Gallegos
Mar 10, 1992 (1 photos)

  We stopped at Rio Gallegos as most people do, as a stop on the way to more attractive attractions.  We figured that since we are traveling, and we have some time to kill before are obnoxiously long bus trip, we might as well enjoy what the ...

On the Road and in the Sky. Part 1.
Mar 14, 2005

... at our crusty hostel with a random bunch of like minded dudes. We had bought tickets which involved changing buses at Rio Gallegos, and a two hour wait, and then another stop at Commodoro Rivadavia. However, what actually happened was that we arrived ...

Rio Gallegos and Welsh Patagonia
Dec 21, 2006 (10 photos)

... cama(bed) service, where there are only three seats across in each row and they go almost totally flat. After leaving Rio Gallegos at 6pm, being served a meal, watching a movie, and then enjoying some wine, we fall asleep at around 11pm. We ...

Rio Gallegos
Dec 13, 2006

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A long day on the road...
Sep 3, 2005

... our passports than you'd believe...we had to leave Argentina, enter Chile, leave Chile and then re-enter Argentina! Confused yet? We finally arrived in Rio Gallegos at 6 in the evening and decided to get all the travelling out of the way and booked a bus ...

Day 140: January 1, 2008 Río Gallegos
Jan 1, 2008

Day 140: January 1, 2008 Río Gallegos Will and I got up at 7:15. He took a shower and finished packing before we went to breakfast. The guy at the desk called him a cab which arrived at 8:25 to take him to the bus terminal and he was gone. He is off on a ...

wow, nothin here at all, and we have to come back!
Dec 5, 2006

... from the supermarket and it´s 9:30... Oh well, we walked to the downtown area and tried looking for a restaurant, but alas, in argentina they don´t believe in doing anything til late so nothing even opened til 6 or 9.... grrrrr, we walked down one street, ...

Day 112: December 4, 2007 Gallegos Cabo Virgenes
Dec 4, 2007 (10 photos)

... the water's edge which we shared with four penguins on the beach and another half dozen swimming just offshore. We returned to Río Gallegos, stopping atthe beautiful Estáncia El Cóndor to get some gas. It is a >5,000 hectare establishment complete with ...

Day 134: December 26, 2007 Río Gallegos
Dec 26, 2007 (6 photos)

... to reconnoiter the area and find a place to work. After passing through the annoying police checkpoint at Güer Aike, we crossed the Río Gallegos and noticed a small exposure near the shrine at Pescazaike on the far side of the bridge. We continued up Ruta 3 ...

Lasciando Ushuaia e cominciando a risalire
Jan 22, 2007 (5 photos)

... a trafugare frutta da un paese all'altro. Prima o poi l'arrestano!!!   Ushuaia e l'ultima parte di Patagonia argentina (la cosidetta Terra del Fuoco) non e' collegata al resto dell'Argentina. Per arrivarci via terra bisogna passare dal Chile: indi ...

The bulllet catches me
Feb 16, 2009 (3 photos)

... get from Argentinian Tierra del Fuego through Chilean Tierra del Fuego and off the island and then back into Argentina, and decided to call it a day at 2 in Rio Gallegos instead of ride in the crappy rain.  On the ferry I met a man that said that the ...

heading south
Feb 26, 2007 (3 photos)

... nice people, but they were all heading in different directions. So i took a 20 hour bus journey south to a town called Rio Gallegos, which my book didt rate particularly highly. It is the main transport hub for getting to other places in the very south ...

Arrived here somehow..
Nov 16, 2008 (7 photos)

... nbsp;sketchy 12 hours on the bus leaving Tierra del Fuego, Argentina back into Chile, out of Chile again and back then back into Argentina, what a palaver, its a 4 hour wait for the bus to El Calafate.     

Through the Argentinean Patagonia
Apr 3, 2011 (1 photos)

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Through the Argentinean Patagonia
Apr 7, 2011 (1 photos)

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...

Day 111: December 3, 2007 BA to Río Gallegos
Dec 3, 2007

Day 111: December 3, 2007 Buenos Aires to Río Gallegos I got up at 7:30 and showered. The desk gave me the phone number for the US Embassy so I inquired if it would be possible to get more pages in my passport since I was about to run out of space for ...

Day 137: December 29, 2007 Río Gallegos
Dec 29, 2007

Day 137: December 29, 2007 Río Gallegos The loud noise next door and people on the street outside our window woke me up a few times during the night. Even so, I got up early and took a shower. After picking up food for lunch, we drove out to Pescazaike. ...

Rio gallegos
May 26, 2006 (5 photos)

Una raya mas pal tigre...

The Love Camp
Jan 23, 2006 (10 photos)

... . They are also famous for their incredibly windy conditions. A serious amount of car doors must get broken in this area. In Rio Gallegos I met another guy who loved Hairy Edeems, the Jefe. I stayed in a campsite smack bang in the middle of an ...

Rio Gallegos, as far South as I have ever been.
Sep 30, 2007 (5 photos)

Rio Gallegos is a small town in the very South of Santa Cruz province. It is as near to the end of the world as I have ventured so far.

Day 138: December 30, 2007 Río Gallegos
Dec 30, 2007

Day 138: December 30, 2007 Río Gallegos We got up an hour earlier to get to the field only to discover that Argentina moved to daylight savings today so it negated our effort. There is now a 3-hour time difference between Argentina and the eastern USA. ...

Penguins, Armadillos.....and Penguins.
Feb 20, 2006

... settled there a long time ago. It was very hot. Definitely not Welsh. I left Puertro Madryn on a very long bus journey to Rio Gallegos. The 'Plan' was to try to get to Ushuaia from there....It turns out that it's hard to get to...the next available bus ...

Río Gallegos
Dec 7, 2007

This is not a real entry. I'm just making the map more accurate.

stuck
Mar 9, 2008 (1 photos)

... but i just can´t understand how anyone could live there.  it´s almost a full day from anything else.  blah.  we got into rio gallegos around 8 and found out we wouldn´t be able to get a bus to ushuaia the next day, like we had hoped, but would& ...

Day 194: Feb.25, 2008 San Julián to Río Gallegos
Feb 25, 2008 (1 photos)

Day 194: February 25, 2008 Puerto San Julián to Río Gallegos After a good breakfast, we checked out of the hotel, gassed up, and headed south with Liz at the wheel. The road to Río Gallegos is in good shape the whole way and within three hours, we were ...

Lost and forgotten town
Oct 27, 2007 (7 photos)

... . And they, for economic and cultural reasons, want to remain part of the UK.  One museum in Rio Gallegos, explaining why the Malvinas belong to Argentina, is closed for restoration. It has been 3 years since it was last open. It looks like I'm ...

quick stop
Dec 12, 2006

quick stop to change buses... quick as in 4 hours....

Day 126: December 18, 2007 Río Gallegos
Dec 18, 2007

Day 126: December 18, 2007 Río Gallegos We slept well and got up at 9:00, rested from our previous day's travels. After breakfast, we checked out of the Hotel Austral, which was full for the evening, and into the Hotel Alonso, a 2-star hotel a half a ...

si risale...
Dec 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... ricordera' con la stessa mia passione, credo!!!). concluso questo ricco percorso culturale si conclude anche la mia esperienza a Rio Gallegos... non veniteci. unica nota positiva: la vecchina dell'ostello che mi ha scambiato per un argentino visto il ...