Trelew, Argentina Travel Blogs

Trelew and Welsh Argentina!
Jan 26, 2007 (2 photos)

... to kick in and when it does where better to go than Wales? So, that is exactly where we went, well, near enough, Welsh Argentina. The area we have been in was originally occupied by Welsh settlers as you can tell by the names of the towns (Puerto Madryn, ...

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

... , and who wants to see the best of what both countries have to offer, will end up crossing over the Chile-Argentina border several times, either that or end up severely back tracking. We're on our 5th crossing of this border  ...

defunct tea and scones
Jan 16, 2007

... 1840s, again, something in the water during this period of time, and the Welsh are sick of English persecution. They apply to Argentina for land in Patagonia and are granted some. 150 Welsh sail over and start another little corner of Wales, right her. We ...

Puerto Madryn - Trelew
Oct 28, 2003 (3 photos)

... linen trousers. Unfortunately our time with the three of them has come to an end as we head back up to Buenos Aires tomorrow while they continue south to the clodest part of Argentina where I´m sure white linen trousers will really come into their own!

Mayday, mayday ?!?
Mar 6, 2009 (2 photos)

... , werd een vlucht van 40 minuten plus 2 uur wachten plus 5 uur in de bus. Toegegeven, het was een luxe bus, maar om 3 uur ´s nachts in het hotel in Trelew aankomen in plaats van 9 uur ´s avonds een dag eerder, was op zijn zachts gezegd een beetje jammer.

Dinosaur museum
Apr 20, 2006

Great prehistoric museum ... not much else but the airport

Welsh Patagonia
Oct 20, 2004 (11 photos)

Some mind blowing days in the Welsh speaking area of Patagonia. Stayed with a Welsh speaking Argentinian woman called Elena Davies, had a three way conversation of Welsh, Spanish and English when Lynn turned up, competed in the Eisteddfod, saw some ...

Welsh towns and villages... not really
Feb 28, 2008 (1 photos)

... Dinosaur museum in Trelew. Its expensive at 40,000 peso but def worth it and it is also in English! Loved it. Sadly thats all for Trelew and the Welsh Settlements. Off to spot Orca in Puerto Madryn! (Caroline will take over from here in the next one!)

Steddfod Steddfod
Oct 29, 2006 (7 photos)

... you, little Wales, don`t let me down! Irma Hughes de Jones (dodgy non-rhyming translation Iwan Davies) The middle of Trelew isn´t too big, but I still manager to get lost while trying to find the Chubut Eisteddfod. After asking for directions from ...

Gig Gruff Rhys
Dec 2, 2006 (4 photos)

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Nov 28, 2002

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Welsh tea cakes
Oct 24, 2007 (7 photos)

... the Natural History Musuem, London. We watch a BBC Horizon presentation of an important find some 300km from Trelew which has produced some unique fossils from the mid-Jurrasic Period. A time when not many fossils have been found. 107km ...

Towards Buenos Aires
Feb 10, 2008 (25 photos)

... . Final picture of the day is the title in the local newpaper with regards to the Davis Cup tennis match in witch Argentina eliminated Great Britain (the powerful tennis nation...not). The title says "English Go Home" even though it was Great Britain ...

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

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Peninsula Valdes and Trelew welsh style
Dec 24, 2006 (10 photos)

... scrub while on a bus journey which took us from Rio Gallegos in Santa Cruz province up to Trelew and the heart of the "Welsh" settler collony of Argentina. One of our reasons for stopping off here was to experience the parts of Argentina where Welsh is ...

Penguins!!!! - Punto Tombo
Dec 10, 2007 (9 photos)

We were picked up early yesterday morning to go to Punto Tombo to see the largest Magellanic Penguin reserve in the world, a dolphin watching expedition and finally onto a Welsh city called Gaiman for Welsh tea. When we came outside and looked at the tour ...

Welsh, anyone?
Jan 30, 2008

... cities less than 20 kilometers apart. Rawson being the capital of the province Chubut, with all the government buildings, while Trelew is more of a commercial center. We found camping off the highway, between the two cities, a convenient spot for visiting ...

Trelew to Comodoro Rivadavia
Feb 15, 2007 (2 photos)

Notice the base plates for the top box are starting to fracture, we need to do some strengthing. Sourced the bits and enlist the help of the local engineering workshop.     Finished by midday and head of to CR and while looking for ...

I still can´t pronounce it
Nov 13, 2008

... guidebook says tray-LAY-oo, and the locals range from tray-LAU to treel-OW to some unrecognizable permutation. I give up. Trelew is another former Welsh settlement with precious little left of the Welsh influence save for another excuse to eat cake, the ...

Day Off
Feb 26, 2007

... , I slept between 9.45 and 11.30. I was very tired on sunday. Somehow, in the afternoon I took a bus to Trelew, 65km away, where I got invited to an asaso (bbq) by friendly argentinians... but I fucked up the meeting, that is baaaad. ...

Having a whale of a time in Wales (sort of)...
Aug 21, 2004 (15 photos)

... . We´re now just killing time until our bus leaves at 9:30 tonight. We´re heading over to the other side of Argentina - to the lake district and mountains (the Andes). Other than Puerto Madryn, this little stretch has been a tad disappointing but the next ...

Pinguinos, Pinguinos and More Pinguinos
Nov 24, 2009 (20 photos)

Trelew (pronounced tray-lay-ooh), originally a Welsh community in Patagonia, is one of Ellen´s reasons for coming to Argentina. Not for the Welshmen, but for the penguins. I rented a Volkswagen and drove one hundred and twenty kilometres to Parque Punta ...

after a long bus drive we got to Trelew
Apr 28, 2006

We arrived at 6.30pm and left straight away to see the city. Not much to see here.

Tre not-so Hyfryd
Nov 18, 2006

We were really disappointed with Trelew. Steve was hoping for a lot more Welsh culture than there actually was. There's a dinosaur museum which we didn't go to, but other that that not much else. Unfortunately, we'd missed the Eisteddfod held at the end of ...

Dont Fry Filet with Margarina
Mar 23, 2008 (31 photos)

... read this I'll actually be in Chile - its all a bit changeable down the bottom bit between Argentina and Chile. So far Argenitna has been great, the people are lovely - everyone is happy to ...

Trelew
Mar 10, 2009

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3%...?
Feb 6, 2008 (3 photos)

Zoals Annelieke al eerder wist te melden, ga ik daar nog even op door. Patagonie is dus niet zo veel. Patagonie is echt niets anders dan steppe, struikjes die niet hoger zijn dan 50cm en een eindeloze hoeveelheid dor zand. Ik wist ook niet dat zand zo ...

Stepping back in time
Nov 27, 2009 (6 photos)

Trelew is like going back in time, firstly to the 20s for the hotel Touring club where Butch Cassidy & Sundance once stayed, they still have a wanted poster up on the wall. Then secondly for the dinosaur museum which is excellent, Ian has some great ...

Trelew
Feb 25, 2008 (45 photos)

... , and the Scottish couple ive kind of been traveling with and met a guy from Holland called Walter. We are going up to Trelew together to see the Penguins! It took 5 1/2 hours to Trelew from Comorodo Rivaderia and we eventually arived at 12 - noon. We ...

Patagonia and Penguins !!
Feb 11, 2006 (11 photos)

... Patagonia------- The very name conjures up adventure and immense vast spaces. It is the vast, tapered southern region of Argentina generally south of the Colorado River and it includes from north to south the following provinces; La Pampa, Rio ...