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Maiz 545 Puerto Madryn, Province of Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina, ., 54-2965-456457
Our journey from Bariloche with Mar y Valle bus company, was our longest yet at 14 hours. We left at 17.00 and arrived about 07.00 the next morning. We were only able to get the semi cama seats (which recline to 140deg, but there are 4 across the width of the bus, compared to cama seats which are 3 to a bus width and are more luxurious). It wasn't too bad, they showed a couple of movies along the way. Watching the "Bourne Ultimatum" dubbed in Spanish was OK, although I am not too sure whether...
Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina candcthai 28th August - 3rd September 2009:
Arrived in Puerto Madryn to find it was still quite warm outside, no sign of the arctic breeze we were expecting. Checked a few hostels out and settled on a friendly place a few minutes from the beach, nice price and friendly vibe. Also had cable tv so I was able to watch Arsenal dominate Man United and lose again :(
First night went out for a pizza and brief walk round, not really up for self catering after 36 hours in transit. Had a good kip and t...
Patagonia is awesome, so full of natural history. We have had an amazing stay here and will be sorry to leave. Puerto Madryn is a quiet little town in the province of Chubut but is a central location to explore the other parts; Peninsula Valdes, Trelew, Rawson and Punto Tombo. All of there had something different to offer. We spent the first night in a nice hotel called Bahia Nuevo but thought it was a little too much luxury for backpacking so moved to Hostel Viajeros the following day. Our f...
Puerto Madryn, Argentina jayandmandyWell... if the city is not nice... and the hostel (Viajeros) left a lot to be desired... at least I saw the southern right WHALESSSSSSSSSSSS!!! and some dolfins... and more sealions, elephant seals and again some magellanic penguins... Uhuu!!! I took some really great movies of the whales... I was so nervous that we would not get to see the whales... given that there were the last 5 days that they normally spend in the area of the peninsula... I guess we were really lucky... 'cuz we actually ...
Puerto Madryn, Argentina magdatabac Hi All!
Since leaving Paraguay we“ve hit 3 main destinations during our journey all the way down Argentina.
The First was Cordoba in North Argentina. This is the main student city in Argentina boasting 7 universities and hence a young vibrant atmosphere. The city itself was a little “blank canvas“ and very European. We spent 2 days here and the highlight was most definately getting the chance to have a great couple of nights out with my old friend Peter from primary school who is cu...

... Punto Tombo and wandered towrds the coastline. We were walking along thinking we hadn´t reached the site where all the penguins congregated yet when we heard a conspicuous sneeze from behind a bush!!! Puzzled, we looked behind the bush and low and behold a little penguin was standing behind it (obviously trying to be stealth but succombing to the dust in the air, lol). After spotting the first one we kept spotting more and more until, as we got closer to the coast ...
Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina briandlorraine... filled with old, well worn but brightly painted campers and RV's, a whole neighborhood of them. In the evening the effect is akin to a very big gypsy colony. I also met an American woman and a German woman, both completely nuts in their own ways, but good dinner company for the 3 nights I was there. For lunch every day I had rabas (calamari), fresh and delicious and cheap, and a big beer. Life is good, once again. The first day ...
Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina bocalee... much to the suprise of the staff at the hostel. We were warned that Trelew was quite an ugly city and they were not wrong. We have been staying at a funny little place which I think was actually someones house and looked very much like the Kestrel pub in basingstoke (bare red bricks and dark wood). We stayed in a dorm where one of the beds was occupied by an older lady who seemed to be living there. We have not had much sleep, she snored ...
Puerto Madryn and Trelew, Patagonia, Argentina louiseharris... richting zee... ik ben er ongeveer tot mijn kuiten ingelopen en toen er weer snel uit. De zee is hier dus ontzettend koud!! Had bijna het gevoel dat ik krom zou trekken als ik er te lang in zou blijven staan. Ik had van mensen die ik had ontmoet al gehoord dat de beste optie zou zijn om een auto te huren, dus zo gezegd zo gedaan. Om de kosten te drukken (en voor de ...
Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina jhoekstra7928.12.2008 Wir kommen um 7.15 Uhr in Puerto Madryn an und finden Unterkunft im Hostel "La Tosca". Wir buchen eine Tour fuer den naechsten Tag zur Halbinsel Valdes, um dort Seeloewen, Pinguine, Seeelephanten und hoffentlich auch Wale zu sehen. Ausserdem kaufen wir unsere Bustickets fuer morgen nach Buenos Aires. Wir gehen einkaufen, ins Internetcafé, essen zu Mittag. Ich mache ein Mittagsschlaefchen und waehrendessen geht Maria am Strand spazieren. Um 22.00 Uhr geht es ...
Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina mariaandeva
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