Costanera Hotel Puerto Madryn

... coffee. After lunch I have my first Alfajore. One thing Ive noticed in Argentina is their LOVE for dulce de leche which is basically caramel sauce. The Alfajore is two cookies with dulce de leche in the middle. You can get it many ways, with chocolate around the cookie or white chocolate. Very yummy. We had a alfajore party on the beach.

Next day I went for a long run on the beach (working off the ...

... with a "Eoff, youre snoring!" to which I replied "Yeeeeeep!" and continued right on with the snoring. Advantages of being a triangle I guess.)
Justine, our driver picked us up and the tour took us along the coadt of Puerto Madryn with a good Englñich commentary of the town, its coastline and its various industrial plants...turns out that something like 80% of all of Argentinas aluminium is made here in this little coatal town. The view was seriously amazing though, with a sunrise ...

Here you can see half a billion Magellan pinguins but I thought the excursion was too expensive soo I took a bus to a few towns nearby, Gaiman and Trelew. Gaiman is famous for its teahouses, but I thought there was nothing to see actually. Same in Trelew. The only thing ...

... to Puerto Madryn (guess what, managed to get lost in Trelew a third time, signposts are not a strong suit of the Argentinian road system) for our last night before heading off to our next stop El Calafate (another last minute decision but one of the best we´ve made as you´ll see in the next blog). Overall, we had a great time in Puerto Madryn and totally got in touch with inner David Attenborough´s - maybe have to go back sometime to see the Southern Right whales though!!!

... habitat! Definately came home feeling very happy:) Ohw! On the way back we went to Gaiman, which is one of the early Welsh villages. We had some lovely tea and cakes there before turning back:) Anywaysz, that´s all for now! Tomorrow I get the bus to Rio Gallegos, don´t expect to do anything interesting there, just rest, and afterwards on to Ushuaia! Everbody tells me it´s gorgeous, so am very much looking forward to it! Chau! Besos, Aish

... away the remains of yesterdays pasta (very garlicky) and as I moved away from the bin the guy in charge came straight past me and started squirting what I thought was air freshener by the door, I felt awful but it turned out to be fly spray and he was chasing them all over the place! Yesterday we hired a car to visit Punto Tombo (largest colony of mallegenic penguins) and Gaiman (Welsh settlement). The care hire worked out to be much cheaper ...

... zuiden van Puerto Madryn, hier zit de grootste pinguin kolonie van Zuid-Amerika (alleen die op Antartica is groter). Echt een hele bijzondere ervaring aangezien de pinguins echt overal zijn, en ze je echt voor de voeten lopen (pinguins hebben voorrang). Er zijn wel paden maar daar houden de pinguins dus geen rekening mee, en zo sta je dus voor je weet oog in oog met een pinguin ...

... and the area itself has so much history - its the place where Tango was born (if a dance can be born) and you can still see the dance performed as you walk round that area, or have your picture taken with various other street performers (Lorraine had her picture taken with a soldier at Casa Rosado, something to do with the uniform apparently !!). Our last night in Argentina will be spent in San Telmo as our Hotel is there, so we will certainly spend more ...

... ins Bett. Diumenge XXVIII - XII - MMVIII Arribem puntuals a les 7.15am. L'hostal que buscàvem està tancat, així doncs, que n'hem de trobar un altre. Estem de sort. Està bé: La Tosca. Malauradament avui ja no hi som a temps per fer una excursió per anar a veure les ballenes. -cosa que em sabrà molt de greu- ja descobrireu el per que. Serà doncs, un dia de relax on podrem parlar amb la família a través d'internet i caminar per la costa de Puerto Madryn al llarg d'una ...

... expensive penguins and sea lion visit. I skipped the whale watching which thought have already seen better ones in Canada Tofino! I stayed in Kamaruko which don´t recommend at all. The place is remote to town, dirty and not friendly reception. There are a lot of places in the bus station and lots of friendly tourist information in town who help in finding things. .