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Sunrise in Patagonia. The guest house. The river behind the property. Magellan Penguin at Punto Tumbo.

Posada Los Mimbres Gaiman

Chacra 211 Gaiman, Province of Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina

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Has anyone seen a penguin?

A travel blog entry by suenson_taylors

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Today we have a 600km dash across Argentina to the Atlantic coast to pick up Daniel who has flown out for Christmas in a most convoluted route that took in Toronto, Santiago and Buenos Aires before arriving in Trelew (another Welsh outpost). After 3 hours, 5th gear returned (French car remember). The trick is to go into a Zen like state in which …

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From Whales to Wales

A travel blog entry by slowayround

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... little Welsh village of Gaiman is in the Chubut River valley, a little inland. Settlers arrived from Wales in the 1800s and learned to farm the area with the help of the local Tehuelche people. The town is surrounded by farmland and over run by teahouses that fill up when tour buses come through in the high season.

We strolled around town, ate ice cream and admired ...

Gaiman or The full Welsh Tea house experience

A travel blog entry by knaeve

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... walked through the whole town a couple of times) looking for affordable accommodation we decided to ask at the tourist information. They gave us the name of a nice hotel just down the road (the tourist information was up a hill in a secluded part of town... what a strange place to put something people need who dont know the town). After settling into our room (we didnt have to share with anyone :D) ...

Tea for Two

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... After the Welsh constructed their first house in 1874, the two groups peacefully co-existed for a time.

Later immigrant groups of Germans and Anglos joined the community and continued to cultivate fruit, vegetables and grains in the valley.

We found that the valley itself is what helps to set Gaiman apart as an area from the surrounding towns, giving it a green healthy backdrop when compared to the dusty streets of ...

P P P P ... Pick up a Penguin

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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They did not believe us at first, but once we explained that this is an annual event they told us they would also like to go.

We exchanged notes about local activities in Puerto Madryn and had a good old chin wag, a nice way to start the day.

Once packed up with our lunches and sunscreen we were off on the road again, this time heading 180kms south to Punta Tombo, taking us around 2 ½ hours.

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