Posada Los Mimbres Gaiman

... we could get a repair but not until 8 0'clock at night, apparently it has to be cool to set properly. We decided to drive into Gaiman to check out the campsite and whilst trying to find it ended up at the largest Welsh teahouse; it is quite modern but very large and as the sign says was used by the Princess of Wales when she came out here. That said we will be trying one of the more original places ourselves. We found the camp and then returned to hang around and got ...

... on the beach for waiting for our visit as well. This beach is about 50 Km North of Punto Tombo. We continued after that to the Penguin colony. The enterance is 35 ARS and if you are a student it is 12 ARS even though it does not say it on the enterance, it is true. We spent about 3 hours walking there and watching the penguins. Amazings scenary and experience. We got back to Trelew around 5pm taking Routa 3 a lot faster. Then I took my bus to Buenos Aires for the overnight trip.

... much information as we could for the Welsh part of the family. So having pictured just about every billboard, street, house and all the literature we could please enjoy.... The welsh tea at Plas y Coed was exceptional and I wanted to get a photo of the lady who ran the place as she was a doppelganger for Ems´s cousin Helen Rock. Good thing is that they all speak Welsh and we even went passed a Welsh nursery ...

... founder), and there are actually more streets called Jones here than there are Jones in the Welsh rugby squad. Theres a really great dinosaur museum here (no seriously, keep with me here) that has more fossils than you can shake a stick at (why, somebody ...

... and Welsh Tea in Gaiman (read on later). The arrival of Spaniards, Italians and Argentinians from the North took over from the first colonialists, so probably around the 1930s the influence was over. The last group of Welsh to arrive was in 1911. Best part of the Museum visit was the World Map with Liverpool appearing as Wales...so much for their Welsh links! I had to tell them, and they immediately admitted they recognised that The Beatles came from Liverpool and ...

... de reden dat ik in het park stond) maar het was er niet meer. Was door de zee alweer weggespoeld.... Cool.... Dan maar een wandeling naar de Penguins. En dat was echt heel leuk! Om die beesten in hun natuurlijke omgeving te zien wandelen! In de duinen hadden ze broedplaatsjes gemaakt dus daar zaten er al heel veel maar toen we bij de zee uitkwamen bleek het hele strand bezaaid te zijn met die beesten. M´n hart maakte echt een ...

... of the top cups of tea I have ever had. I shared my service with an Argentinian day-tripper who was thrilled to be sat with a genuine Welsh girl. That evening I visited Sybil's farmhouse which reminded me of something out a French film with faded mismatched furniture and decorations which somehow seemed exactly right. I feel like I should return to Gaiman one day with my children and take them round to see Sybil and her friendly neighbour.

... in and tried again. This time it started up after a couple of tries. So, on our way to the penguins!!! We arrived and began walking the 2 kilometer trek to the reserve. On this path we immediately began seeing the penguins burrows and the little guys resting in their little holes. The babies have been hatching and are still hatching from about November, so there were little fluffy penguins in the burrows as well. Siobhan and I started taking pictures from the beginning and didn´t ...

... decided to go to Chapel. About a 10 minute walk to a chapel that could be in the valleys. There were about a dozen adults and probably the same number of children. Most of the service was in spanish, but a few familiar old hymns. The was also a visiting couple from North Wales. The service was a bit old fashioned, but it was good to be there. Now about the Rubbish. About 28 years ago, a retired man started making things in his back yard out of recycled rubbish, and then just ...

... This was small and showed photos of the Natives here before they died out. Also, there was a stuffed version of every bird from Tierra Del Fuego. Were headed to the airport for the flight 90 minute to Trelew - only 35 minutes delay this time. We were picked up by our remise to take us to Gwesty Tywi in Gaiman. Our taxi driver was of Welsh desent - surname Roberts. More about Gaiman tomorrow !!!