Ladies and Gentleman, I have reached the Atlantic Ocean for the very first time... And it looks, smells, feels and acts exactly as the Pacific Ocean does... Which is something of a dissapointment (I was quietly hoping for something spectacular), but itīs still a good achievement So Iīve made it safely to Puerto Madryn, gateway to Peninsula Valde...

Our hotel in Puerto Madryn is very nice, but some distance from the town center, so after a quick shower, we hopped in a cab and headed for the center of town. We walked around fro a bit then went to dinner at the cafe classico. Boo had spaghetti with meat sauce and I had ravioli. Very good. After dinner, we searched out an ice cream store. They...

Puerto Madryn.Patagonia. Wildlife. Whales, sea lions, penguins dolphins etc, and of course Dede. Its quite cold here. Wind blowing from the south is frigging cold but as usual our great leader has prepared us for all this.

Our second day in Puerto Madryn stated with hiring bikes for a half day. Gabrielle, guy who owned hostel told us about a cool beach to go to at high tide, where the whales like to come and play. So we got up at 7am all set for the big cycle which Enda was dreading...he wanted us to get a taxi. But me being the super fit person I am insisted the ...

como ayer por la noche nos dieron con un canto en los dientes al decir que no podriamos ir a ver las ballenas (una ilusion de meri... la mia son los pinguinos y estos solo aparecen en verano!) decidimos posponer nuestro viaje un par de dias y descansar un poco en puerto madryn. Famosa por las ballenas, pinguinos, lobos marinos y un fauna muuuuuu...

After our first major bus journey of 26hrs we arrived in the town of Puerto Madryn, from where we hired a car with an Aussie, Swiss and a German and headed for the nearby wildlife sanctuary of Peninsula Valdes. It was amazing, a real wildlife Wonderland! We saw Right Whales, sea lions, sea elephants, guanacos (like the llama but smaller) and Mag...

Simon: So far, entirely disappointed with Argentina, a country in which I had entrusted a huge weight of expectation, we were finding that the most entertainment we could have in each new town we visited was to purchase a fat black marker pen and head to the ubiquitous 'Avenida Islas Malvinas', adjusting the street sign so it would then read 'Fa...

hey, finally found an internet cafe and was able to burn a few photos (1020) onto cd so hopefully will be able to see them. Having a great time, since last entry i have had a tango lesson, meet the paraguyan footy squad and went to the match, had a mad time in buenos aires: went horseriding at a gaucho ranch, ate a s**t load of steak and drank w...

Carson just said it so well in his Travelpod. So in his words: In Puerto Madryn, where we have a stopover from 8AM to 5PM, we walk around the town to find a cafe to wake our frazzled minds. Here the coffee is getting closer to U.S. prices. We find a museum that we would like to go to, called the EcoCentro. It is 4 kilometers away and we would li...