Ty Gwyn Trelew

... landen, daar gaat het niet om, maar de deur naar de kockpit zit tegenwoordig op slot en mijn MacGuyver mes zat acherin het bagageruim, dus dat had best lastig geworden. Gelukkig hadden de piloten ducktape en hebben ze ons veilig op het vliegveld van Comodoro Rivadavia gezet. Met enigszins bleke smoeltjes mochten we het vliegveld via de achterkant verlaten en daar stonden we dan. Er werd een bus geregeld, maar dat is toch anders dan we ...

... with what Ive got. Anyhoo, where was I. Oh yeah hadnt started. Im in Argentina, though maybe when you read this I'll actually be in Chile - its all a bit changeable down the bottom bit between Argentina and Chile. So far Argenitna has been great, the people ...

Trelew, It took a long time to get here!!!!! I got the bus from Ushuaia at 5.30am, changed at Rio Grande, got on a boat with the bus and saw amazing dolphins swiming along the side of the boat - small and very white, not to mention very fast!!, then bus to Rio Gallegos, change to Comorodo Rivaderia. I arived in Comorodo Rivaderia and left the French couple, and the Scottish couple ive kind of been ...

... 300meter bij de kust vandaan dus we hebben hoop. Inmiddels begint ons ook op te vallen dat de afstanden tussen de verschillende stops tegenvallen en telkens twee uur duren. Twee uur in een minibusje hobbelend en opgevouwen tussen een wiel en een fransman is nog niet zo heel erg, maar het uitzicht is werkelijk verbluffend! Steppe, steppe steppe. Daar doe je niets aan. Zeker niet als er voor werkelijk alles wat leeft en voorbij komt wordt ...

... en lamaīs (leuk leuk!), die de bestuurder regelmatig met hysterisch getoeter van de weg joeg. Dus hier hebben die schrijvers het over, dat oneindige lege en eenzame land. Ze schijnen er geinspireerd door te raken, maar bij mij ging er niet zoveel in mijn ziel borrelen, hooguit een wat oncomfortabel gevoel dat ik graag weer een dorp in zicht wilde hebben en een ietwat stijve nek. Maar ik moet eerlijk zijn, het is bizar (en dus ...

... and well kept neighborhoods. We camped in a large area along the river, within walking distance to town, and where other campers and travelers came as well, to enjoy the offerings of this small friendly town. Back to Trelew, to find a vet, who will hopefully have some expertise on removing a growth from the inside of Gillies lip and clean her teeth, at the same time knowing the right procedure for our old girl. Everything went ...

Was another one of our 1 night hit wonders, as we now had some flights to make and **** ****** about had to be gone with. We came to Trelew for 2 reasons, for the Penisula Valdes national park and for the dinosaur museum. First thing off the bus we got ourselves some food then rented a car. Punting it up that afternoon to Penisula Valdes in the hope to see some ocras (killer whales), no luck though. Penisula Valdes is a little bit of land sticking ...

... 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 didnīt ...

... of mammals and dinosaurs, which are probably more diverse than the Natural History Musuem, London. We watch a BBC Horizon presentation of an important find some 300km from Trelew which has produced some unique fossils from the mid-Jurrasic Period. A time when not many fossils have been found. 107km south of Trelew is the home of the largest Magellenic penguin colony in Patagonia. Unfortuately it seems that the only way for us to reach the penguins ...

... I got a plate of the parrilla and I kid you not, it was a sirloin steak, a rack of lamb, a chorizo sausage and a large blob of what I think was black pudding, but was disconcertingly squishy. After a starter, 3 main course and 2 desserts (the buffet price of 5 quid included ice cream, flans, fruit salad and dulce de leche) we tried to rent bicycles to go down to see the sea lions but alas there were none left. So we got the a guy at the hostel to ...