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la hora del té

Posted on April 25, 2012 by angela6 Comments

There isn't too much to do in Gaiman. So after giggling at the name for while, we decided to act a little more civilized. It was high time for high tea. The town was founded by the Welsh, and although the town is about 5 blocks by 5 blocks big, it has no less than 10 ...

Playa Escondita sushi

Posted on April 24, 2012 by angela4 Comments

The next morning we made it to Punto Tombo - yet another pinguineria. The differences between this one and Cabo Dos Bahias were enormous. There were tourists and tour buses.  This place even had parking attendants (although it wasn't crowded) and we were immediately directed to the ticket window. It was a bit pricey, but ...

elephants on the beach

Posted on April 23, 2012 by angela2 Comments

Camarones had been described as a sleepy little beach town. It didn't help that we arrived (as we always do) during the Argentine 4 hour mid-day break. It also doesn't help that the tourist season is over in this part of the world, and well, they just shut things down until next year. The tourist office ...

coffee and penguins

Posted on April 21, 2012 by jason1 Comment

We chatted with one of the friendly (lonely?) rangers and he told us that all the action in the penguin colony was at sunset and at sunrise. We lucked out the first night and showed up when all the little guys were coming home from work and were making a big commotion. So, we decided to ...

Penguin sunset

Posted on April 20, 2012 by jason10 Comments

Cabos Dos Bahias. I don't recall where we heard about it (Phil?), but it's another little gem. There is absolutely nothing out here except empty coastline, penguins, guanaco, skunks, armadillos, tumbleweeds and a few park rangers. No visitors. For two days, we had the entire reserve to ourselves. Cool wildlife, great camping... and it was all ...

Rada Tilly

Posted on April 19, 2012 by angela2 Comments

We stopped off at a small town outside of a big town. There wasn't much to do here, so it seemed like a perfect place to stay for a few days. Rada Tilly seems to be the destination for weekenders from Comodoro Rivadavia and is full of fancy homes, but not much else. The campsite had hot ...

playing in the dirt

Posted on April 18, 2012 by angela1 Comment

We were glad we didn't ask anyone if the dirt road north of the petrified forest was good. They would have told us to avoid it (they always do). This was one cool drive. We got stuck at one point, but with everyone pushing we got through a sandy riverbed. Fern couldn't quite make it,  so ...