puerto madryn
more beach time! so far so good. all my long-distance buses have been overnight ones so i have been able to save on hostel fees this way. they also feed you something so that’s good…although yesterday i got a tray of three pieces of ham and cheese, dried omellette with the same cheese, deep fried sausage, bread roll and a big thing of flan. i ate the ham and cheese and flan. atleast they try.
puerto madryn is not at all busy compared to mar del plata, but more of a laid-back community. even if you are in the centre you can find enough space on the beach to get some sun. it’s also a really cool place because from here you can visit a lot of other towns and attractions.
a tour i did was to punbta tombo, which has the biggest colony of magellanic penguins! you get to walk alongside their nesting grounds and a lot of them walk right by you! it was absolutely amazing. some baby ones were shedding their fur, some were mating, and others were just sunbathing. i really wanted to poke one but since the tour guide heard me say it he kept a close eye on me. so a no-go on that one.
on the way back we visited gaiman, a welsh village founded in the 19oo’s. it was kinda weird to see welsh writing in this setting having just come from there. the main attraction here are tea houses that serve welsh tea n cake. a lot of teahouses n bars were in both welsh n spanish but the ice cream lady didn’t speak a word of welsh. so that was kinda a disappointment :(
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