Monday, 22 November
A bus drive from Trelew to Comodoro Rivadavia. Three hours break here, the wind is so strong that I hardly can walk in the city with my backpack. A second bus to Puerto Deseado. Here I met two girls, one from Panama and one from France. We don`t know it yet but will spend together the next three days. Nice taxi driver with strong polish roots takes me to hotel - there is no single hostel in the city, so no cheap way to stay overnight. Not that I knew at this timepoint.
Puerto Deseado
It is a city located in the northern margin of the Rìo Deseado, named in 1586 Port Desire. Both Hernando de Magellan and Charles Darwin visited this place (in 1529 and 1833, respectively). Around Puerto Deseado you can find spectacular landscapes and rich fauna: cormorants, Magellan penguins, grebes, petrels, flamingos, swans, gulls, oystercatcher,Commerson´s delphins, Pealer`s dolphins, fur seals and... the craziest looking yellow crest penguins.
Tuesday, 23 November
In the very morning (very morning for me ;) ) I search opportunity to have an excursion. I reached the Darwin Expeditions house - a very cosy wooden house at the Deseado river. Thanks two very nice local guys I changed the place of my residence from hotel to a camping which reduced sleeping costs to 20%... In Darwin Expeditions I met two chicas from the yesterday bus together with one german chicke which I had met in Puerto Piràmides a fw days before. Next days we will have a great time in our panamian-french-german-polish dream team.
Isla Pinguíno
Wednesday, 24 November
Our dream team went to Isla Pinguíno for a dream excursion! la isla is inhabited by - guess what - oh yes, penguins. Here you find Magellan penguins. They can live in a wide range of nests: caves in soft grounds (like in Punta Tombo), small barrows under bushes, holes in rocks.These 50 to 60 cm small animals feed mainly from fish, diving up to 30 meters. Nearby Puerto Deseado they are ca 25 000 reproductive couples. If the reproduction goes well, they do not change partner and stay together the whole life. If it does not - they change but never during they have a baby. A logic recommended to humans, too...
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| Es muss die Liebe sein... |
Walking penguins are making everybody smile... I have a funny video but I wan`t able to post it here.
FUNNY VIDEO
FUNNY VIDEO
Just please smile a bit and read further.
The amazing looking yellow crest penguins (ca 60 cm tall) have to yellow crests over their eyebrows and red eyes. It makes them a bit devil-like looking... But never judge by apperances - can you imagine more innocent in behaviour creatures than penguins??? This species can dive up to 100 meteres and feeds from crustaceans, fish and squids. Walking between them is a special experiece and made me wanting to stay with them, at least for some time...
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| Don`t touch my egg(s) |
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| The haircut is killing |
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| Innocent penguins or cruel devils? |
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| I could stay here |
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| So do they, Brasilian Girs, Zebra, Angel and the newest member of the family: The Wool Penguin from Buenos Aires. |
From a very short distance you can observe sea lions and fur seals, and dolphins wchich seem to have a lot of fun playing around the boat.
Thursday, 25 November
Another excursion with Darwin people - to Deseado River being entered deeply by the sea water.
Sea lions are very humans in they behaviuor when lying and scratching themselves, looking bored to the death... It is recommended to watch them from the wind side - they stink a lot.
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| Male sea lion - and it`s clear that they deserved their names |
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| have a break |
In the afternoon two very nice guys took our dream team for an amazing ride in a half track along the coast around Puerto Deseado. Cañones, Sanctuarium, El Gauchito Gil.
The day ended with The Last Supper in great Puerto Deseado. ¡Muchas grazias!
Friday, 26 November
Bosque Petrificado
In a very morning I left Puerto Deseado wuth a very nice israelian couple who just adopted me for the next two days. We went by car to Petrified Forest. El Monumento Natural Bosque Petrificado is located in the north east of province Santa Cruz. The landscape resembles sometimes the moon.
You can see here and... touch 150 000 000 yaers old Araucarias, evergreen coniferous tree. Incredible, but these "stoned" trees preserved perfectly theis original "woody" look.
Way to the South...
At the evening we landed in
Puerto San Julian
Saturday, 27. November
In Puerto San Julian we visited a replice of a boat Victoria - the only one from five boats which returned back home after Magellan`s expedition, without Magellan who ended up in Phillipines. Then we went with a boat to Isla Justicia and Isla Cormoran for penguin and cormorants watching.
After a short trip along the coastal circuit we left to Piedrabuena where I had The Last Supper with the israelian couple in room with The Last Supper painting on the wall. Goodbye and see you again.
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