The next morning (New Years Day) we left Comodoro Rivandavia tired but ready to head out. On the way out of town we stopped to take a picture of probably the ugliest Cathedral we’ve seen ...
and a goodbye picture of the Comodoro Hotel with the biggest Coca Cola billboard we’ve ever seen.
Yes, we were still on the barren windswept pampas so I took pictures of anything interesting that came along.
Corinne just about freaked out when she turned around and saw me laying face down in the middle of the highway. I just wanted to take an artistic picture and we only passed a car every 50 km’s or so, so I thought it was safe!
Yes, it was windy again ...
and we passed another small wind farm.
We did a quick run through the town of Trelew looking for a lunch stop, but the town was completely shut down. We assumed that was the case due to the date… Jan 1st.
Then it was back onto the highway heading towards our planned stop for the night in Puerto Madryn.
For being located in such a desolate area, Pto. Madryn was a very nice town ...
and we got a hotel room in an old but well maintained brick building overlooking the ocean.
A walk that evening showed us that the town was a destination spot for many Argentines as well as Gringos.
The beach was endless, the water was warm, the food was great ...
there was a dock that accepted large cruise ships and …
there was a Lizard Café ...
that served Iguana cervesa. What more could a person ask for?
We planned on staying here for a couple of nights as there was a National nature reserve that we wanted to visit the next day. After a short rest in our room, we went for supper. The Pub around the corner from the hotel was where we ended up and both of us had incredible shellfish dinners. Corinne had a delicious mariscos (seafood) stew.
I had the mixed shellfish “catch of the day” which consisted of clams, oysters, mussels, razor clams, scallops, a huge king prawn and a fillet of fish served on a bed of rice. I think it was worth the 30 pesos ($US 10.00) I paid, don’t you! I washed it down with a terrific locally made nut brown ale. We both retired satiated and satisfied with the day.
