Welsh Argentina

We leave the atlantic cost to get deeper in argentian lands, in Chubut area. There, many village kept a strong galish influence since colonies arrival in the middle of XIXth century. So we decide to discover this galish-argentian culture !

First stop in Trelew where we have a walk in the town to see some gallish house, old train station, chapel and very nice picture exposition. All of it incorporated in the typical argentian grid struture and pingouins picture everywhere !

Gaiman is already a much more rural village, boarding the chubut river with a main parc enjoyed by families to have maté together. We go to one of their famous « Casa de Té » to enjoy the gallish culture ! Typical house with so many galish decoration ( we find a map of the area where Wrexham is shown !!!!) with have british tea and gallish cake, we almost feel in europe ! Then we go the the « museum » El Desafio : impressive ! Joaquim Alonso passed away at 90 years old this winter after have transform his garden into a fantastic parc ! With recycled products and a strong sens of humour and dersion he takes us to a walk in society.. We walk around dinosaurus, cars, Taj Maal, hundreds of quotes… just great !

We get on the road again to Dolavon, even smaller, this village is crossed by a nice creek with so many waterwheel. We disturbe a restaurant team having a great meal to visit a old working flour mill from 1880 ! Still working machines are so old and full of histories.

After a night at Gaiman’s fireman camping on the rivers edge, we take the road the Punta Tombo !
This natural reserve of pinguinos colonies is on the cost at the end of a long ripio road ! There is so many pinguinos ! The beach is full of them waiting for the right time to get in the ocean ! There is also many of their nests everywhere around the path. Pinguinos are friendly and not afraid at all ! We can fully enjoy their way to walk, cries and smell !
We take the road again to Camarones which was supposed to be (from Lonely Planet) a nice village full of charm and calm to rest for a night… Well maybe because we were tired but we found nothing to enjoy there except a very strange and expensive camping ! So We took back the car to get to Sarmiento at night.