Sunday 17th
February 2013.
After one and a half
days sailing in calm seas along the southern and Atlantic coast of Argentina we
reached the sea port city of Puerto Madryn. It was a beautiful sunny day with
clear blue skies, but windy and very cold with a temperature of about 12
degrees.
Puetro Madryn has a
population of approx. 100,000 people and is more of a seaside township rather than a city. The
township is surrounded by treeless arid countyside which is the jumping off
point for the spectacular and well known wildlife parks of Peninsula Valdes and
Punta Tomba.
We were unable to
obtain land excursions to these parks as again they had been booked out prior
to the start of the cruise , so we had to settle for a township walk of about 3
hours which did us good and gave us a bit of welcomed exercise.
As it was Sunday it was
fairly quiet but most of the shops were open for the tourist invasion. It was a
pleasant township, clean and tidy and obviously prosperous, with a harbour side
beach and park boulevard fronting the town.
The visit was well
worth while, however unless your into wildlife areas there is not much to see
or do.
We now have another day
and a half sailing before we reach the Falkland Islands which is the half way
point of the cruise. As it is a tender off port it is hoped that good weather
prevails. We heard that the Star Princess called into the Falklands a week
earlier and was unable to stay due to rough seas and strong winds.
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