Prynhawn da and hola todos for the last post from Yr Wladfa and Patagonia. After doing the Welsh towns of the Chubut valley I moved over to Puerto Madryn for a few days. Unfortunately Puerto Madryn really wasn’t much to write home about, the only notables here were a monument on the waterfront to the Welsh settlers and the old train station opposite the bus Terminal.
It is possible to do a few whale watching excursions from here but these are organised tours and could be expensive. I went to see if any agents were open but being out of season their all working from home, which I have nothing against but a bit crap for me as stops us being able to get discounts from paying in cash. Also the weather turned foggy after arrival here so wouldn’t have seen much anyway so lo que hay wasn’t happening. At this point having done the last town of Yr Wladfa I have effectively declared mission accomplished on this trip but that doesn’t mean the journey is over yet. I still have to get to Buenos Aires, which is the exit point for our return to the old world.
After those 3 nights I decided to start my way out of Patagonia a little ahead of time. I am largely skipping the events of the journey as nothing noteworthy happened on the journey until we started on the last day to Buenos Aires. It taken 3 travel days to reach here with day 1 being an 8 hour bus journey to Rio Colorado then day 2 being another 3 hour hop to Bahía Blanca with an overnight stay in both of these stops with a final 12 hour bus ride to Buenos Aires but that and what happened after that I will cover on the next one.
From this point I was nearly in Bahia Blanca and I had to decide weather to go to Mar del Plata first or straight to Buenos Aires. The 2nd option won out and straight to Buenos Aires it was. A number of reasons for this, firstly Mar del Plata is in the summer months a big beach place but it’s now winter here so there won’t be much going on, I’d wager if I went here even for 2 nights that day of looking round I’d most likely end up in a pub or casino at 2pm if it’s that much of a snore out of season. Also it was about 8 hours on the bus from Bahía Blanca and then another 6 to go from there Vs 12 to go straight to Buenos Aires.
Also while in Puerto Madryn I had been in Comms with my friend who’s totally not Ed Sheeran. Turns out him and hubby went to Argentina after we parted ways back in Sucré. They were still in Argentina and not far from Buenos Aires and it looked very likely we could link up for one last side quest together and so the decision was made to push straight on to Buenos Aires. I would be getting here nearly a week ahead of time so could always revisit the first option if I so wished.
To that end it was decided, I would get to Buenos Aires, spend a few days getting the lay of the land there then work out the next move with my friends from there. Shortly after getting into Bahía Blanca i booked the bus ticket to Buenos Aires and also an airbnb in a nice part of the city that my pals recommended I stay.
Things looked good……or at least they did on paper as we will soon find out!
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