We are at Puerto Madryn. We visited here in 2020, saw the penguins and then flew off to visit Iguazu Falls. So we had to pick something other than visiting the penguins.
When docked, we're still a kilometer from the shore. Fortunately the tour buses pick us up right at the ship. They run a shuttle for people not on tours.
An unusual sight: All of the veranda partitions have been opened so they can do a cleaning. You could walk all the way to the bridge, looking in other people's staterooms. (we didn't)
Very wide beach
As we begin our bus tour, we pass this dinosaur mockup based on a few bones found nearby. Such a long neck seems unlikely, but then giraffes seem unlikely.
Our destination, Gaiman, a Welsh colony.
An original home
The first home in Gaiman
Art from dead trees
Irrigation canal, with a water wheel for extracting water, although it's not functional now
A monument to Christopher Columbus? In Welsh? But Google Translate did a reasonable job on Welsh to English
An abandoned building right on the river. The city has high hopes that the new owner will fix it up, but work is progressing slowly.
Playground across the street from our walking destination. The tubular slides look far too steep to be acceptable in the US.
The tea house
Quite the offering of scones and sweets. Fortunately they had water as well as tea.
A choir sang a few songs in Welsh. After months of hearing Spanish, this sounded very different, but just as incomprehensible.
I don't know if this is still in use as anything other than a note holder. At current exchange rates it only goes up to $99.
The river itself, just about 100 meters from the irrigation canal. The derelict building is located right here, a prime location.
Argentina is adding renewable energy sources.
Back in Puerto Madryn, the local lagoon hosts flamingoes.
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