December 5

And so after again another big day driving....kilometres and kilometres and nothing at all, a gravel road that lets to nowhere...Bahia Bustamante. A seaweed farm! On a beach!. Three houses, three sheds and that is all! Looks like a perfect place for a big night sleep






Rada Tilly:

It is a really nice town, the "beach" town just off Comodoro Rivadavia. I was surprised to see so many new houses, the promenade totally upmarket and the beach that goes forever. A really good place for a rest and a run on the beach. The wind though was too much and made us to decide to cross to the cordillera side.



Sarmiento

They told us to visit the "Bosques Petrificados" and even though the road was rough I have to said that it was worthy. This "lunar" landscape- so similar in many ways to Cappadocia- put a smile on my face. A very enjoyable walk along rocks...a very peaceful view!

The next 3 days was much of the same, stopping just to sleep. The gravel road is really impossible to take. At 20 km per hour we feel it every bit, and we are upset for SalSolcito who is not used to this!!

They don't lie when they said that Patagonia is huge. At this stage it looks like we are driving safari style- plenty of Guanacos, aveztruces, lambs, cows, mulitas....all running alongside us! But the land is so arid, and the winds are crazy...up to 60 km!! All of us, including of course our home, is buried under so much dust.

I have to admit that I am getting a bit cranky and bored...all we do is drive and eat; can't do any exercise - the winds, the cold- I said to Hector: "I want to go back to my life"! meant back to Europe, the run and the bike, the fresh markets, the little charming towns, the warm (mostly!) weather...