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Absolute
priority: repair the car. A bit outside the
center, we go to Mr. Moreno, known as one of
the best garage mechanics in Puerto Madryn.
Wonderful, he even got a Renault 19
accelerator wire in his shed ! In less than an
hour, the work is done and we're ready to go
back on the road. Direction
North, a hundred kilometers away. We're
in the Chubut Province, in the north of the
river of the same name. Here, spaces are
infinite, made of fossilized forests and
plains as far as the eye can see. Not far is
the biggest natural collection of prehistoric
art in the country, in Rio Pinturas. Around
us, huge 'estancias' (farms) were cattle sheep
graze in peace, in the middle of Pampas
(Benetton, the famous dress designer, has even
built a firm in Patagonia). But the main
attraction is the coast, where many marine
mammals and birds live on still wild beaches. The
Car@van goes along the Nuevo Gulf, entering in
the Valdes Peninsula, declared Natural
Patrimony of Mankind by Unesco. But read the
Anecdote and watch the Video. The
Team seems to have stomached the 14 hours
jetlag, even if the daily work on the web
seems a bit harder than before. Every day
traveling and creating events, then writing in
the evening and edit the videos, and put on
line in the morning. A lot to do, but there is
no excuse for not being on chat yesterday
night, sorry for that ! Today,
Maya could at last go to the dentist,
suffering from a little infection. Click on
the picture and watch the Video.
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Between
September and December, more than
600 whales come here to give
birth, and there are more and more
and more every year. Biologists
say it is because they feel safe
here: the Valdes Peninsula has
become the biggest maternity
hospital in the southern Atlantic
for many species !
Today,
we went to see sea lions and their
family... watch the video.
Back
to Puerto Madryn, we drive in the
middle of dusty tracks and wild
landscapes. Suddenly, we pass
little ostriches and then guanacos
(lamas) !
...
we'd really like you to be with
the Car@van !
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Backstage
video:
Feeling
better after the dentist, Maya
tells us :
"With
this new filling, I feel balanced
again !"
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Literary
thoughts: Traveling
across this land, the Car@avan can
understand what Luis Sepulveda
wrote at the beginning of his book
- 'Patagonia Express' - quoting
Antonio Machado: 'Al andar se hace
el camino' - 'Walking makes the
way'. In
Patagonia, the only real encounter
can be the one with yourself. Many
people have this feeling here:
Patagonia is a kind of terminal
for a new existential dimension.
It's a gap that one can fill the
way he wants, with encounters and
images from fantasy to dreams...
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Flight
Lapa MJ 3470: Trelew - Ushuaia.
We'll arrive to the End of the
World... and who knows what will
be going on !? Tomorrow
will be a memorable day in our
real/virtual game. Stay
connected, Virtual Traveler !
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