18 de Enero, Bahia Blanca
We are in Bahia Blanca now, which is really not much of a tourist destination, but we are here for a few days because we weren´t able to get bus tickets to Puerto Madryn until Wednesday. As we are learning, January is the busiest travel month in Argentina. Everyone takes vacations in January, much like how August is the big vacation month in Europe. So, we are at the mercy bus ticket availability, because everything esta completo, which means booked. However, we don´t mind having a day or two to stretch our legs in Bahia Blanca and get the blood circulating again before we hop on another bus. The bus journey from Villa Gesell to Bahia Blanca was a 10 hour ride. We thought it would be about 6 hours, and the driver told us it would be 8 hours when we boarded. We are trying to figure out how to get on a bus that doesn´t make as many stops, so that we can get from place to place a bit quicker, but we are enjoying the vistas out the window in the meantime. Central and northern Argentina is covered with Pampas in the low lying areas. The Pampas are grasslands, an expanse of gold and green fields as far as the eye can see...dotted with black cows and white sheep. There are few trees, no mountains...just flat, semi-barren land. The emptiness and absence of anything else is beautiful and tranquil. You can smell the country outside. The golden grass is illuminated beautifully when the sun hangs low in the sky. We look out the window of the bus and the view is divided into two parts, split at the horizon. The top half is blue sky and the bottom half are these golden fields that go on forever and engulf us. Every once in awhile we will see a field of blooming yellow sunflowers, but other than that it is perfect land for cattle grazing...which must be why the beef here is so plentiful and tasty. We leave for Puerto Madryn on Jan 19th. We take an overnight bus ride, which is nice, because it saves us from having to pay for accomodations for one night. They say it`s a 10 hour bus ride, so we should arrive in Puerto Madryn in the morning. Puerto Madryn looks beautiful. There is an amazing array of wild life to see, and the Valdez Peninsula is near where we will be staying. They say that there is great scuba diving and marine life in this area.
posted by The Blaus @ 3:57 PM
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