Today we were to go out in a boat to see dolphins - they have an especially athletic kind here - but it was way too windy, so luckily we had our own guide, we weren´t in a bus, just ourselves, and our guide was a local, so he toured us around to see whatever we were interested in. This was an hour south of Puerto Madryn, in Trelew and surrounding area.First stop was the Museum of Paleontology in Trelew, a modern building opened in 1999; the exhibits started out with scenes of the indigeous people, the Teheulches, and went backwards in time, so we saw puma, horse and dinosaur skeletons, then back to trilobites...
South of town we went up a sandy road to see fossilized oyster shells, - some were enormous - we climbed up a bit to see if we could find any shark teeth, but the wind was getting stronger so we left.
Trelew is on the Chubut river, the only river in the province, and the Welsh developed extensive irrigation systems... now people grow onions, lettuce, pears, plums, apples and cherries. All, except the cherries, are sold locally, - the cherries are exported to Spain.
Photo by itsjustanali (Flickr Creative Commons)
