hello world how's it going guys it's the travel day
good job it's gonna be our longest travel day yet we're saying goodbye to I
guess sort of central Argentina and heading down to Patagonia yeah coastal
Argentina and we're heading down to Patagonia our very first time at
Patagonia yep um so we are leaving Mar Del Plata behind and we're getting on
a 16 or 17 hour bus yeah traveling to Puerto Madryn what commodity yeah so yeah we're gonna
be showing you the journey the journey so the bus leaves at 8:00 p.m. and
doesn't arrive until the following day at 1:00 p.m. oh it's gonna be an
overnight bus fully get a good night's sleep but in the meantime let's give you
an apartment tour of our place here so Sam is going to give us the Grand Tour
and the best part of the apartment is actually the balcony so yeah we have a
terrace around the eighth floors yes we are on the eighth floor
we're right in the heart of the downtown area of the city which was like an
incredible location if you're considering staying here I'd recommend
this area there's lots of great restaurants you're like what five minute
walk away from the beach yeah I mean the location could have been better and the
views were fantastic let me show you the news who views well lots of tall
buildings we can't actually see the water yeah what'd I say fantastic views
I mean is good for people watching people watching we didn't we didn't have
use of it there you go and we had a barbecue that we didn't use they did
have an asado we did her laundry we hung up her clothes yeah
there's lots of cheers okay tea we had dinner here uh-huh so let's start
turning on light if you got to do that it's bright enough okay it's the daytime
Sam just finished washing all the dishes thank you we try to do that whenever we
see an air B&B we like to keep it keep it tidy so what we ended up doing was
buying one of these six liters of water at the water and I gave us the drinking
water you know what I said drink tap water here you know that this area was
perfect it had everything we needed inside it here we had wine boxes we had
cups we had a whole bunch of other things which we didn't utilize we didn't
use a stove at all yeah we didn't cook basically so we basically that's all you
need - not very fruit we had one that was basically what we did so coming here
this is office this is our office slash dining area and all of our work here
couch you know these are beds actually technically beds so perfectly they're
futons yeah and there's another one underneath
so technically you can fit up to five people in here but it was just the two
of us yeah it would be a bit tight if it were you know five again luggage yeah we
had a TV in her bedroom there's also one in the living room yeah utilize any of
them you know we've got Netflix watch Netflix the thing that I loved about
this place in particular was that amazing Wi-Fi blazing fast huh so we're
able to do some pop loads we were able to get a copper emails so as much as we
enjoyed being here it's also great for work too and the only other place for me
to show you is the bathroom the bathroom the bathroom you know what it's a tight
bathroom but you get the idea sink toilet bidet shower so overall I
mean this place had everything that we needed it had a good location it had
great Wi-Fi it was clean it was I mean it's a little bit noisy but I mean this
is this is also where there's Lawson yeah right downtown but you know what
like you just get used to it you kind kind of you just fall asleep and it's
kind of like white noise after one we enjoyed this place and now it's time to
get going it is time to get going we better finish packing we made it to the
bus terminal which is also the train station yeah mm5 station
it's not huge it has everything you need like this piece here we actually had a
breakfast here when we first arrived yeah
and so yeah we're back again trying to decide what we're gonna have this is
basically gonna be a big meal of the day because the bus just gives you a little
snack before you sleep at night looking at sandwich crackers so probably gonna
get something somewhat substantial yeah and we also have fruits in this bag
let's not forget that that's tomorrow's breakfast oh okay okay oh we got lemon
pie so we need to hold off until the
Milanese yes we got the milanesa napolitana p.m.
cheese and tomato and me while I'm eating bread with me because that's
something that I picked up here check that out that's a bad boy B stuff you
can see that you have some as well you have the tail of that because we have
the pie to share maybe this would be perfect we get one savory and once we
think excellent let's dig on in the Golan so this is basically a breaded
cutlet kind of like a schnitzel with ham cheese tomato sauce oregano
it's good stuff no the voted with this one I was feeling
a bit iffy about ordering you know a hot meal at a bus terminal but I'm glad it
turned out well this place is actually pretty good I mean we ain't breakfast
here we had a nice meal and so far this has been really good so I mean after
coming here you have some time to kill it's good to know that this bus station
has a good restaurant here yes and the waiters been super friendly he's been
practicing his English a bit with us and you've been practicing your Spanish in
communication I'm returning that the conversation is
better so and time for dessert we got a lemon pine
yeah to share has tons of meringue
yeah that's this Audry's portion was also this that's mine
portions are huge here good
Oh how long have we been here oh my gosh so we left the apartment just shortly
after 3:00 probably got here like 3 20 inch it is now more than 1/2 hours we
still have another hour to go yeah we have another hour to go same spot they
haven't kicked us out yeah the same spot this has been awesome we've been able to
do some work they have Wi-Fi here we had a nice lunch over the big con leche
which is know so I thought I'd talk a little bit about Mar del Plata I mean we
really enjoyed this very food first of all was fantastic the first two days we
had here yeah then we take three more days to kind of sightsee really I think
this is definitely like a weekend destination we come here on a Friday
night leave on a Sunday or Monday and see what there is to see within the city
now I'd recommend coming during a festival there's a lot of festivals and
events being held in Mar del Plata look there's like music or a food festival or
something of that nature definitely come during that time also in
the summer it's really busy on the beach I mean the waters are icy good so if you
want to work on your tan yes you can enjoy the beach but if you actually want
to swim I don't suggest that highly there's really good restaurants
we had fantastic seafood we had awesome parrilla we had what was at the cafe we
went to for the two rooms oh yeah no so we very well in the city
so yeah I do recommend coming here there isn't like one particular attraction
that you would come here to visit like that that's like a magnet it's just the
experience of being by the water walking along the coast enjoying the beach five
nights was enough for us we had a lot of work to catch up on and our apartment a
good internet but yeah if you could crunched for time three or three nights
would be plenty all right guys before we forget we thought we've mentioned the
money matters so first the price of our Airbnb in Mar
del Plata okay so that was $45 per night 45 US
dollars we got a little bit of a discount yes
yeah peak season too so and we had some Airbnb credit so it was actually free
yeah you gotta love that
yes
mm hundred and thirty-four pesos per person
okay which would be 64 US dollars yeah for
for a long bus ride it is a long bus ride I'm really hoping we can get it we
can get camera for our next really big trip so guys something to keep in mind
and this is a travel tip for Argentina's if you're traveling in peak season like
we are right now is Argentina summer if you could have oh my gosh I'm like
folding leverage traveling and peak season if you can book ahead try to book
gamma which means Ben yeah or VIP yes we're going semi gamma which are kind of
like yeah I think there was even one above camera it's like a super cama or
it's like ejectivo or something Thank You diva they have a fever
yeah so I would paid extra money to have those super comfortable seats that
recline all the way back you get a hot meal you get extra service there's
nobody really sitting next to you know even on these like cheapo tickets they
still give you whiskey yes I know it's like the knockout blow before you go to
bed
yes it looks as we have look maybe a muffin huh
tiny sandwich with cheese this looks like bread with cheese on top maybe
that's like a pizza cheese pizza maybe watch one movie for falsely from
midnight and sleep for like six seven eight hours would be amazing for the
time was a couple hours ago oh no it's a long ride
yeah it's starting to feel chip starting to feel longer to arriving yes
structural engineer League happiness lunch a shower I need a shower before I
should do
well guys we made it with a two hour delay we've arrived in what the Marvin
we are here my long journey hello feel disoriented even though I
slept well it's just one of those things when you've been out of pasta for such a
long time I mean we were there 18 18 19 hours on the bus yeah we're
exhausted we're getting some lunch at the bus terminal Puerto Madryn yeah
just something light something light we gotta go jump or stuff up at the hotel
yeah I go check-in organize some tours for the rest of our stay so it's like
super excited to be here yes yes we are pumped we're just so tired and we need
showers but yeah what are you trying - we got the ham and cheese variety let's
see how those are I'm so thirsty Wow nice no good stuff maybe a pastry
later there's gonna be a carb overload day
our activities for the next few days in peninsula valdes are all booked up yeah
I'm gonna be staying in an eco-lodge we're gonna be going to an estancia
we're gonna be seeing some penguins up close and personal do some hiking by a
key Cindy fantastic it go all set so we found a pizza place that is serving
pieces for 50% off between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. which is like CF hours for typical
time don't need at this time of day so yeah it's great feeling really pumped
actually just going for a walk and being on the Sun always revives you have to a
long bus trip you know this is kind of in a haze for a while so hopefully some
food some wine will make it feel really good and while we were talking about her
plans for the next few days the wine arrived one July he went for most
Brussels faster Mendoza ahh can't go wrong with a Malbec and
they always what's cool is it always pour you a little bit to make sure that
the bottle is okay and yeah it still work here nothing like a glass of wine
is the food after being on the bus for like 18 19 hours getting out of the
whole zombie mode here our pizza has arrived we did half and half so the
theme is from the scene so check this out just
tons of shrimp on this one yeah we got you some prawns and on the other side
it's anchovies green olives yeah those are these come with lots of mozzarella
and I'm excited for mine like mine is just it's really chilly
nice and salty is it speech is incredible nice and salty but copious
amounts of Keats see Regan Oh sprinkle on really salty nice thin kind of
buttery crust I know just enough tomato sauce it's a really good pizza all right
time for you to try that shrimp pizza I wasn't sure I wanted eats again because
we've been eating so much in here it's so good
nice to be having a tasters of the seed
so we're having a giant ice cream this is supposed to be for me but Audrey's
eating it all like a good way put it hopefully arisen yeah yeah it's good