Puerto Madryn

 Puerto Madryn is an aluminium producing fishing port in Argentina that was founded in 1865 by 153 intrepid Welsh families. The building of an aluminium smelter in 1973 resulted in employment for about 5000 of the inhabitants. The Bauxite is shipped in from Chile and other countries. The electrical energy (a great deal is needed to smelter Aluminium) comes from a hydro electric dam some distance inland. 

We went on a tour to visit a sea lion colony. I managed to get some great photos and videos with my IPhone 14 Pro smart phone which I hope I can post to this Blog while on the ship. 

The internet on the ship is fairly good but somewhat dependant on the location in the Ocean. When we are in the Antarctic the internet help person on board told me he did not know what the coverage would be. Oceania has not yet adopted Elon Musk’s Starlink but he had heard that they will be using it in the future on the Oceania ships.

After the sea lions we travelled over gravel roads to a farm where there was a demonstration of sheep shearing. The owner now gets his revenue from tourism rather than farming sheep.








It is now Monday 23rd. Unfortunately we will not be visiting the Falkland Islands due to high winds. This happens to at least one in three cruise ship visits as the ships have to anchor off and then land passengers by tender.




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