Berg Blog

The last day in Monte Leon ended up being much different. After the events of the previous day, I lost all motivation to really explore the park. I woke up early, tried cooking some breakfast, and eventually headed down to the beach. The water was too frigid for a dip due to the latitude of [...]

Christmas Day I woke up early because of the 4:30 a.m. sunrise. I laid around trying to get back to sleep, but eventually crawled out of the tent and stretched my aching back. I fired up my ancient cooking stove to make some oatmeal, but that thing let me down again and I ended up [...]

We pulled into Comandante Luis Piedrasbuenas around 5 a.m. and the sun was already shining. I had no idea how to get to Parque Monte Leon or what to expect because there was very little information available. All of the bus companies were closed, but there were a handful of people scattered throughout the room.  [...]

I had hoped to get off at Trelew and travel south like many of my tour companions. But it seemed Christmas was a popular time to travel and there were no buses available until the following day. Around 7 p.m. I was taking a quick nap in my lower bunk when a girl checked into [...]

Our tour drove an hour and a half north from Punta Tombo to the port city of Rawson. Here I sat down for a 45 minute break and ice cream with my two companions Steve and Shirin before heading out on the ocean.  I had only seen dolphins on various nature programs or as part [...]

As fun as it is to see whales or sea lions, many people, myself included, leave the Puerto Madryn area especially enamored with the Magellanic penguin.  The largest mainland gathering of these little guys is at Punta Tombo, about 200 km south of Puerto Madryn. Seeing them last year was a treat and I had [...]

Despite the fact that I had already been to Peninsula Valdes last year with my friends Jackie and Coral, I decided to stop there again. This served not only as a way to break up the  monotony of traveling by bus, but it also gave me a chance to see the wildlife again. December 21st [...]

I’m not sure exactly what I was thinking. Feeling the impulse to get out of Buenos Aires as soon as possible, on Tuesday morning I bought a bus ticket for the following evening. This meant Tuesday and Wednesday I was frantically buying hiking socks, maps, and small necessities, cleaning the apartment, and packing away all [...]

Sunday afternoon I left Canela at 2 p.m. for Puerto Alegre. The trip was peaceful and we passed through the beautiful hills of the surrounding area. We pulled into Puerto Alegre and it was obvious that this was a much larger city and had much more poverty that the small towns I had visited. There [...]