from ocean to mountains

just a travel day, leaving the ocean's coasts and crossing the solitude of patagonian lands.. empty roads, where only the wind crossed us, blowing strong...


snowy mountains appeared.. dried winter trees and the light...

We finally arrived at Calafate and the view of the Argentino lake was a promising hope for the following day

the mighty sky made our souls silent...

San Julian...

there is a road to make at San Julian, called paseo costero.. we saw there the rests of an old meat factory..


the coasts of the Atlantic ocean, reflecting the sky, the wind whistling..


a beach where shells shone under the warm sun falling, with shiny water drops, thousand times multiplied..


a mighty sky, enhancing the deep sense of solitude... immensity... silence...
Patagonia unknown... simple and soooo beautiful.

snowy driving

We were ready to left to Puerto San Julian.. but a storm appeared and it began snowing softly..


It became harder and the road was not that easy to follow!



but we finally arrived and a warm sun made all shine in beauty..



we went to the beach, to capture the last sun-rays,,


there we found some surprises... this jellyfish among stones and the wonderful sea plant...


the following day we would explore more the coats there, at San Julian.. and we would find more wonders..

stoney woods

At Sarmiento, 30 km far, is one of the two petrified woods we were going to visit
They are called "wood", because their trees weren`t dragged along by rivers or glaciers, as it happened at other places in the world.. so, they have unique characteristics.




At the beginning of the Tertiary Era , the Andes Range arose and thus, prevented the Pacific ocean`s humidity from passing, producing eruptions. The ash and lava`s deposits spread allowing a slow process of transformation of these trunks into stone..



it is hard to imagine that this arid place was a fertile region, with woods and lagoons, inhabited by a varied fauna, which rests were found fossilized, as well.
but not also the woods were impressive.. landscapes there are breathtaking!

what it remained..

at beginning of XX century, a ship didn't succeed to enter to a safe coast. We captured its rests, still laying and visible with low tide!


lazy guy, and awesome background at Punta cantor, still at Valdes peninsule

for one second, he paid attention to us.. enough to make this portrait.. =)


we left peninsula, and were ready to leave.. a petrified wood would come next...

whales!

A day at Peninsula Valdes, with a boat trip to may capture these fantastic whales.. Southern Right Whales(Eubalaena australis)...
they arrive at this place to mate and breed their young...





but there were also other kind of guys swimming and having fun in this waters =)



Some, like to be more posing, just in the case some photographers may pass and capture their style



the sun was setting and the following day would bring more fauna to capture!

Buenos Aires feelings... and more

Buenos Aires, the cafe Tortoni and some of greatest Argentine culture icons gave us some best moments...

the 34 degrees, gave us not so good ones! ufff =)


but the sunset of our frist day travelling to patagonia, was sooooo wonderful!!


we arrived at Puerto Pirámide, a small village in Peninsula Valdes... at-4C!
the beautiful landscapes were just an appetizer to the following day, shooting whales!