Tandril to Carmen de Patagones, 700km
We had some half-moons (medialunas or little sweet croissants) as breakfast. Today is our first long-distance drive from Tandil to Carmen de Patagones of about 700 km. As the days are long we lose our feeling for time. We arrive at around 6pm in Carmen, stroll around, look for a place to stay (Residencia G., 100$/28USD) and then it's 9 o'clock. As we just had a crack lunch (cracker, chips) we are in need of some real meat - but get to wait till 9.30pm till the restaurant serves food.
Today the weather is overcast but quite hot. We see some mini-tornadoes and as a high light a red, yellow and green harvester doing what they do on a huge field. Unlike yesterday corn fields are predominant today.
As the days are long we lose our feeling for time. We arrive in Carmen at around 6pm, stroll around, look for a place to stay (Residencia G., 100$/28USD) and then it's 9 o'clock. As we just had a crack lunch (cracker, chips) we are in need of some real meat - but get to wait till 9.30pm till the restaurant serves food.
During our walk through the town/village we seek out the tourist's office. We're greeted personally but the guy seems rather lost and doesn't know what to tell us. So he takes us - very friendly - through a brochure.
Finally we get the restaurant Neptuno at about 10pm – late but still not like locals that seem to drop in till 12am (maybe later but we're gone then). We enjoy the place as the waitress is very friendly. We order lomo Jockey Club – basically a fillet mignon with papas for 30 Pesos (less than 10 USD). First I thought oh no, they overcooked it because it had no bloody center but then it was still so tender and juicy that it didn't matter. We have like three deserts among others sweet cheese which turned out to be cheese and sweets (sweet potatoes) and pancakes (panqueque).
Patagonia – sencillamente diferente: It is simply different.
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