MUNGO EATS Latin America

We are spending a few days in San Julian, a small coastal city on the edge of a large bay.  It is a cute little town, easy to get around in.  The campground is neat and clean and we have it all to ourselves (what a surprise).  The biggest problem with it at the moment is that is is DARN cold!!  The air temperature is not terrible, but the sun is almost constantly hidden by clouds and the windy is FLIPPIN’ FREEZING!!  today marks the first day in long underwear since the trip began.  Yippee!  Why was I missing winter again? We are not sure where we stand propane wise, but we know we are getting to the lower half of our second tank, which means “low”, so we are reluctant to use the heater in the van.  It would really suck to have to start cooking outside in the wind, which is what we would have to do if the propane ran out.   We thought we had a lead on propane the other day, but it just didn’t pan out.  What we need to find is a small filler truck to top us up.  The other day we found a propane filling station and thought we might be in luck, but the filler truck was on the road and no one really knew when it would be coming back.  We are hoping to find a similar truck in the next city, but it is really just a hit and miss proposition. 

So what is there to see in San Julian?  Well there is a scale replica of a conquistador ship that we visited today.

It was kind of cool although, you pay for a tour, and our tour guide did little else than walk us from one part of the boat to the other.  Still, worthwhile seeing.  Not much is happening on Good Friday in San Julian.  Almost all the stores are closed.  There is supposed to be an artisan fair this afternoon, which we will check out.  San Julian is also the site of the first mass held in Argentina.  It was held 490 years ago.  it would be cool to celebrate Easter mass in this town, but we haven’t decided for sure if  we will be here or not.     

There is a boat tour that you can take to see yet more penguins, a lot of other seabirds and some cool dolphins.  I would like to see the dolphins, but really I cannot  imagine being on a boat in the water when it is this cold, so likely we will skip this tour. 

From here, we move onto Rio Gallegos and  then we start our way back across the continent toward Chile.   While we are in the southern tip of South America, there will be a  bit of back and forth between Chile and Argentina, but we are nearing the end of our time in this country.  I have really enjoyed it.  People keep telling us  that Chile is even prettier.  Can hardly wait!