12 August 2005 Filed in:
The Voyage of the Beagle
The Touring Club, Trelew: more Jurassic Park than Waldorf-Astoria
I have recently completed writing about Darwin’s travels in Argentina. In doing the research for it, I travelled twice to the Patagonian city of Trelew. I say city, but in every way other than the number of people that live there, it is really just a town. And a town without much to recommend it, save for being the gateway to the animal-encrusted Peninsula Valdés and the home of the Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio. Read More...Tags:Charles Darwin, Darwin hotel, The Touring Club, Carnotaurus, Trelew, Museo Paleontologico Egido Feruglio, Punta Alta, Argentina