We arrived in this port, and were able to disembark using the gangway. We had a 3 hour walking tour around the town, although as it was Easter Monday the Welsh tea shop was closed, so that was a little disappointing.
The town was founded on 28 July 1865, when 150 welsh immigrants arrived aboard the clipper Mimosa into the natural port Porth Madryn in honour of Sir Love Jones-Parry whose estate in Wales was called Madryn after the Welsh name for St Materiana. Conditions were difficult and the settlers had to dig irrigation ditches for their first crops.
The settlement grew as a result of the building of the Central Chubut Railway by Welsh, Spanish, and Italian immigrants. This line, opened in 1889, linked the town to Trelew via the lower Chubut River valley.
We did get a chance to visit the building where they teach Welsh still to this day, striving to keep the Welsh language and culture in this enclave. Whilst initially disappointed with this stop, since returning home we know of someone who actually has been out there and full of praise of the history and as a retired teacher does teach Welsh here.
We set sail again as the sun was setting, another two days at sea to our final destination of Buenos Aires.
My little life 