it for lunch so yeah here in Comodoro Rivadavia  all checked into our hotel yeah freshened up a  

little bit ready to hit the town crimped and cloth  well in my case not so much um so the plan today  

we noticed there are some seafood restaurants in  town with really high ratings and we haven't had  

seafood in a long time i'm crazy it's it's been  ages and in fact um is this our first coastal  

destination of the whole trip oh no in in uh let's  not forget kind of in uruguay yeah that's true but  

in argentina it is yes and so yeah it's time to  indulge in seafood yeah seafood is very underrated  

in argentina i mean argentina is obviously known  for its steak it's pastas it's pastries it's  

pizza it's pizzas but my goodness it does good  seafood too yeah oh and it's wines of course yes  

so yeah we're gonna go grab some lunch thank you  for a little coastal walk along the atlantic ocean  

and yeah we're just kind of gonna be scouting  out um the city for the first time yes Comodoro  

Rivadavia this will be our first impressions along  with some great food so let's go check it out  

let's get to it we kicked off our first morning in  Comodoro Rivadavia with a walk down to the beach  

this was our first time back on the coast so we  had to get a glimpse of the atlantic we walked  

through a local park saw some kids skateboarding  people working out and we also came across a  

group of dogs enthusiastically running alongside  lifeguards in training that alone made our morning

for lunch we went to a restaurant called cado  coco del mar and of course we had to order seafood  

so the cocktails are here and we both went  for pisco sours oh it's shifting already  

i got one with grape juice and sam got the  classic with lime juice yep it's been ages  

since i've had one of these maybe the last time  we were in peru a year and a half ago we were  

looking at wine and we're like yeah maybe we  could get a wine but then we saw that they had  

piscos and we're like oh my gosh we gotta get  a pisco especially for our our peruvian viewers  

oh yes as we were just talking about the  food look what arrived an amazing looking  

platter you've got a delicious looking soup  so mine looks good but as always like sam  

sam is just good at this at this whole ordering  business yeah it's gonna be a feast i want me to  

try some of them we can share share both of them  i ordered the seafood casserole and it is divine

made for the sea gods made from the sea gods just  for you yes what do you got in there beautiful  

presentation let me tell you with these jumbo  shrimp hanging out here yeah there's lots of um  

calamari fish more shrimp these little  guys i always forget the name of them

scallops and they're so tender not scallops  not oysters the other ones what are they called  

little black shells mussels muscles it  has muscles it is delicious not spicy  

but just really savory and jam-packed with  flavor oh we haven't had seafood in so long  

it's just so exciting to be eating it and the  sun's coming back out again guys look at this  

we're gonna have a nice little beach walk after

oh man this is on here this is a feast and we have  really nice drinks to go with it this is just a  

great introduction to being back along  the patagonian coast sam is a happy boy  

indeed this is a buffet on a plate this is  an incredible platter i love i love how it's  

both uh hot and cold items i think that's so cool  normally when you get a combination platter like  

this it's one or the other in fact it's often  usually you get like fried or you get fresh  

and this is this is everything best of both  worlds of both worlds so before i even start  

let's get some lemon going oh look at that  guys oh that is a juicy piece of lemon i  

squirted lemon across the restaurant earlier yeah  and i did again too let's try these one by one  

so we'll start off with the calamari  calamari is delish let me tell you  

wow beautifully fried too not not too much  batter with too much salt can you try that  

cheesy thing over there because i've  been eyeing that we got fake shrimp guys

at the start of the show yes big shrimp and a  cream sauce with parmesan cheese melted on top  

oh yeah look at this we've got more  shrimp here on the skewer with bacon  

that's the one delicious feast guys dessert  was a tasting platter featuring seven desserts  

each one more delightful than the first we were  almost bordering on gluttony here but who can  

say no to trying a little bit of everything is the  favorite amongst them all might be the chocolate  

mousse to be honest oh it's really really i'm  gonna put the camera down and start getting after

something

oh my gosh what a marvelous meal that was indeed  i feel spoiled here i wasn't expecting it to be  

that good truth be told oh my gosh that was  amazing um and in terms of price point that  

came to just over 3 000 pesos 3070 to be exact 51  us dollars that was a splurge alert meal for sure  

but worth it worth every penny every peso i  should say i'd go back there again i go back  

there tomorrow and the day after but we will try  a different place it was amazing and what's really  

changed is when we first walked here we were  looking out at the water and marveling at how it  

looked like we were in cuba or something beautiful  clear turquoise waters turquoise waters that  

yeah the weather the weather has changed as as had  been predicted i remember looking at the forecast  

this morning be like there's no way there's  going to be any clouds or thunderstorms today  

and well the clouds did come and so now it's a  little grayer but that also means that there's  

not as many people on the beach and yeah  we're just gonna have a little walk down here  

before we head back into town oh and you know  what was really cool what seeing the lifeguards  

training and the stray dogs joining them oh that  was amazing i got such a good shot from high above  

and then one of the lifeguards came up to us  and wanted to see the clips afterwards really  

nice guy he's training and hopefully he's going  to get a full-time job sometime in the new year

that afternoon we enjoyed a stroll along the  boardwalk we noticed there was a storm brewing  

and that the skies were getting quite a  bit darker by the minute so we decided  

to pick an attraction close to our hotel and  ended up visiting the museo ferro portuario  

which is a museum that focuses on the link  between the port and the railway in this oil town

socks and sandals sam he's coming along down hold  on down i got a blisters the last time i went  

barefoot with these sandals so i'm going fashion  i'm being fashion forward here fashion full one  

socks and sandals better believe it what have you  found this is the most interesting exhibit so far  

at least for me these are different lighthouses of  patagonia argentina if you look at the poster over  

here it says exactly that the la patagonia  lighthouses and they have replica models  

and they also have information of where they are  located so if you were if you wanted to make an  

interesting challenge for yourself you could come  to patagonia argentina and try to visit um maybe  

not all of them but most of them or all of them  rent a car and visit oh there you go there's a  

there's a challenge for you also these are squeaky  floors hey oh and i'm noticing out the window here  

there's a coca-cola a faded coca-cola sign on lead  us there lead us to the coke bottle we are thirsty  

people thirsty folks ah i see it i think we're  gonna need the zoom lens for this but it's on

that evening we chose a restaurant  near our hotel which worked out  

well for sam because there were pizzas on the menu  

also as a little behind the scenes this was  the day i learned i was going to be an aunt  

and now we have our little nephew sebastian in  our lives so it was a bit of a celebratory dinner  

we had lunch today at cano coco del mar now we're  having lunch now having dinner at cadio coco and  

both restaurants are owned by the same person  that's why it's got a similar name yeah different  

menus though different menus the other one was  all seafood this one is more traditional dishes  

but i wanted a salad it's something lighter  so i got a shrimp avocado uh palm heart salad

and that looks divine and tastes even better guys  i've been talking into my delicious shrimp pizza  

a regional delicacy of this area basically if you  want to have an authentic original pizza from here  

you got to get something with seafood  oh they make really good pizzas here  

i've already been talking in a little bit copious  amounts of cheese big shrimp totally delicious  

and to go with this i got a little bottle  of red wine from mendoza sheriff cheers  

cheers to the delicious food here it's like  great luck with the food so far in the city  

hello hey guys we're back oh my gosh a little  bit wet a little bit soaked more food i can't  

believe we had more food it was scissors it  was this this time you can believe me often  

it's you but this time it's me so overall a great  day though huh it was an excellent introduction  

to Comodoro Rivadavia i've gotta say way better  than i imagined i feel like everyone paints such  

a negative picture about this oil town that i was  just like oh my gosh what have we gotten ourselves  

yeah yeah like the first thing i guess that really  surprised me was just the the beach areas there's  

some great boardwalks and there's some beaches  to walk on so we're going to take advantage of  

that i think we'll be starting our mornings off  doing that um also the town is very developed  

as you noticed when we were coming in for  sure you could tell that this town has money  

there's a really nice hotels there's really nice  condos lots of restaurants casinos casinos there's  

lots of banks in our area we you chose a really  good place for us to stay like we're right in the  

center of it all right we're just a couple blocks  away from from the coastline and we're nearby  

restaurants and other areas the city is very  walkable and we should also talk a little bit the  

history of this place it was really interesting  reading about here because originally this  

town was founded as a gateway to what is now a  smaller community i believe it's called sarmiento  

so originally sarmiento was a city that's more  inland yeah and they developed this town as to be  

a coastal town for there yeah so that sarmiento  would have access to a port and be able to you  

know export and ship out their whatever they  produce so they started drilling for water here  

they were trying to make a well find some  water to drink and instead they struck gold  

oil oil oil more like it oil more like it and so  obviously this uh this place has developed to the  

point of being the second biggest city in all of  patagonia argentina which is quite impressive only  

nail ken is larger yeah and so yeah it's and  that includes have i mentioned that includes  

chilean patagonia as well not just argentine  patagonia right right and uh yeah i believe  

there's there's two million people in patagonia  in total if i remember correctly that part i don't  

yeah but this is the second biggest city in all  of patagonia argentina and so far we've enjoyed it  

also a benefit for us is that the the internet's  been great here yes yeah you know what not  

just in the hotel like we have unlimited up  unlimited speeds when it comes to uploads yeah  

and then we were walking in the center of town  past this other cafe and we saw a whole bunch  

of businessmen on their laptops yeah so it looks  like it's a good place to get work done which is  

good news for us i have more first impressions to  share oh what's that it's very windy here so today  

we were walking down the street i feel like my  hat's about to blow off every minute yeah but  

also you get these wind tunnels forming and then  you get like these little dust whirlwinds and like  

they look like mini tornadoes like you're  walking down the sidewalk and like you see  

these little mini tornadoes forming yeah  and then like these gusts of wind just like  

blow dirt in your face and you're like oh i can't  see and you're walking down the sidewalk yeah  

it's it's windy in patagonia it's no joke yeah  it's windy in patagonia and then it's doubly  

windy being by the coast so oh the other thing  i noticed too is that it is more expensive here  

both in grocery stores and at restaurants  we had one of our more expensive  

restaurant meals of the whole trip also one of our  best ones by the way but just going and shopping  

for groceries like i've kind of i've got this idea  of what what things cost now having doing been  

shopping for a while in argentina in various  regions and it is the most expensive so far  

but uh overall we like it here and  we're happy we've got a couple more days  

we're gonna get some work done we're gonna eat  well and we're gonna show you a bit more of  

what you can do here so stay tuned for that all  right thanks for watching guys see you next time

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