we woke up to torrential rains that pretty  much lasted the whole day this was just a  

day of misadventure in which really nothing  went according to plan i mean we still went  

out there to explore a bit unaware of the fact  that the weather had shut down most of the city  

but basically everywhere we went  was closed so let's fast forward to  

the next day when we tried it all over  again this time with a bit of sunshine  

good morning world good morning guys greetings  again from comodoro rivadavia patagonia and it is  

a sunny day so i am feeling very happy what what  a difference a day makes it felt like armageddon  

yesterday and now is gorgeous outside sunshine  the warmth has come back look at look at how we're  

dressed t-shirts and shorts at least for me you've  got a t-shirt jeans so we're gonna have a second  

attempt on visiting the petroleum museum today i  actually i phoned them this morning are you open  

they said yes we're gonna take a cab out there  the more i think about it it's understandable  

that it's closed yesterday like it was really  the weather was quite severe like there was a  

bit of flooding there was severe winds and rains  like a lot of things were shut down i just think  

it's funny that we didn't realize the weather  was bad enough that maybe sightseeing wouldn't  

be a good idea we're like walking around comodoro  rivadavia cameras we were committed to the cause  

of making a video um we're also going to head  back to our favorite restaurants where we had  

seafood on the first date the place is phenomenal  yeah and they specialize in paella for two people  

yes you can also get a single portion  but of course we'll get enough yeah  

so that's the plan that's gonna be lunch and  also we've got the lookout point to visit so  

uh yeah basically everything that we were kind  of hoping to do yesterday we'll get to do today  

and we've got a great lunch and i think we'll  also make some time to visit a famous um ice  

cream shop it's called chocolate i believe yes  it is we'll have a little bit of ice cream so um  

yeah a really fun day planned and gorgeous weather  it's very inviting let's just go outside and enjoy

this what's this all about and this  is a really interesting monument it's  

right nearby the beach by the boardwalk  this is a monument tango you can't have  

tango music without that little accordion  indeed key instrument right right here

also what a huge difference it makes here  between low tide and high tide because on  

our first day we arrived at high tide and the  waves were just like crashing into the beach  

into the walls that are kind of  like protecting the coastline  

it was insane like we cannot believe the  size of the waves just like smashing and  

like jumping up in the air it was crazy um  and now by comparison it looks so calm like  

just little rolling waves not even big enough to  surf on or anything it just looks inviting almost  

that day we had lunch at cadoco del mar yes  again when we like something we're the kind  

of people to go back for more and that's  exactly how we felt about this restaurant  

this time around we tried some different  seafood dishes that had piqued our interest  

i got vaidam we were here a few days ago and i had  their seafood casuela which is kind of like a soup  

seafood stew yeah and we  noticed they had on their menu  

so we were like we need to come back for  this and today was the day today is that day

it's delightful it's definitely a different twist  on fire like in spain it would be drier here it's  

more soupy but it is very good and we have mussels  we have shrimp there's um calamari a bit of  

everything put everything in there huh and over  here the seafood good times keep on rolling so  

over here we've got pan-fried shrimp and a  tomato-based sauce with garlic oh my goodness  

look at all the shrimp delicious plum shrimp  that's very very good i'm calling the sharing  

rule into effect because this looks delightful and  you have roasted potatoes yeah time to try those  

those are really good i'm gonna throw a little  bit of salt on there and they'll be even better

that afternoon we began the walk over to the  national petroleum museum which is about three  

kilometers from the center of town in comodoro  rivadavia argentina since it was sunny we were  

in the mood for a long stroll but just  as a heads up you are basically walking  

on the side of a highway so if you visit you  might be better off taking a taxi our plan had  

been to stop halfway at a park overlooking the  ocean but that was close for renovation sadly

it was a long walk but we eventually arrived  at the national petroleum museum where we  

had a guided tour we got to see where they  first struck oil and learn how this event  

gave birth to the city but  more on that a bit later

this museum has an indoor and outdoor component  so after touring the exterior and viewing some of  

the machinery we went indoors to take part  in a simulation where you can experience  

what it would be like to travel  to the depths of an oil well  

and while it kind of felt a bit like an  earthquake technically this activity is  

geared more for kids and school groups  but that didn't stop us from trying it

over

well guys i have just learned something new  petroleum does not come in black alone it can be  

all sorts of different colors as you can see here  it says that it really all varies on the chemical  

composition viscosity and density so some rather  pretty tones which is kind of surprising i thought  

this was basically it so that's kind of cool still  learning fascinating stuff about petroleum here  

um i'll translate this for you guys but  it's basically saying that 5 000 years  

ago the egyptians were already using petroleum  to embalm their mummies what then 4 000 years  

ago it was being used in construction to like  stick bricks together kind of like the glue  

then 900 years ago during the middle ages  it was you it was being used as a medicinal  

product probably not a good idea guys  and then just a few decades ago they  

were just extracting the kerosene from the  petroleum use it in lamps to eliminate rooms  

during our visit we also learned that every  year comodoro rivadavia patagonia crowns the  

national petroleum queen so they had some  photos from the early days of that pageant

all right guys so we are visiting the national  petroleum museum and today has been quite  

eye-opening because it turns out the history we  thought we knew of the city isn't maybe quite as  

accurate as we thought it was so basically we had  read that they were looking for water when they  

found oil that they were drilling to you know  make a well and boom there's oil but apparently  

that is not so that was just a cover-up because as  soon as we got to the museum we were visiting the  

the site with the second perforation hole it's  right here in front of the museum and they have  

two telegrams with a little bit of history  the first telegram was sent when they first  

discovered oil and the telegram was sent by a  german expert in petroleum and then another man  

who was also working alongside him and it said we  have drilled over 500 meters and we finally struck  

oil here are the details they were getting  in touch with the president of argentina  

and our guide here at the museum was telling us  if they had been looking for water they would  

have been drilling like 50 to 100 meters max they  wouldn't have been going down 500 meters because  

you can find water a lot sooner than that so  that's super fishy yeah and then the second  

clue we have is the second telegram that  was sent in response to the first telegram  

and it was basically the president of the nation  saying like okay within five leagues of where  

this oil has been found no one is allowed to come  here and make any claims on natural resources and  

blah blah blah so they are basically trying to  keep everyone away we have found oil it is ours  

and the guide was telling us that this whole  water story was just a bit of a cover-up  

get people talking like oh they're drilling  for water but really it was all oil um so  

that was yeah that's so fascinating that um  the origin story of this of this city is uh  

is incorrect it's especially in our travel  guide book yes the wrong information yeah  

that afternoon we went to chocolates  which is an ice cream and chocolate shop  

here we happen to meet a family that  watches our videos so we sat down for a chat  

and then we sampled some of the  delicious artisanal ice cream flavors

ice cream ice cream time in argentina probably  probably our favorite country for ice cream  

maybe italy's clothes but it's gelato but  i think argentina does a little better  

truth be told yeah this is a cool little local  spot we've come to a place called chocolate  

chocolate and yeah it's just a fun  little place just like an arcade there's  

games for kids there's a carrot there's  a carousel we've got ice cream over here  

we've got chocolate over there we've got  pastries um yeah just a fun family place  

and we've got two flavors of ice cream to try  so which one did you order well i went for my  

childhood favorite strawberry strawberry i'm gonna  try yours first and then we'll move on to mine

oh that's good yeah very natural  flavor yeah it's artisanal ice cream  

and over here guys i am whenever i get  the chance of dulce de leche i i do  

and so we're getting coconut with dulce de leche  it's a bit of a running joke that i always have  

dulce de leche we've even had some locals  come up to him and be like dolce de leche  

yeah i'm mr dulce de leche also mr perato so  i've got a couple nicknames here let's try this  

my gosh it tasted real coconut in  there a little bit of dulce de leche  

this is delicious it's just the perfect this is  our marienda before we go for pizza later tonight  

oh my god this is perfect just a little bit  we don't want to ruin our appetite for pizza  

and for dinner you won't be surprised to hear that  sam found a pizzeria two nights in a row who would  

believe it this place was called puerto mitre  oh hider pizza monster i am the pizza monster  

oh my gosh we went to the museum this afternoon  and the the staff there were super nice they  

gave us a brochure of different restaurants  we could get out of the city we saw a photo  

of the pizzas from this place it's called puerto  mitre and it's only three blocks from our hotel  

like we gotta come and try their specialty the  seafood pizza a patagonia and specialty pizza  

and it comes with shrimp uh green pepper and  uh black olive sorry red pepper oh my green red  

pepper it's not green yeah so eight slices have  santa julia malbec wine an old familiar favorite  

we've we can buy this in canada we've also had  in argentina it's a really nice table wine and  

time for me to try the first bite here with  a giant shrimp and a copious amount of cheese

were you missing pizza

the pizza in argentina is excellent and in fact  we've had a chance now to try some seafood pizza  

along the coast i remember we had it in puerto  madrid and it's always been good especially the  

shrimp pizza you get the giant shrimps so juicy it  goes so well with the cheese delicious guys salute

hello hey guys we're back devouring devoured  pizza that was really good that was absolutely  

delicious incredible price too about 16 17 yes  huge pizza medium-sized bottle of wine and uh  

flavored water for you sam ate three quarters of  the pizza fyi i only have fruit for breakfast guys  

actually it's still a little bit greedy anyways  like a great day though love i've just i've really  

enjoyed being here i probably keep saying the same  things but getting caught up on work having fast  

internet having delicious food and then having  a beautiful day after like armageddon yesterday  

it was really nice and we've also we've also met a  lot of people who've watched our videos here yeah  

so we've really appreciated uh everyone coming up  to us and saying hi and we've done uh we've had a  

really good time connecting with uh with locals  here and tomorrow is another day we're actually  

leaving tomorrow night on a bus to rio gallegos  but it's not until late yeah that's not until the  

evening so we're gonna do some sightseeing during  the day yeah we're planning to go to a nearby  

town called ratatilly supposed to be a beautiful  beach some delicious sushi we've noticed and um  

yeah we're just gonna have a chill day there kind  of we got a lot of time to kill our bus doesn't  

leave until close to 9 p.m and we're expected to  check out of here by 10 a.m so you know 11 hours  

to kill almost 10 11 hours and so we'll spend  the day there and uh yeah we'll be catching  

a bus and heading further south new province  will be in san diego a new province and um from  

there we're going to be visiting two of the most  famous places el calafate and el chalten exactly  

and so uh yeah we couldn't be more pumped about  about our upcoming travels and we hope you'll uh  

you'll stay tuned for those and yeah thanks  again for watching ciao from comodoro rivadavia  

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