Long balls into nowhere (daily newspaper Junge Welt)

A beautiful good morning! Puerto Madryn is a desert town on the Patagonian coast in the Chubut province, made famous worldwide by the travel writer (and professional bluffer) Bruce Chatwin, which stretches from the sea to the Andes. There is an aluminum factory there, whales come to the gulf at the end of winter, and all the beach tourism comes in summer. If you want, you can also take a diving course. Those who can walk well can hike along the coast to a penguin colony. The area was once mainly populated by immigrants of Welsh origin. Trelew is also just a desert stone throw away. A state-organized massacre of Montoneros (resistance fighters) who had broken out of the local prison took place there in the early 1970s. There is also a paleontological museum.

But none of this has counted for days. It is just celebrated all the time. What happened? Well, quite a …

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