Spring is in the air in Patagonia and daffodils are beginning to bloom, a visual reminder to the community of their Welsh roots, a legacy of the 153-strong contingent of intrepid settlers who landed on the east coast of southern Argentina in 1865.
It is the time of year, too, when backpackers and tourist numbers start to rise, travelling the several hundred miles south of Buenos Aires to soak up the cultural legacy of those first migrants among the small communities stretching from Puerto Madryn in the east to the foothills of the Andes, 400 miles west.
