Puerto Madryn Local Customs

Maybe not a local custom but definitelly a local thing. The money exchange is open untill 6 pm and it's closed on weekends so it seems that going for a whole day trip makes it impossible to exchange the money in town.
Well, all you need to do is buying something in one of many local shops, pay in USD (bigger bill) and they give you the change in pesos. The most important thing is that some shops have much better rates than a bank or exchange booth.
I got a great rate in a bookstore in local shopping mall (on the corner of Roca and Pena or 28 de Julio). I bought few postcards and payed with 100 dollar bill :) That was a deal.

One of the most spreaded local customs is inviting friends for dinner without a previous plan, just suddenly, cooking some special dishes (frequently our best ones) as an excuse for a kind conversation, laughters, old stories, anecdotas, and of course tasting a good bottle of wine as a detail

The history (or the legend) tells that during a civil war, a woman called Deolinda Correa died at a desert zone because she had no food or water; her little baby, nevertheless, survived by breast-feeding (although its mother was dead). Along any Argentinian road, you will find little chapels dedicated to this woman, and the local custom is leaving there a bottle of water.

Cuenta la historia (o la leyenda) que durante una guerra civil una mujer llamada Deolinda Correa murió en una zona desértica de hambre y de sed; su bebé, sin embargo, sobrevivió amamantándose de su madre muerta. A lo largo de todas las rutas argentinas ustedes verán una minúsculas capillitas dedicadas a la Difunta Correa, y la costumbre local es dejar allí una botella con agua.

To walk someone else's dog is a common job at many places; Puerto Madryn is not an exception. I found this guy riding his bycicle with seven or eight dogs, down by a centric street.

Pasear el perro de otra persona es un trabajo común en muchos sitios; Puerto Madryn no es la excepción. Encontré a este chico andando en bicicleta y paseando siete u ocho perros, por una calle del centro de la ciudad.