Camarones

After driving or riding for hours along the empty coastal road (or via RP30 from Ruta 3), the tiny town of Camarones—a collection of brightly colored, tin-roofed buildings with scrollwork fascias, trim, and other curious architectural details—appears like an enchanted village. People here seem jovial and happy in their isolation. Most of the worries that plague the inhabitants of Argentina's big cities—crime, unemployment, pollution—simply don't exist here. The only controversy you may encounter is the battle between the town's two main industries, the algae farming and salmon fishing: some species of algae here are invasive, and degrade the salmon's habitat.