Bahia Nueva Puerto Madryn

Arrived in Puerto Madryn after a long, cold, bumpy bus ride. Bright and early, I sit at the bus station with my cup of strong coffee. (When you purchase a coffee here in Argentina its not just regular drip coffee its basically a regular size coffee of espresso. Delicious yes and boy does it do the trick. Love it!) I sip my coffee and hope my friends show up. I look at the clock and realize they arrived hours ago ...

... friendly host Gaston. The hostel, with its cottagey feel and very warm rooms, was welcomed by me in my ill state. At first we felt a bit out of place, thining we were the only gringos there to stay with Gaton and his cute little 4yr old son, Ryan...but we werent. Their were some other Brits, a Yank and some Germans too.
After a dhort walk and the rare opportunity for me to get some cash out we bookes a tour of the coast and national park for the next day. The tour came with a ...

... Punta Tombo in the month of December, the penguins just had their babies and now towards the end of March, these are already quite big and just started to learn swimming before leaving the area early April towards Brazil. Along the dirt road from Camarones to the penguin colony we also could see the estancia were the French singer Florent Pagny lives a few months per year. As for ...

... had run out on camera] Would you believe it we actually managed to eat the lot too, all lovely except for what I imagine was meant to be custard tart but actually tasted more like egg mayonnaise (Bri still thought it was nice too though). After having to move chairs around to fit our expanded bellies into the room, would you believe the waitress then came over and asked us if we wanted more!!!!! Now thats service for you! Anyway, after a lovely high tea we headed ...

... were of again though! Punta tombo is about 200 or more km away from Puerto Madryn so it was quite a trip! Luckily I can always sleep:P We arrived at around 12 o´clock, and went straight into the reserve. At first I was a bit disappointed, as there were penguins about, but not that many.... I soon had the shock of a lifetime though... Thousands and thousands of penguins everywhere! It was absolutely breathtaking:D And they´re soooo cute ...

... lunch beside the river with Monica. All too soon our most enjoyable day with Monica had to come to an end and as I write this short note we are once again at-sea and cruising south towards the very tip of South America. It was raining cats and dogs, with a lightning show to boot, early this evening but hopefully we will have clear skies and calm seas for our arrival at Tierra del Fuego around 2 pm tomorrow afternoon.

... much to the suprise of the staff at the hostel. We were warned that Trelew was quite an ugly city and they were not wrong. We have been staying at a funny little place which I think was actually someones house and looked very much like the Kestrel pub in basingstoke (bare red bricks and dark wood). We stayed in a dorm where one of the beds was occupied by an older lady who seemed to be living there. We have not had much sleep, she snored ...

... richting zee... ik ben er ongeveer tot mijn kuiten ingelopen en toen er weer snel uit. De zee is hier dus ontzettend koud!! Had bijna het gevoel dat ik krom zou trekken als ik er te lang in zou blijven staan. Ik had van mensen die ik had ontmoet al gehoord dat de beste optie zou zijn om een auto te huren, dus zo gezegd zo gedaan. Om de kosten te drukken (en voor de ...

Hola Chicos, Sorry (lo siento) that the second installment of this blog has taken a while, but we tried to do so much in Buenos Aires that we have only found time today to get near a PC. So, what have we been up to since I last wrote/typed, well . . . . Sunday: After a good nights rest, we headed off the street market at San Telmo (say it fast enough and it sounds like a popular 80s film but without the fire!) which the lady at the hotel suggested we visit ...

... are Southern Right Whales which often measure up to 20 metres. The most exciting part was when the mother started leaping in the air, completely out of the sea, it was only then that we truly realised how big she was! The photos don´t do the experience any justice but should give you some idea. That afternoon we saw sea lions, seals, more penguins and fighting elephant seals....bit boring after the whales. Also had our second asado in Puerto Madryn, delicious.