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Puerto Madryn & Marie's Favourite.....The Penguins
... least 3 of them. Through the binoculars they looked so close, it was an incredible site. We couldn't stay long because we were short on time and we had to take the car back but we were all soooo chuffed we seen them, especially when in the morning we didn't think we'd see a thing!
We got back safely and only a few minutes late. Unfortunately there was slight damage to the wheels ...
Derek in the land of the Whale Fish.......
... to get some classic tail shots. Then we drove to another beach where we were greeted by people running to the viewing areas above the shore. Slightly slow off the mark, we soon joined them only to realise we were walking right onto the set of a BBC wildlife documentary, and witnessed a truly unique experience of 3 Orca hunting an adult Right Whale, all just 10 metres from the shore.
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We're almost halfway to Ushuaia
... and safe lock up parking garage for the night near our hostel in the city centre. Next morning we loaded Jambo up early to avoid the traffic jams, set the GPS for a place called Lobos (“wolves” in Spanish!!) some 2 hours out of BA and headed out of the city on one of its wide autopistas. These are toll roads and every 10-20 kms one has to cough up, usually somewhere around 3 to 6 Pesos (between 5 and 10 Rands), not too exhorbitant as the autopista network works well. ...
Week 6 Troublesome Argies
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All along the seafront there are pieces of art work, dead trees which rather than being felled have been worked and turned into sculptures, statues, and monuments including one to the 323 sailors who lost their lives with the sinking of the General Belgrano 2nd May 1982 during the war over the Falklands.
Everywhere we went ...
Sea Lions with pups
... We timed our excursion to be sure to be there during low tide, so we could see the colony exposed on the beach. There were three "families," consisting of one male, his harem, and pups each . Viviana and the on-site Guardafauna the pups were between a few days and a couple of weeks old. The pups are the dark small creatures in the photos. The wind was very strong at the promontory, but it made ...