Piren Hotel and Apart Puerto Madryn

... we ventured up to the bay where the famous Orcas are filmed grabbing the sea lion cubs.  It was obvious there were no Orcas at bay as the Sea Lions swam from one side of the beach to the other having great fun.  Unfortunately for us time was running out and we had to leave this place to catch the whale watching boat about an hour away.  This was really unfortunate as we would have liked to have gone to the north point - so for those visiting this peninsula ...

... if you got to Argentina I would not recommend this dish. At all. I would also not reccomend, whether you are in Argentina or not, asking the American gitl who had just told you she is a veggie whether she "...had chance to try the amazing steaks (when you were) in Buenos Aires?", Egan. You dipshit.<br><br>Justine picked us up and asked us how the tour and the lunch was, we lied about the lunch.<br>The next dtop took us to the furthest pinacle of the coat line where we were ...

... 9am expecting the office to be open but no, twas not to be. Eventually by 10am we were in possession of our Vauxhall Corsa Chevrolet and (tentatively) on our way. This driving lark wasn´t as hard as I thought!!! Hmmm, that was until we hit the B-roads, which in Argentina are basically dust and gravel, some with rocks the size tennis balls!! By the time we reached Pennisula Valdes there was already two chips and a small crack in the windscreen (thank god we paid ...

We were up at the crack of dawn to try to get off with the first few passengers in order to meet our guide, Monica Mato, down town but the day did not have a good start because the promised shuttle bus (to get us off the pier) did not materialize until an hour later than promised and did not reach our destination until after a further 45 minute delay. Through the kindness of an Argentine tour operator we were able to ...

... a book about the voyages of the Beagle, the surveying vessel that took Darwin to the Galapagos and around the world, and also discovered the Beagle Channel, under the leadership of Captain Robert FitzRoy. Unfortunately the town had none of his charm. I looked at the rooms in a hostel and they were so dismal that I decided to keep going, something I don't usually do. the next 30 miles took me an hour, because of the wind. I ...

... and local biscuit/ cake thing (they are about the diameter of rich tea biscuit but like Wagon-wheels inside). Later in the evening (in between movies) there was an alternative bit of ´inbus´ entertainment in the form of Bingo. Despite fretting that we hadn´t understood the rules (it was all in Spanish) and the fact that we were trying to catch the numbers, I was torn between wanting to win and shout ´bingo´, and worrying that we would annoy ...

... celle-ci est la propriété exclusive des animaux. Tout à coup, surgissent hors de l'eau 2 puis 4 ailerons noirs à quelques dizaines de mètres du bord: les orques sont là! Nous restons une demi-heure de plus qu'initialement prévu pour guetter une attaque mais malheureusement, ceux-ci se contentent de repérer les lieux sans être plus offensifs. La préparation de l'attaque peut apparemment prendre plusieurs jours... Si vous voulez voir comment ça se passe, vous pouvez toujours le ...

... more like small house or chapels, and house all the members (dead ones) of that family. Each tomb seems to be more jaw dropping that the other, and each are housed upon avenues that criss cross for as far as the eye can see. Eva Peron is buried in her family tomb, so don´t go expecting to find the Peron tomb, is buried under her maiden name Duarte and tucked away along a side street (seriously it is like a small town). Even if she were not there, it is ...

... great sense of humor.<br><br>They provided an excellent briefing and we are even more excited about that part of the cruise now. They started by explaining the procedures the ship has taken/will take to protect the environment. Once we go below 60 degrees latitude they will prohibit smoking on all outside decks, put away all outside games, and have trash patrols to try to prevent anything, no matter how small, from going into the water. Now if they would also prohibit ...

Arrived after 20 odd hours on a bus and some really bad movies!!! It took us forever to find a hostel that had room for us. Finally got one after about hour. Checked out the beach and the prices for some some scuba diving. It said in Lonely Planet that I could dive for about 20 quid, which I thought was not to bad. But the prices were closer to 70 quid. So sod that, almost at the end of trip ...