Playas y Penguinos

Here I am in Puerto Madryn, the fishing and whale watching hub in Atlantic Patagonia. The other day I did the tour to the Penninsula and animal reserve. The Argentinian government figured out how to take tourist dollars, its 35 pesos to enter, if you`re from Argentina it`s 10 pesos and if you`re in the province, only a measly 1 peso. Hundreds of people pass through those gates every day, meaning they have really really nice bathrooms (you can even flush the paper!)

It`s mating season for the Sea Lions. The noise on the beach was audible a long ways away. Tiny pups were everywhere and the occasional mating pair too. They are also very aggressive, fierce and territorial. More than one poor old guy lay dying on the sand :( but that`s nature I guess.






Futher along the beach there were Elefants del Mar (sea elephants). They were not nearly as noisy as the Lions but very very laidback, lazy and fat. This guy was giving a round of applause.




The hush hush nurse remided all the tourists to be quiet. It`s an intersteting comparison as well as translation.







My favourite part of the day was seeing the penguins. I didn`t venture to the giant penguin colony but the ones I saw were enough to suffice my Patagonian Penguin needs.






I am off to Buenos Aires tonight on an overnight bus, a good 19 hrs. Then I`m going to Uruguay! For a visa renewal and maybe some nice beach time.

Nos vemos!