Thursday, October 18, 2007

Peninsula Valdes

Friday Evening.
Traffic jam on its best in Buenos Aires.
The Bus terminal is filled with thousands of people.
Everybody wants to leave Buenos Aires over the long weekend.
Our bus takes of together with 1500 others.
They go all into different directions.
We go to Peninsula Valdes…

Day 1:

Peninsula Valdes is often called an "open air zoo". It is a unique wildlife sanctuary and an ideal place for close-up watching of whales, penguins, dark dolphins, elephant seals and sea lions, birds and Patagonian land-based species.

Puerto Madryn is the gateway to the peninsula and the place where all organized tours start from.
Katie and I arrived at 13:00. After 30 rejections we still did not have a hotel or hostel. Call it luck or fate but we got the last two beds in any hostel in or close to Puerto Madryn;)
Having still half a day of beautiful weather ahead, we decided to rent some bikes and do a little and relaxing tour to one of the sea lion colonies which were just 17km away from Puerto Madryn.
Let’s just say that our sportive condition was the smallest problem. The road which was more an unpaved, dirty and dusty and hilly path eventually made Katie conclude: “This was one of our best and worst ideas of the trip”.
However it was defiantly worth it :)


Puerto Madryn beach

Katie, still happy ...

Dust, Dirty, Heat....

Sea lion colony

Kati and the sea lions ;)

Our bikes

Day 2:

I do not need to explain a lot when it comes to the one- day trip around the Peninsula Valdes. The only thing I want to say is that I still hold my breath every time I remember the awesome moments on the peninsula.

Pinguines :D
Kati and the sea elephants



Wales, 10 m from the cost



Playing wale


Kati and Katie on the boat tour

Wale spotted ;)

Day 3:

The last day of our trip was dedicated to Latin America’s biggest penguin colony with over half a million penguins. Again, pictures say more than words but I still have to make one short remark. Long live PINGUINS….my favorite animals right after cats…or should I say my favorite kind of little people :D


Pinguin colony

Lamas and pinguines living together



like a cat :D

Kati, the Animal Planet fan & new pinguin fan

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