Reserva FaunÃstica PenÃnsula Valdés
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I got up at 6, didn't want to waste time and be late, now did I? I was however up in time for the bus which arrived at 8 and picked us up for the daylong trip to Reserva FaunÃstica PenÃnsula Valdés the nearby (and somewhat famous) nature reserve, filled to the brim with animals. It took a little over an hour getting there, and in the bus was 2 Argentinians, 2 Dutch, 2 Brazilians, 1 English, 1 Welsh, 2 Swiss, 2 "unknown" 1 Israeli and me. I quickly fell in conversation with the English/Welsh couple Alex and Kelly who had been traveling for 2,5 months with the intention of going for a full year in total, going throughout South and Central America as well as South-East Asia.
Once in the park we saw Guanaco's, a hare like animal, armadillo's, penguins, sea-lions and big fat sea-elephants. It was very nice and all, and you will all get to share it once I get my Argentina pictures up; but at the end of the trip some people went out on a boat to look at the same animals, which stranded some of us in a small town for 2 hours and 15 minutes with little shade and less to do. It was alright I guess, I knew it was gonna happen (just thought it would be 1 hour), but the rest was nice and the tour was really the reason why I had come to Puerto Madryn.
Back in Puerto Madryn I shopped for some groceries (bread, ham and lettuce) for the 17 hour long drive to Rio Gallegos the following day, and had some lovely fish for dinner before going to bed. However before eating dinner I went to an internet cafe and called home as a sort of celebration after having been going for one week, that's right from sunday to sunday; and I am definitely beginning to enjoy it more... Ushuaia here I come!