Well before I get started I apologise in advance as I can´t post any photos at the moment. My camera battery died and I´m on the hunt for an adaptor to borrow or buy, so hopefully I´ll be able to show you the amazing things I´ve seen really soon! You´ll just have to make do with reading about them.
Right well Sally and I have been covering a lot of distance these past two weeks. We´ve had a 30 hour+ bus journey down south in Argentina to El Calafate, which is home to the famous Perito Moreno Glacier. I´ve been looking forward to this for months and it didn´t disappoint. I would have posted a photo here (they´re incredible) but instead I´ll just say it looks like a massive pale bluey white meringue floating on a lake!! Sally went a bit crazy and used practically a whole roll of film, so there will be an abundance of pictures when she gets home!
We got a bit fed up with the touristyness of El Calafate (and the bad hostel with broken beds, bed bugs, mice and nails sticking out of the wooden bunks) so decided to stay a few nights in El Chalten - a small village in the middle of a national park. It was really beautiful, there were mountains and lakes all around. To make a change from the hostel we hired a tent and camped for two nights, which was lots of fun!! It also meant that in between our hike, numerous hot chocolates and good meals out we became adept at making use of all the facilities in public places - I was determined to avoid the latrine at all costs and Sally often carried her toothbrush around with her!
After all that excitement we got another long bus ride a few days ago to Puerto Madryn, which is warmer, busier and has the first beach we´ve seen since arriving in South America. Yesterday I saw (you won´t believe it)........
A KILLER WHALE! (I think it would have had more impact with the photo)
and lots of penguins, sea lions, sea elephants and an armadillo as we rented a car with some other travellers and drove to Peninsula Valdes which has amazing sea animal colonies. We were really lucky to see the Orca in the ocean, although apparently they often come right onto the beach to feed on unsuspecting sea lions!!
Yep so it´s been a busy time, and I´ve just realised that we´ve been gone a month already. Time´s whipping by. Next stop is back to Buenos Aires as we´re going to catch a ferry over to Uruguay. It´s also Semana Santa (easter week) which is a big deal over here we´ve heard, so hopefully we´ll see lots of processions and parades.
More updates soon! Hope my feeble descriptions gave you some sort of idea of what we´ve seen. X
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Hey amy, it feels like you have been gone longer than a month to me! im glad ur having so much fun but i want to see my big sister again soon! love you amy xxxx
im right here! oh you mean your small 'big' sister ... (i miss you too!) pictures are awesome, but ive got to say your public demands more monica hair pics! more embarrassing ones for your 40th birthday please! *hug* have a good time, then come home and sort the car out, el wants me to give it to him so he can practice on it (i think his going to pimp our ride) im debating whether to or not .... hmmmm
love you
sophxx
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