Wednesday’s excursion into the world of natural wonders is brought to you from Punta Tombo, land of over 170,000 breeding pairs of Magellanic penguins. A decent drive south from Puerto Madryn finds you at a rookery unlike anything I had expected. I mean, penguins live on the ice, right? As…
After a light night’s sleep courtesy of rowdy room mates (who sings in the shower at 1am when they know others are trying to sleep?), set out for Península Valdés, traveling through the flat plains of typical Patagonia. On the way we spotted burrowing parrots, maras, burrowing owls, turkey vultures,…
Currently in Puerto Madryn, gearing up for the next 3 days full of excursions to see southern right whales, sea elephants, sea lions, penguin colonies and then go snorkelling with sea lions. I’m hoping that I’m as lucky as previous snorkelinos as from the photos I’ve seen, it looks like…
In an hour I must say goodbye to the beautiful Andrea (the guapa in the photo) and Maxi at the most gorgeous boutique hotel in BA – Lola House. If you’re ever here and you value peace and quiet (which is hard to find in this city of car horns),…
Landed in Buenos Aires to be greeted by a completely gorgeous and utterly disinterested immigration official. It must be “take your kids to a strip of grass beside the freeway to fly kites and ride quad bikes” day, today. Nothing will ever, ever be better than a good shower after…