Penninsula Valdes, Puerto Madryn

The 22hr bus trip nearly broke my spirit! As a novice I wasn't aware of cama and semi-cama so our bus was old and dirty but thankfully the seats reclined somewhat. During the night the aircon dripped water on me a couple of times to remind me that the toilet was way too dirty to go! We went to sleep to the sound of 80's love songs. Ear plugs were definitly our saviour. There was however a TV- that was never turned on! We arrived in Puerto Madryn a couple of hours late but had a great dorm (6 bedder but all very nice room mates) with a fantastic bathroom. The next day we rode 35km round trip on bikes to Punta Lomo seal colony. The colony was very entertaining but the ride was on sinking gravel so it took us 2 hours to get there and 1 hr to get back. Yesterday we hired a car with another couple to Penninsula Valdes to see seal lion and penguin colonies. It was a 400km round trip so a lot of driving. The penninsula is the one of only a couple of places in the world where Killer Whales beach themselves in order to catch seals to eat. We've missed out on this by a week but I'm not sure if I could stomach nature at its finest. We get back on a bus in a couple of hours (hopefully a bus thats a little cleaner) and we're off to El Calafate to see the glaciars. Ciao