So we got really lazy and had alot of trouble accessing computers once we left Baraloche so its been six weeks since the last blog...ooops. As most of you know we are home now and desperately searching for jobs and getting ready for Christmas in a couple of days. We just didn't want to leave you hanging like that so I wanted to share some stories and pictures from the last couple of weeks of our trip.
So here goes, lets see what I can remember from way back then haha...After leaving the lake district of Baraloche in Argentina we hopped on a bus and went clear across the country to a port town on the Atlantic ocean called Puerto Madryn. We decided to go there because Puerto Madryn is known to have spectacular views and close encounters with its marine life, so we figured the seafood might not be bad ether...we were wrong. So after a disappointing and over priced shrimp and calamari dinner we looked into what sort of activities we should do in our short two days we had there. We decided upon a do it yourself tour where we would once again rent a car and just show ourselves around. The next morning we took off bright and early to a sanctuary for Penguins and other wildlife. After we parked the car and paid some outrageous entrance fee, we came upon a lone penguin that we photographed about 50 times before moving on and walking over the next hill where of course there were another 25698075865223452 penguins waddling all over the place...some people never learn!
The Penguin place was pretty cool, those things were everywhere and it never got old watching them waddle here and there, kind of like how you can watch a bunch of people step into the same pile of dog poo from a near by bench over and over...or is that just us? Anyway the next day we once again rented bikes to ride down to a sea lion colony that was suppose to be just a few kilometers away, but once again we ended up on an filthy, unpaved, never ending dirt road for about three hours. When we did finally arrive at the sea lion colony, we again paid some ridiculous entrance fee and looked down from the look out point where we could see about a thousand sea lions all crammed onto the secluded cove below.
Sea lions are not nearly as interesting as penguins, you can only watch them for about 10 mins before you have had your fill. Three hours of dusty, bumpy awful bike ridding later we were back in town where we were treated to some whales hanging out right beneath the pier.
And that was it for Puorto Madryn, the next day we got on another 20 hour bus and headed into the capital city of Buenos Aires.
We checked into our hostel, the famous Milhouse Ave and after a long nap we decided to explore the city. Buenos Aires reminded Lynz alot of New York, but not me...mainly because I have never been to New York. We did several walking tours and stayed out late quite a few nights but that's pretty much mandatory. Most places and people don't serve dinner until about 11pm at the earliest, many as late as 1am...for dinner!! It was exhausting! We treated ourselves to the nicest steak restaurants in the city on a couple of occasions, because when you can get the best steak of your life for about $20 USD, why not! We did several day time tours of the city as well and got to see all the famous parts of the city, including La Boca soccer stadium, Evitas tomb, the Recoleta district and the famous outdoor markets.
With only a couple of days left in South America, we made a game time decision to hop on a bus to Iguazu Falls, one of those places everyone says "You cant go to South America and not see it"...So like a couple of sheep we did. This time we were anything but disappointed! I believe Iguazu is the second largest falls on the planet, and it was incredible!
We were even able to take a boat ride under the falls, that was like Splash Mountain at Disney Land on steroids!
The down side was we only spent one full day there, but had to spend two full days on buses getting there and back. Oh well, at least it was our last South American bus rides ever.
The day after we boarded our flights back to America and were able to spend two weeks in southern California and Texas visiting friends, family and most importantly consuming mass quantities of Mexican food!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to read our little blog and email us while we were away! Until next trip, hasta la vista!
Sean & Lynz
