Animals we have seen:
- Southern Right Whales - both alive and dead. More fun alive, but easier to get a good look at dead.
- Maras - crazy kangaroo/rabbit/deer combination. Apparently tastes like pork though.
- Rheas - not discernably any different to an ostrich
- Some tiny ostrich like thing - might have been a baby rhea, might have been something entirely different
- Elephant seals - very large, very lazy
- Cormorants - large, black
- Flamingoes - large, pink
- Sea lions - very cute. Got to go snorkelling with these boys. Very playful and good fun.
- American teenage girls - listed here as we are fairly convinced that they are a different species. Nothing in our gene pool would see a group of whales for the first time and declare "it´s like an orchestra of love".
Animals we have not seen:
- Killer whales - they don´t turn up till November
- Pumas - ´cos they only come out at night and are very rare
We are in the "go on tours of the amazing wildlife and parks" section of Argentina. This is good because you get to see lots of cool stuff, but bad because you have to pay for it. Consequently Martin´s steak habit has hit rocky times. But the sun is shining and we are by the sea, so all is good.
We are about to go meet some Londoners for a beer in the sun, then it´s another 20 hour bus journey overnight to get to El Calafate to look at the glaciers. There is currently some debate amongst the Stanfords as to whether the best method of seeing a glacier is by boat, on foot (with crampons) or by kayak. Watch this space...
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