Slept pretty well – better than Sam who got bashed on the feet with a pair of shoes by the guy in the bunk opposite who was trying to stop him snoring! Obviously doesnt know the cardinal rule of hostel survival – always travel with earplugs.
So up early and left P.Madryn by 10am for the drive to Peninsula Valdes. We’d changed our itinerary and decided to stay in P.Valdes for the next couple of days, rather than original plan of staying in P.Madryn – good plan, as it happened, because the distances were longer than both of us anticipated!! Took about an hour and a half to get to P.Valdes and were lucky enough to get a room at Motel ACA. So dumped bags and went to get lunch down by the beach – Sam won the lunchtime challenge with an absolutely heroic Milanese sandwich!
Tyring to spot the sealions at Punta Delgado..
Then set off for Punta Delgada and more ripio road excitement. Took a couple of hours – had Turkey Vulture equivalent of Condor Alley, so of course multiple stops for photo-ops. Finally arrived at P.Delgado – and, to be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment. Were really high on the clifftops, looking down at the elephant seal and sea lion colony below, so were so far away it was almost impossible to take any really good pics. Added to the distance, it was incredibly windy (even more so than usual!) so we only stayed for about half an hour. Tried to have a nice cup of tea at Faro Punto Delgado but it was closed, so had to content ourselves with exploding alfajores instead.
Drove back to P.Piramides and chilled out in our lovely green motel room for a bit until this massive thunderstorm with lots of rain, lightening and scary clouds swept through town. So obviously we took this as our cue to fly around town with our tripods, taking HDRs of the glowering sky!! I think the locals (the few there were around in this most ghostlike of towns!) must have thought we were absolutely insane!! Finished off the day with an enormous pizza at La Posta, before waddling back to the motel to bed.
