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Mar Del Plata on the other hand was brilliant and full of beaches. “And what else is there I can do here?” A blank face. In fairness I probably didn´t look the most well prepared traveller when I asked for directions to the beach and was told it was 100km away. I hitchhiked my way 700km up to Bahía Blanca (see other post) which was great fun. I was now on the home straight, although given Argentina is absolutely massive, still a considerable distance from Buenos Aires. Dear Jebus, please reincarnate me as an elephant seal in my next life.

And I for one call that ´living the dream´. Their lives appear to resemble a permanent state of post-Christmas dinner wallowing - groaning, flactulence and mustering barely enough energy to roll over. Put a television in front of them broadcasting Home Alone and the image would be complete. Elephant seals are quite possibly the laziest, smelliest, flabbiest animals I´ve ever seen. The nearby Península Valdes is home to a whole heap of wildlife watching potential: whales, killer whales, penguins, sea lions and elephant seals. There was more impressive nature to come as I spent a day crossing the width of Argentina to arrive at Puerto Madryn on the East coast. We braved the wind and the cold to watch building-sized chunks of ice fall off the front of the glacier which moves up to 2m a day and it was a pretty inspirational display of the forces of nature at work. I didn´t have high expectations since I´d already seen more than my fair share of glaciers, but Perito Moreno was indeed something special. I crossed the boarder for one last time to return back to Argentina, where I headed north to El Calafate, home of the Perito Moreno glacier.

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I can only assume Mauricio is a method actor and currently in character whilst filming a movie about a drunk racist who hangs out on park benches abusing passing tourists… should be box office gold!

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I was shocked at the unprovoked string of profanities coming out of his mouth, but even more shocked when I was informed by my Chilean friend that this was Mauricio Pesutic, one of Chile´s most famous TV actors! I suppose to put it into perspective it would be a bit like walking around a park in Melbourne Australia only to have “C*nt!” shouted at you by Harold Bishop. Moving on…Īfter the magnificent Torres del Paine trek I left Puerto Natales and Chile, but not before having a tirade of anti-gringo abuse hurled at me on the street by an old man. And, er, living at home with my parents again… Ahem. That way I can concentrate on all the exciting things I have lined up for 2013. And I want to put the final nail in my travelling coffin whilst we´re still in 2012. Well this is a bit tarde seen as I´ve been back in England for 2 weeks already, but I remember reading somewhere that it´s good to finish things you start so it is time to put an end to this blog. South Argentina and back to Buenos Aires…

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