From El Bolson we headed towards the East coast of Argentina to the Peninsular Valdes (stunning national park) and Puerto Madryn (not so stunning city). We had 2 main aims, to go whale watching and to eat some good mariscos (seafood)! The Peninsular Valdes was incredible, we had a guide for the day to drive us around the park and help us spot the wildlife, we saw Guanacos (weird llama type things), Maras (overgrown rabbits with dogs heads), and Rheas (similar to emus). We also saw Magellan Penguins and Elephant Seals.
We ended the day in a small town on the peninsular called Puerto Pyramides, where we joined a group of other tourists for the whale watching trip. The locals there seem to have devised a joke around the visitors, by insisting that we dress up in completely unnecessary huge oil skin coats and old school life jackets, they then paraded us through the town to the boat by which time we were all sweltering!
We ended the day in a small town on the peninsular called Puerto Pyramides, where we joined a group of other tourists for the whale watching trip. The locals there seem to have devised a joke around the visitors, by insisting that we dress up in completely unnecessary huge oil skin coats and old school life jackets, they then paraded us through the town to the boat by which time we were all sweltering!The whale watching was fantastic however, we saw a mother and her young calf who came so close to the boat, and seemed to be checking us all out, and probably laughing at our stupid outfits. We both took hundreds of mostly undistinguishable photos, its so hard to capture their size and how close they were.
Back in the city we discovered that there is something worth staying in Puerto Madryn for, a San Francisco Pizza from the Lizard Bar. It was the tastiest pizza I think I´ve ever eaten. Thin crusty base with the usual tomato sauce and mozzarella, but then topped with Spinach, Onions, Olives 
and a fried mixed topping of crushed walnuts, breadcrumbs and sage. It was incredible. We also ate our own body weight each in Rabas Fritas (Calamari) due to a little bit of a translation problem where I ordered the same thing for starter and main course. We then decided it was time to jump on another coach, this time headed for Chile.
Back in the city we discovered that there is something worth staying in Puerto Madryn for, a San Francisco Pizza from the Lizard Bar. It was the tastiest pizza I think I´ve ever eaten. Thin crusty base with the usual tomato sauce and mozzarella, but then topped with Spinach, Onions, Olives 
and a fried mixed topping of crushed walnuts, breadcrumbs and sage. It was incredible. We also ate our own body weight each in Rabas Fritas (Calamari) due to a little bit of a translation problem where I ordered the same thing for starter and main course. We then decided it was time to jump on another coach, this time headed for Chile.
you are hilarious - more time spent on description of food than of anything else. Im now going to look up the overgrown dogheaded rabbit.x
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