OK well what a day it's been. Up and out early and straight over the the Valdés Peninsula for our Wildlife extravaganza day. First up was the whale watching which we've done a few times now I think this was our 5th!!!) but this one was really good. We went out in a craft that looked like it might just survive a metre wave withour washing us out to sea and thankfully we didn't have to test that theory out, as the sea was relatively calm. after about 10 mins we saw the first of the whales, we perhaps weren't ready for what happened next. About 5 or 6 approached the boat and swam underneath, clearly visable from the surface. Then they started breeching (jumping) in the distance, and at one point we were surrounded by about 10 whales with many more visable further afield...it was truely amazing.

Back to shore an hour later, everyone wearing the biggest and most elated of grins.

We then travelled around the peninsula to a colony of elephant seals with the face only a mother could love. They grunted a bit and rolled around but unfortunately none of the pups got eaten by orcas....this is one of only 2 places in the world where the 'killer whale'intentionally breaches itself to eat little seals. Only they don't usually bother turning up until January, and they weren't there today. The seals amused themselves for a while until the big daddy of them all woke up and decided he wanted a bit of nookie. It was far from consensual as he went through his harem slapping them about and grunting like a premiership footballer....may have been the relection but I was sure it looked like he was wearing a newcastle kit....???

So that was that, a fun day out, some great wildlife spotting and a superb English/Spanish guide....we're off outof here tomorrow, and off now to eat another brick of cow.