Swimming in the sea at Porto Madryn

Such a beautiful beach with clear water and even a rainbow!

Porto Madryn

Steve and I took a 20 hour bus journey to Porto Madryn. This is south of Buenos Aires, in Patagonia in the Chubut region. Its essentially a desert (even though against all odds we saw rain- I think it might have had something to do with 3 English and an Irish being in the bus and PM wanted us to feel at home!) We had three days there, the first we went on a boat to see whales. There is a small cove where the mothers and babies stay for about 3 months to ensure the babies get strong. The males move off for more food fairly early on but the mothers stay with the babies.The whale is the Southern Right whale. They are one of the largest whales and they have barnacles on their bodies which also have parasites in them. They dont mind the barnacles as it helps protect their soft heads but the scientists dont know if the parasites hurt. We took a small rib out to see them and its only about 10 minutes motor and then the whales are super close. The would swim under the boat exploring and the babies were definitely curious. One of the whales turned upside down (the photo where you can see the side fins) this is because she wanted to stop the baby nursing- and the baby was not too happy about this. We also saw one of the largest whales present, she was gigantic!

Thunder storm

There are some small videos of the thunderstorms I can see from my flat

Cathedral and Tunnel tour

I went to the Cathedral in Buenos Aires when walking around with Steve who came to visit for a couple of weeks. We had a walk round BA ending up at the Cathedral. As most Catholic Cathedrals its full of gold and statues but its is beautiful especially the alter. We also went on a tour of the tunnels. I was so excited as I knew there was a network of tunnels running round and underneath the city. I know sometimes they have been used by Cristina the president for dinners, galas, casinos etc. However when we went we could only see a tiny part of it. In the past the tunnels have been used for so many different reasons, shops, schools, transport, protection, meetings and politics. It would have been beautiful to see more but sadly all but 10 metres was closed to the public

Chacarita Cemetery

This is a Cemetery super close to my house. Its the largest in Buenos Aires and has a number of different areas. There is the traditional Mausoleums for the richer folk and then the graves as you would see in the UK. However they also have a strange third part to it. Underground there is a network of essentially coffin and ashes boxes. We worked out there must be about 100,000+ graves. What made it even weirder was that it was underground and all cement which gave it the air of communist Russia. It really was astonishing and not something that I have seen before.

Good Morning Buenos Aires

Parilla en el campo.

I was lucky enough to be invited by a friend to his families weekend house. Me and some friends headed out into the provinces of Buenos Aires for a yummy day of BBQ (Parilla) Sun, Pool and tranquillity. We had such a lovely day and getting out of the city is bliss. However much I love this city I am still a country girl and cant stay for too long a period in the city without needed to breathe a little easier and to give my ears a rest, so this was bliss.