Penguins!!

We are now in southern Argentina, in the region called Patagonia. Chris and I have been pretty excited about reaching this point in our travels for a very long time now..in fact I think one of the reasons for choosing to travel South America was to come to Patagonia and visit a certain type of animal. And i think anyone who knows us well knows how much we love these little creatures! Yes I´m talking about penguins!!!!

We had read about a place called Punta Tombo in Patagonia, where the largest colony of penguins outside of Antartica live and decided we must visit! So we hired a car and got up VERY early..we even saw sunrise..and excitedly drove the 2 hours out to the Punta Tombo National Park. We arrived and ran into the park to be greeted by literally thousands and thousands of Magenellic penguins!! They were everywhere we looked, walking around or just standing, or hiding in their little dug outs. We couldn´t believe it!! They were really interested in us too, they´d walk up to us and look up and twist their little necks round at us trying to get a closer look! They were so funny! It was amazing to be this close to penguins and for them not to care at all.

We had the whole park to ourselves with the penguins for hours which was great! We walked down to the beach where lots of them were basking in the morning sun or playing in the water-they loved playing in the waves and it was hillarious watching them get taken out by waves and trying to get back to shore..a very funny sight!!

We spent about 5 hours with them and didn´t want to leave! It was one of the best days of my life...so happy!!