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Old May 5, 2018, 9:44 am
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SanDiego1K
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The Valdez Peninsula is well worth seeing. We rented a car. There is a bay where you can take a boat ride out among the whales. There were many babies when we were there. They weren't migrating, they were simply there. It was great. Then we went to the end of the peninsula. We stayed at Estancia la Ernestina thanks to a kind FTer who recommended it. It was one of the more amazing travel experiences we've had. The cabins were very basic but we saw sea lions, penguins and more on the ranch owner's private land. We crawled out on one beach to get close to sea lions. We sat on a different beach while penguins ran past within touching distance, coming back for the night. Incredible. They had a lot of National Geographic photographers come to take pictures of whales from their beaches and built the cabins to house them, then opened them up to others. There is a German settlement off the peninsula that is recommended for afternoon tea. It was ok, but not as much as I expected.

We then went to Bariloche, a touristic town in the heart of stunning beauty. We did some drives there and also along a lake to the north into Chile. Gorgeous. We were there at the time that the forthysia came into bloom and the hills were covered in yellow.
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