Sunday, we woke up nice and early again. The hostel told us about a tour they set up to the Penninsula Valdez. The girls arranged for us to go on the tour. We were picked up by a tour bus at 8 in the morning.
First we drove toward the Penninsula and had 20 minutes to walk along the beach. We stopped to look at las ballenas or whales in the water. It was so cold along the coast. I thought I was gonna die because I knew we had a boat ride later in the day. We also stopped at a museum and looked around a little bit. It was really interesting.
We finally drove to the penninsula. It costs 45 pesos to go into the penninsula but only 15 for natives. We had to fight to prove that we were students in Argentina, but with our insurance cards and international student ID cards, we were able to get the discount.
We drove to small town on the coast of the penninsula and stopped there. We boarded a boat to go whale watching. It was really cool. We were on the boat for about 2 hours. The whales came so close to our boat. I could almost touch one of them. Another whale jumped right in front of us. It was amazing. I tried to take pictures, but it was extremely difficult as the whales did what they wanted when they wanted.
After the boat excursion, we ate lunch at a restaurant on the coast. We then took a bus tour around the penninsula, and we stopped at different places to take pictures. We saw the elefante marinos (sea elephants). One of them was about to give birth, but we couldn´t stay long enough to see it.
After our long excursions we returned to the hostel. We went out for dinner at a nice restaurant. After that we wanted to go out, but we all fell asleep pretty early. The next morning we woke up, packed, and headed back to the bus station for 20 more hours on the omnibus. We were almost late to the bus station, but we made it. We arrived back to Cordoba at 8:30 in the morning on Tuesday. I had class at 10:45. I went home, dropped my stuff off and ran to class.
The vacation was great but a little expensive. I probably spent 400 to 500 U.S. dollars in total for the bus rides, tours, and hostel.
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