One day. One room.

It's been a whirlwind guys, and I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to update last night, but in my defense... I was drunk.

After I checked in, I came down to the front desk and asked "What is the best boat tour?"

"You could come see penguins with me tomorrow." Said a guy drinking a beer at the bar.

Thus, I met Coston. A Marine, on his off time he travels the world and his bucket list is to go to every country in the world. We ran into each other again outside of our rooms. "What are you doing right now?" He asked. "I'm going to go hike the Glacier Martial."

After some persuading, I went. My shoes are terrible hiking shoes (mostly tennis shoes attached to two inch platforms). But I was glad I went, because it was beautiful and gave you an amazing view of the city.

I did decided to see the penguins with Coston, and the next day he made us eggs for breakfast and we loaded onto a bus at 8 in the morning. The drive was a little over an hour and took us into the national forests to see the windswept trees and general stunning beauty that is Patagonia.

We drove to a farm next to a bay and loaded onto a small Zodiac covered with plastic. It was a crazy windy day, and the ocean was like a roller coaster. We slammed into wave after wave, grasping onto the handrails and trying to keep our feet out of the sea water that flooded the deck. I couldn't help the laughter that bubbled out of me. It was an insane amount of fun (despite the fact that it felt like the boat may fall apart at any minute).

Here's the thing you may not know about penguins: they are ridiculous animals. The kind of animal you look at and think You are so adorable, and so utterly useless. It's their nesting season right now, and they all just lay around on the beach. When they do move, it's to waddle like the fattest cat you've ever seen with their little flipper/wings thrust out behind them.

We weren't supposed to touch them, but that was hard considering they kept plopping down right on the trail we were following. The group literally had to step over penguins. More than once.

Every time we got too close, the penguins would just tilt their head curiously from one side to the other. They can't see well out of the water, so they were trying to focus their eyes to tell what we were. Like I said: adorable, and useless.

I had a second tour the same day, but when I showed up for it they said the weather was too windy and that they had closed the bay, so we wandered around town instead. After dinner, we went "bar hopping," which basically consisted of three places (including the local casino with two whole rooms of slot machines!). The hostel is really nice, and has their own bar with 24 hour service and some good, local brews. So we sat and drank, and went to bed. All I can say is thank God for earplugs. WIthout them, I wouldn't get any sleep at all. Like, ever.

I'll try to get some pictures and stories from today up tomorrow. I'm flying back to Buenos Aires for about 24 hours, then taking a bus to Mar del Plata.

It's late loves, and we only get a few hours of darkness down here, so I'm off.