A few more details

I'm in the process of uploading my photos as I type. I haven't edited any of them so sometimes all you can see is a black line on the horizon. That's the whale. Click on the photos and magnify for a better shot. One day (when this trip is over) I'll go through the photos and pretty them up a bit (crop, resize, delete etc.) but for now it's a case of uploading and leaving them there as a permanant record. If you search carefully enough you'll even find a photo of me.

I have to say that, exciting as the whales were, I really loved the penguins - there were a pair who seemed to be posing for us - and the armidillos. I'd always thought of them as bid slow animals, a bit like an old fashioned vacuum cleaner but, in fact, they scuttle about at an incredible rate on their bowed-legs. Their armour plating is hard but they also have a lot of fine hairs which are incredibly soft.

I also saw the Elephant seals, big buggers and soooo noisy. It sounded like Sean after he'd had a curry.

The Hostel I'm staying in is very nice although it's been a bit of an adjustment for me. I've gone from living on my own to sharing a dorm with three other women, one of whom thinks nothing of rolling in at 2am and turning on the lights (we all got our revenge by contantly wandering in and out of the room this morning as she tried to catch up on her sleep), and from having my own kitchen to sharing with a million strangers some of whom think washing up means running their cutlery under a cold tap for a milisecond. I could go on about the different types of travellers I've encountered so far (and many of them are French) but I'll leave that for a rainy day (or one when I'm feeling evil).