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Published: October 13th 2011
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So Patagonia has been a lot different than Cordoba. Cordoba was filled with strange people from all over the world. For example: The first person we met was the manager of the hostel, who was Brazilian. He liked me because I could speak Portuguese with him. But then 20 minutes after meeting him, he was talking to me and my friends and he whipped out this huge mushroom and was like ¨here´s a shroom for you guys¨ and we were like ¨oh cool....where´d you get it?¨and he said he picked it. And we were like, ¨oh okay, you picked it in a forest...cool...¨ and he said ¨NO not the forest--the MOUNTAINS¨ and then we were like oh yeahhhh okay totally legit.......NOT.
But here has been interesting in a much more CLASSY way. I went whale watching yesterday! I hung out with this German couple and we saw a bunch of whales super up close which was really cool but unfortunately by camera died like half way through! They were southern Right Whales and they were coming like 2 feet up to the boat which was really cool.
Today I went to see the biggest Penguin colony in the Americas
which was.....THE COOLEST THING EVER!!!!!!!!!! There were sooo many penguins and right now is mating season, so we got to see them flirt and mate and lay eggs in their little nests it was so cool. They would come up close to you too and I even got to touch one! The penguins were so funny they have this really strange mating call that sounds like a donkey its hilarious.
Anyway, today has been the most tiring day EVER because there are a bunch of French people staying in the same hostel, so for the past 2 days I have been switching between Portuguese, Spanish, and French almost every HOUR. So forgive me if my English has turned to crap because at least that´s what has happened to my head.
Tomorrow I leave for Chile but it will take 30 hours so I won´t get there until Friday. But I will come back to Argentina after Chile to work on a farm I think. The Argentinian people have been very, very nice, although they are different than Brazilians. In Brazil, everybody just loves foreigners. In Argentina, they just want money from foreigners. However, people on the street are
so, so kind. Especially older men. One time, I was trying to get a taxi to the bus station but they were all full and I was becoming really late for the bus, and this old man helped me get a taxi, and stayed with me and even called the bus station to tell them to hold the bus for me. It was really sweet. And then here I went with another German girl on a ¨tour¨ which was actually just us plus these two 55ish Argentinian guys and they were so respectful and protective of us and telling us to be careful traveling. I feel like a lot of the time they were acting as if we were their own daughters. So I have felt really protected by the Argentinian people. Obviously, I try not to do anything stupid or make myself vulnerable in anyway, but it is really comforting to feel like people are genuinely respectful and kind and protective.
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