the only town located within the peninsula valdes Nature Reserve the one

curveball is that this is the day our microphone officially stopped working

and we don't realize until the afternoon so half of our clips have no audio but

don't worry we'll do our best to fill in the gaps for you

so we started the day off bright and early we were staying out of Oceano

Patagonia an eco hotel located right on the beach and we had heard from the

staff that the Sun rises here are legendary we decided to take their

advice and get up early to hike the nearby cliffs and witness the whole

coastline washed aglow by that morning light and yes we set an alarm to make it

happen

got it barely have sunrise what did you think wow it's been amazingly views and

just the way that the light has been revealing different parts of the

peninsula has been incredible I almost didn't make it I woke up this morning I

was asleep in I'm so glad we came and did the hike and the higher you get the

views just become even more spectacular because you can see a part of the beach

that isn't even really used by the public there's a second Beach just to

the left of the mean one it's like a secret beach like a secret Beach guys

it's pretty

afterwards we walk back to the hotel and enjoyed a tasty breakfast that featured

artisanal bread jams and dulce de leche we even had the resident cat join us for

kibbles

Ozzy's bidding here oh look at that Meow's is as a tasty guys we even travel

with cat food what can I say for those who don't believe us this is

the bag of cat food we purchased once we arrived in Cordoba and we've been

feeding friendly cats ever since haven't we Meow's is well hello hello

guys today we are spending the whole day exploring Puerto Piramides this yesterday was

about sightseeing around the peninsula tomorrow will be about more sightseeing

around the peninsula today we're sticking to the town and nearby

attraction yeah so we're gonna check out the beach we're gonna do some hikes

hopefully see a nice sunset and yeah that's gonna be your day I want to go

kayaking

guys it is hot is all I can tell you wowie whoo we are currently on our way

to the lo vidya which is a place by the water where the sea lions and elephant

seals have their babies apparently that's where they teach them how to swim

so we want to go see that they told us it's a bit of a walk up the hill

anywhere between five to seven kilometres the information seems to vary

so you figured let's do it what time of day is it right now Sam I don't know if

you can hear that 9:00 in the morning but it feels like midday and he is not

joking so if you come here lather up with your sunscreen bring lots of water

a hat got a scarf to cover myself as well but yeah we really want to see

those sea lions and elephant seals so we are on our way but it feels like we're

walking through the desert

Oh shade here's the lovely shade we love you shade Emma it looks like we're in

the right direction yes gonna be a lighthouse in the

distance I can see it right over there over there well hard to see on camera

but to the naked eye well we made it we hitched a ride with a kind stranger from

the Netherlands who drove us the rest of the way

so now we can admire the seals and the sea lion ooh and the water looks

beautiful

after visiting the sealions we returned to the hotel on foot but it took us way

longer since we ended up getting lost under the scorching Sun we somehow

missed the turnoff for the hiking trail that cuts back into town so we had to

hike along the highway which wasn't a whole lot of fun but we rewarded

ourselves with one of the best meals ever at a restaurant called la Cucaracha

hello what did you order oh there's one heck of a big burger so I got the

Patagonia burger made with lamb meat Wow we even let me let me lift the hood oh look at all the

baked cheese on top guys that is a big patty

and underneath stuffed with greens and look at this sun dried to me sun-dried

tomatoes looks really interesting and that's a big burger a sequel a burger

also came with some wedges here you know the burger is so large it looks like he

could share it if you wanted to but not that I want to share mine is so good

hope that I want to share follow this either

so good just the meat the meat is what makes a man Wow done to prevent them

excellent but I got to tell you I personally think

I ordered bus this time I got the giant ravioli stuffed with prawns in a mussel

cream sauce topped off with calamari a la provençale this seafood pasta dish

still makes my mouth water

alright guys so now we are walking around town we are currently on Avenida

de la SOPA de nos that means Avenue of the whales it's the main drag here in

puerto piramides it is hot how are you doing it's hot but I mean wowie

but it's so colourful there's some fascinating murals there's some really

colorful looking cafes and restaurants I think we're gonna pop in maybe get a

cool tea or something wonderful I guess a perfect way to spend an afternoon here

in this town

if you're asking yourself where is everybody right now why is this town so

empty so dead it's because everyone is at the beach it's also siesta time it is

what time is it it's literally it's in the thick of

siesta time it's the 4:30 in the afternoon 4:30

it's the hottest time of the day everyone's chilling out either at the

beach or sleeping yeah it's awesome because walking down this little stretch

of town a few blocks away from the beach we kind of have it all to ourselves

love it we walked up and down the main drag looking for a place to have a cool

drink but it was quite evident that all the establishments were on siesta time

we then returned to the beach where we found a hotel with smoothies on the menu

so this seems like a good time as any to give you a tour of the hotel where we've

been staying so right now we are at Oceano Patagonia which is an eco hotel

right on the beach like quite literally if you look outside our window we have a

terrace sand some vegetation and then ocean I can see people swimming in there

right now but anyways let's focus on the indoors

let's begin the tour first things first I'm going to show you our little office

and breakfast nook this is where we've been eating in the mornings with a

beautiful setting um and one thing that I really like about this hotel is that

they stock your fridge with breakfast supplies so it doesn't matter at what

time you wake up once you're hungry and you're ready to eat you can help

yourself and we've got some different jams cream cheese dulce de leche

orange juice milk they left us eggs fruits butter and then in the warnings

they also give us fresh bread artisanal bread so good it's a pleasure to eat

right here this is like our living area we have two nice comfy chairs we can sit

here enjoy the view read a bit or plan the next leg of our travels as we've

been doing we've also got like a little kitchenette area happening you can do

some light cooking and prepping so yeah perfect for a self-catered holiday here

is the bed large and spacious very very nice oh and one thing I should also

mention is that for a lot of the furniture they've used recycled wood so

it kind of has rustic feel to it it feels very warm

cozy but also modern because we have concrete floors and like these massive

windows so yeah it's been good we've enjoyed our safe if you follow me this

way I'll show you the bathroom quickly so nice big shower rainforest showerhead

we've got our sink lots of counter space toilet bidet we also have quite a bit of

storage space but we haven't actually bothered unpacking since we're only here

for a couple of days but there you have it our room at Oceano Patagonia yeah it's

been good I'm gonna be sad to leave this place tomorrow but there's more of

Argentina love to see so onwards we go

our plan for the late afternoon had been to rent some kayaks and enjoy some time

out on the water once the Sun wasn't quite as strong but it just wasn't meant

to be by the time we went down to the beach

most of the stands had either closed up shop or they were in the process of

packing up their kayaks so that was that you win some you lose some

this wasn't our best day in terms of things going to plan but that's just

travel for you we hope you still enjoyed this little tour of Puerto Piramides and

we'll see you in the next video with another day trip around the peninsula