We forced ourselves up after about five hours of sleep.  We took a taxi into town with our laundry since our hotel is on the edge of town.  After dropping it off, we ate lunch at Cantina El Náutico where I get enough salmon for three people made with enough butter to clog four hearts.  We then did some tour investigating for visiting the penguins tomorrow. Many agencies are closed until after siesta time and the town is kind of empty mid-day.  Puerto Madryn is a good base for exploring things in the area so most tourists are out exploring at this time of the day.

argentina0467We walk back to our hotel along the beach which is pleasant and the weather is perfect.  I take a much needed nap while L’ checks out the beach.  We then catch the bus (which conveniently stops right in front of our hotel), book a tour for tomorrow, get our laundry, and then take the bus back to the hotel since we don’t want to take our laundry with us to dinner.  We then return to town and eat at a recommended restaurant, El Almendro.  The wine and dessert are excellent and the food just fair (on our admittedly high standards).    Still it was nice to have a quiet dinner and when we are done, the restaurant calls us a cab to take us back to our hotel.

View the few photos from today (sorry, no picture of me napping this time):

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