San Julian

So my idea was to visit the small towns along the way from Commodoro Rivadavia to Ushuaia. Pick a few and go and see what they have to offer (by bus) The busses here are quite the way to travel (if you go with a good company). The first company Don OTTO was okay. The "executive seats" go almost all the way flat so you can get some sleep which is good becasue my busride began at 7PM and ended in the town of San Julian at 2AM. Now my stomach was not feeling so hot and I feel really bad for those ppl on my bus who were near me. However I was asleep so I no nothing. I landed in San Julian and got dropped off at my hotel. Mind you the conversation I previosly had to reserve my room was completely in Spanish which is why the hotel I thought I booked was completely sold out for that particular night but not the next (technically it was the next day but how can one explain that at 2AM). Anyhoo (in Spanish) he explained that they were full but he owned the hostel next dorr. At this point my stomach was making noises and I did not want to shart in front of him (JG you can relate) so I said sure no problema...lead the way rapido. It was an okay joint BUT behind door number 2 was a completely NEW bathroom that was ALL mine. I could have kissed him. Garcias, Gracias I said over and over again as I shoved him out the door. I won´t go into the details but I was a very happy girl.
Next day I awoke feeling much better and excited to see what this small town had in store for me...not much. Okay I was not deterred I walked around and I found a small shack that did "excursions". It said you had to have 4 ppl to go out (so basically everyone in the town??). I started talking with the captain and he said he was going out to pick up his wife who was doing rersearch at one of the islands and he would take me out...for a little more money than the standard price...whatever, i had nothing else going on. The other girl on the boat was a guide who spoke perfect English and she said we would be going out pretty far and we shall see some dolphins, seals, penguins and many birds. Great! There were Penguins everywhere. Their little heads popping up everywhere we went. On the way out no dolphins but as soon as we hit an hour out about 30 of them were surrounding the boat. They are called commerson dolphins. They were not very cooperative with my photo skills so I took some really nice pics of the water hoping for the perfect shot. After this we went to one of the islands and hung out with the penguins. They are completley trusting creatures. It was the season for hatchlings - did not see any but they were all on their nests and you could get really close. So cute.