Day 216 - Punta Norte

(Ursula) After a late departure, we drove through the hills along the coast and enjoyed the scenery at various lookouts. Heinz took photographs of the landscape and coastal views. This peninsula has no trees, only tall grass and thorny bushes.

An Ostrich family with many little ones ran on the road before us, veered off, and vanished into the bushes. In the early afternoon, we arrived at Punta Norte.

And there, for the first time, we saw free-living sea elephants, sea lions, and seals laying down on the beach. It was a fantastic sight! During the day, they seem lazy and lay in the warm sun. Mornings and evenings are when they become active and feed in the water. We heard them roar and grunt.

We set up camp at Punta Norte and were soon joined by a German couple, Werner and Franziska. They were traveling in a fancy Mercedes Diesel minibus. After dinner, we drank coffee together and talked until midnight about our journeys and experiences.

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