Day 217 - Looking for Büsi

(Ursula) We were down by the beach at sunrise this morning to watch the sea lions.

Adults fed, and the young ones splashed and played in the waves. The little ones looked so cute. The skins were like silver/black velvet, and their spherical round eyes were so beautiful. Heinz was able to take some good photographs.

When the first tourists arrived, we were already back at the camper, enjoying the morning sun and having breakfast. We saw Büsi following some tourists and disappearing from our view. We didn’t think much about it.

When he hadn’t returned by the afternoon, we started to worry and went looking for him, but he was nowhere to be found. A tourist found him on the beach and brought him back to us. Büsi is an instinctive hunter who goes after everything that moves—probably got carried away a little today. He never ceases to amaze us. One time he caught and devoured a Salamander!

Late afternoon we were fortunate to see a school of dolphins swimming by.

Then two more travelers with an orange VW camper joined our group. We remember seeing them before at Iguazu Falls.Read more