We took a very comfortable 5 hour bus ride there, and were feeling quite happy when we got off, except for the fact that our sleepy little seaside town had turned into a large seaside city.
We headed for our hotel, and were sorely disappointed when we found out there was no pool. The woman there was friendly, but she spoke no english, so there was no chance of finding anything out about the city. We made our apologies and left, to and internet cafe to find something better. With a pool.
We came up the ... The Sheraton.
All searches for a hostel or cheap hotel with a pool rendered nothing. So we thought "stuff it" we can splash out for one night.
Seems to us, when people piss us off it ends up costing us money.
Unfortunately there were several conferences in town and the Sheraton was full, but the lady was kind enough to find us a room in the other 5 star hotel in the area and we walked over there.
The only room available there was the honeymoon suite, but the bed was a super king, and I couldn't even see Tara on the other side of it, the bathroom was really two, and we got fluffy white bathrobes to wear. They only had the one pool, but what's a girl to do?
We spent the night in the room - after finding a much cheaper hotel for the next two nights and some bubbly wine to drink - ordering room service and feeling very decadent.
The next day we were rather hungover from all our wine, so after booking into our new hotel, we went in search of a movie theater. We came up with nothing, no English movies in town. So we got in a cab and went all the way to the other side of town to the Aquarium. This ended up being a brilliant decision.
We spent the day walking around the Aquarium, I think it cost us about US$15 to get in.
We watched them feed the Penguins.
We went to the dolphin show, twice, it was so good that I didn't pick up my camera once it started.
The seal and sea lion show was almost as good. It would have been a lot funnier and more interesting if we could understand more spanish though.
Then there was the pirate/ski show. Great ski stunts, but once again our spanish let us down.
There was also a 3D movie, it was about 20 years old and quite funny for it.
When we got back to the hotel I had my Big D experience, which we are still not talking about.
The guy at the hotel recommended a great steak restaurant around the corner and we had a great meal.
the next day was spent lazing next to the public pool at the beach. the beach would have been good, but the pool area had a bar...
The hotel recommended another restaurant for our last night. We decided to go, even though it was on the other side of town.
We don't regret it at all.
We sat at one of their unconventional tables, and had a fantastic meal.
Tara's lamb pasta was one of the most delicious things I have ever tasted, and we had chocolate fondue for desert.
Unfortunately I can't remember the name of our hotel or the restaurant.
All in all, Mar del Plata was a good experience and a great way to waste a few days.
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