Villa Gesell - Mar del Plata

We have spent an intersting few days in a beach resort about 400kms south from Buenos Aires reaching Villa Gesell by 6 hrs coach ride. I left my brazilian flip flops on the coach Luiz! Greeted by rain on our arrival we were happy to find our room overlooked the beach with a balcony so ´the future looked bright (you gotta wear shades!´)
Next day it was baking so we went off to swim and roast in the sun - its essential we have a tan before we go south to 6 degrees and the penguins!The main street scene in Villa Gesell is a bit like Scarborough so we felt so smug, I mean lucky, to find the coolest bar in town Sutton 212 which not only had live modern jazz but fab tuck too! Each night we return as there is no place so cool to hang out.
Practical necessities mean we cannot swim at the same time so we protect our belongings etc but yesterday (TUES 6 MARCH)I swam and was suddenly shocked to see in front of me about 6ft away a dolphin arch in and out of the water. What a treat and I imagine unsual so close to the shallows (needless to say I was out of my depth as is my watery want)That night we had a serious storm and on our hike the following day to find the dunes and uninhabited shoreline further along the coast we were very suprised to see dead fishes of all sizes thrown up on the beach by the crashing waves
some bigger than my foot (see photo!) and not just fish but also.... grasshoppers or even locusts! Locusts of different sizes and hues along with huge moths and smaller butterflies. We guess they were all travelling above the sea and got caught in the hurricane force wind (apparently) and waves and this sandy sarcophagus was their sad end.
Still eating steak by the kilo - and still can´t get any real veg so looking more corpulent by the hour -tish tish.