The Navimag boat looks like a solid bit of tin!
Porto Natales - Rest Day, Board the Ferry
Today was spent chilling out in the town. Sitting in the coffee shop, updating the blog and looking out at the line of mountains across the bay we’ll head through later on. Everything here seems to revolve around the once-a-week ferry that runs only in summer. Yesterday there was nobody to be seen, but when the boat arrived this morning, with the new arrivals the whole town seemed to burst into life. I suspect when it leaves tonight, the town will resume its sleepy pace again for another 7 days.
We have 1,750 kms to cover over the next 4/5 days. We've got 1,050 kms of channels of the Chilean Fjords to cover. Along the way we should pass channels with steep mountain sides, iceburgs, seal and sea lion colonies, perhaps penguins and I hope to see some whales. Closer to the end of the voyage we should also pass smaller fishing communities. We also have 700 kms of open sea to cover so fingers-crossed for calm waters. They way they are strapping every thing down though means they are prepared for rough seas too. All being well with good weather we should land into Punto Montt on Friday. We have been chatting to other travellers who are waiting for the boat to leave who are all in good spirits so I expect there wil be a good atmosphere on board.
The small town of Porto Natales is dwarfed by the distant Andes.
Different views out over the bay in front of Puerto Natales
Hi Mike and Liddy
ReplyDeleteThe pictures so far have been amazing, along with the commentary of course, but the last few days have been totally stunning. Keep up the good work....and for Liddy maybe the next trip should be India, in the warm zone, excluding The Himalayas
Hi Mike, it's snowing here (great for shopping NOT), hope the boat journey lived upto your expectation, can't wait to see the pictures. Cheers Daniel
ReplyDeleteHi All, just a quick message from Mike, unfortunately he hasn't been able to access his blog so far in Chile. All OK, looks forward to adding an update as soon as he can - Cheers Daniel
ReplyDeleteHi Martyn, It's now lovely and warm here. It changed a lot after we got off the boat, going up by over 10 degrees. It should hit 25 degrees today - so back to t-shirt clothing. We are now almost 4,000 kms higher up from Ushuaia and will be in Santiago later today. Cheers Mike
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