Hostal Vista Hermosa Puerto Montt

Wednesday July 22, started out very cloudy, with drizzling rain; no hope of a clearing in sight. This day's lesson subject was Nature and Photography, and we had a field trip, to a local farm planned. If you have been reading my blog you will know that I am no stranger to farm living. I believe the rustic life suits me or, at least the part of me that longs for simplicity. To wake early in the morning with rays of sun creeping through my window; looking out at ...

I left Parral 4 days ago on a bus headed south to Puerto Montt. The journey started early in the morning at 8:00am, the morning sky still dark with the residue of night. For miles I come in and out of consciousness, waking only for brief seconds, to find that I was in a new city. Eliana has decided to be my companion on this trek to new adventures and possibilities. After the incident of my over sleeping on the bus, I am ...

... cubbies, so it was actually pretty good. We ate a good dinner, and exhausted, headed to bed. Day 2 dawned bright and clear. We spend the day on deck, watching the Black-browed Albatrosses (Albatross? Albatrossi?) soar and swoop over the water. The scenery was beautiful, but still far away. The highlight was a huge whale-spout and a brief glimpse of a large, silvery whale. It was too far to be certain, but I´m happy believing it was a ...

... little rainy... so we didn't spend too much time outside. We did see a glacier, an old ship that had been wrecked in the channel and was now rusted and growing grass/moss on it, several dolphins, and a few whale blows from the deck... we really couldn't figure out if we saw any "fjords"... just hills on the sides of the channels...still a little confused about that. We also disembarked early one morning ...

... sones, doncs, tot i estar ob**t, tens el teu armari amb pany i clau on pots deixar les coses segures. El vaixell té una capacitat de 270 p**sones, p**ò com que tot just és el principi de la temporada alta, no està ple. Som uns 150. Estem a la cabina 102 llits 11 i 12. Dóna a l'int**ior, doncs, poca llum veurem... p**ò bé, total tampoc no passarem tantes a l'habitació. Els banys són a prop i les dutxes també. Hi ha un restaurant on farem tots els àpats. A dalt hi ha un pub amb música ...

... channel overlooking a green forested island setting reminded us of Looe or Fowey! Ads was determined to try some local fish so we wandered around the very smelly fish market then attempted to find a café there that did food other than fish....quite difficult with limited Spanish in a fish market!! Anyway thankfully we ended up in a small place with the locals where Ads had 2 huge pieces of salmon for all of 3 pounds and I was treated by the locals, much to their ...

... lovely men, and a great introduction to really getting to know some South Americans. By the end of the trip they had become great friends with most on board, bringing out their bottle of Pisco Sour, and arguing over the betterment of Chilean wine from that of Argentina. All in all a wonderful trip.... Puerto Natels next...where we shall hire a car to explore the Torres del Paine national Park, El Calafate and the Moreno Glacier....till next installment

... seem a million miles away. I hear they are still having major problems there but it has been very dry all summer down here. As we reached the top of the mountain pass that separates the two countries, the scenery changed from pine trees and small leafy trees to giant trees with mosses hanging off them. As we headed into Chile the trees grew even bigger and ...

... soportar lo insoportable. En aquel recorrido de casi dos horas sobre este lago se sentían en realidad en lo más remoto del mundo, un silencio total entre los Andes bañados en nieve donde no se cansa de apreciar la inmensidad de la naturaleza. Zarpamos en Pellua villa ecológica y mitad del recorrido del cruce de lagos. Allí se puede tomar varias excursiones como a los termales de Puyehue entre otros, también hay opción de pasar la noche en Hotel Peulla con estilo de ...

... decidimos negociar con un hombre que nos llevara hasta la puerta del Parque Nacional por CH$1000c/u. Por un rato sentimos alivio, eran las 12.30hs y debiamos estar de vuelta en la ruta a las 18hs, pues sino estariamos en medio de la nada.



Bueno, emprendimos el ascenso al Parque, sin duda la vista era increible pues estaba la del golfo misturada con la del Bosque y un rio verde que bajaba de la laguna que vinimos a ver. Caminamos por 2hs mas y los que pasaban no ...