O'Grimm Hotel
Travel Blogs from Puerto Montt
Sartorial Splendor: An Elegant Man on the Veendam
... d’ took out a hanger that held several black jackets. He offered one to Josh. Josh was dumbstruck! He looked at the garment in front of him and exclaimed. "You have to be kidding!" The maitre d’ shook his head. Josh reluctantly tried on the large-sized jacket. His hands disappeared into the sleeves. The jacket hung on him like a ...
Pancho and the "panchos"
... break warm the air enough to lift the moisture, and the wind sliced through the trees and cottages, whistling like old fisherman. Under this cold, cold setting, we headed out east, along the coastal highway, which happened to be under construction, forcing us to climb up into the ridge, through an almost imperceptible mud track. Along this little road we saw a pig farm (I was surprised to see very small pigs here in Southern Chile.. and I ...
Embarking the Navimag Ferry
... of Charlotte carrying two, 2 liter bottles of water in the outside pockets of her back pack. Looks sort of like jet packs.
We get a cab to take us to the Navimag Ferry check-in office where we are advised that the cabin we had carefully selected and booked would not be available so we were being upgraded….ugh what does this mean….and in Spanish it is hard to know what is going on. We quickly understand that they are giving us a cabin with ...
Ferrying the fjords
... quite rowdy as the prizes got bigger through the rounds, and Patrick with his heckling all added to the atmosphere.
We certainly had been lucky with the weather over the 4 nights we spent aboard, seeing more beautiful parts of Chile that are impossible to see via road. Like others who recommended it to us we definitely recommend this ride to anyone spending time in the Southern portion of South America.
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Conociendo a mi nieto
Despierto viendo los colores de mi sur amado, adivino el olor de la tierra mojada por el rocío al amanecer, el humo de las chimeneas se difuma en el horizonte, los animales buscan la tibieza del sol.
Rubén, el compañero de mi Caro me espera en el terminal y me lleva al encuentro de ella, de la Lulita, mi nieta y de esa cosita hermosa que se llama Nahuel y que vino a este mundo mientras yo andaba por otros.
Me reconozco en él, lo amo de ...