Day 127 - The journey ever southwards carries on

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Leaving Castro and our cabana was a struggle. We have both thoroughly enjoyed our relaxing week and definitely loved the novelty of cooking for ourselves, especially some of our old favourites.

Arriving at Puerto Montt in plenty of time, we found where the Navimag boat the 'Magellanes' was leaving and registered. We then went and grabbed a bite to eat and a few provisions for the three day boat trip.

Bording the boat we were both like two kids at Christmas, exploring the boat and getting settled into our dormitory beds. Even though there are about 100 of us in one section, our beds are quite private with curtains making it very cosy.

Once set sail we all settled in with a surprisingly good dinner and then the film 'March of the Penguins' (in English, which illustrates how few Chileans make this trip). We also had a 'welcome' talk including a brief cameo appearance from the captain, a guy in his 60s with little command of English. Despite language problems he introduced the 3 girls who were the 'guides' for the trip. Unfortunately the Spanish word for guide sounds a bit like 'gay', and the captain really enjoyed babbling on after getting his words slightly mixed up. He came out with some real classics like "no, no, they not gay - at least I don't think so" as the poor 3 girls lined up alongside him went redder and redder. Cringingly hilarious.

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Comments

[Goody]

How was the scenery on the boat trip, was it worth the price, and did you feel you might have missed some scenery by going via water and not by land?

[mrandmrssimmonds]

Response
Hi, We throughly enjoyed the boat trip, the scenery is great, especially if you are lucky enough to have good weather. We have also travelled a lot of the way by bus and are also travelling up Argentina, and the landscape would be pretty similar if we had driven this stretch the boat covers so we do not feel we missed out on any of the scenery. It is worth the price, food is good and you are kept well informed etc.