Blogs from Chiloé Island, Los Lagos, Chile, South America - page 10

Aamun ensimmainen matka oli lahiosta keskustaan pikkubussilla, jossa oli 26 istumapaikkaa ja sallittu huippunopeus 50 km/h. Kun paasin aamupaivaruuhkassa viimein linja-autoasemalle, ostin lipun bussiin, joka lahti Castroon 5 minuutin paasta. Saareen siirryttiin lautalla, josta tuli mieleen viime kesan matka Turun saaristoon. Tallakin lautalla oli pienoinen kahvila. Chiloen saarella ei nakynyt enaa vuoria. Makia kylla piisasi. Metsia ja laitumia oli vaihtelevasti. Hostellissa oli tilava huone, ja saatoin purkaa rinkkani sisallon kokonaan kaappiin. Sattumalta paikallinen kirjasto tuli vastaan. Rekisteroidyin tahan jarjestelmaan www.biblioredes.cl, jotta saatoin kayttaa kirjastossa tietokonetta. Kavin selvittamassa miten pesula toimii. Vien sinne huomisaamuna vaatteitani pesuun. Kavin kavelylla satamassa. Ostin nahkaisen kolikkokukkaron. Kavin syomassa palafitossa lohta. Kavin katsomassa... read more

After walking in El Chalten, our next destination was Chonchi on Chiloe Island, Chile- chosen for its comedy name (Nic we were particularly thinking of you with this one!) and the local mythology of pirates and witches. The guidebook was a bit vague on the area between El Chalten and Chonchi, so we weren´t entirely sure that we would get there. The first leg was a 24 hour bus journey to Esquel, through the cherry capital of Argentina (which had completely run out of icecream, though was fortunately still fine for cherries). The journey was much enhanced by the sound of vomiting by a Dutch girl with an attack of the trots. We were thrown out of the bus in Esquel at 1am. A good time for finding somewhere to stay. Thinking we might have to ... read more

So, we left Puerto Natales in Chilean Patagonia on a 3 day/4 night Navimag ferry which took us north through the Chilean "fjords" eventually arriving at Puerto Montt. The ferry trip was fun: we spent most evenings playing cards and drinking pisco sours with Pete, our Australian friend from Antarctica (if you see what I mean). The daytimes were spent reading, standing out on deck and complaining about the quality of the food! This was no luxury cruise, but definitely a more enjoyable experience than taking a plane. The days passed by quickly and we arrived early on a monday morning at Puerto Montt. We were only here for about 20 minutes though as we walked to the bus station and quickly caught an onward bus to the island of Chiloe. Our next few days were ... read more

Now that we are about half way through this trip we can honestly say that we are enjoying blundering our way through Chile!!!! (It is possible that this is due to the fact that our transportation woes have not been as great as they were at the beginning of the trip!!). We have the next several hundred miles of transport booked and barring the possibility that I got tickets for the wrong day or the wrong time we should be back in Chillan on Monday morning. Wow we had a whole day today without a bus!! Wow usually we are on the whirl wind tour of where ever we are. On one of our more usual trips we would be heading home about now. This time we are here for another whole week. So today we ... read more

Just wanted to say sorry that it has been such a long time since updating my blog, but due to some problems with the blog's website and just having too much fun in Argentina, I haven't got around to it lately :) So after a few days in Pucón, I broke off again from my Quebecois friends and headed to the city of Puerto Montt for the sole purpose of buying a passage on the Navimag from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales, a three day journey to the south of Chile. At the Navimag office, I was notified that the boat would be leaving two days behind schedule which really didn't bother me at all since I have no schedule to begin with. Off to the bus station to buy another bus ticket to the town ... read more