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Published: March 1st 2009
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Nach em ne relativ laenge Flug vo Quito ueber Lima, ueber Santiago, si mir nach oepe 15 Stund in Puerto Montt (Chile) ahcho. Das isch es chliises Hafestaedli, wo nid wahnsinnig spannend isch, aber der Usgangsort fuer uesi Fahrt mit der Faehre isch gsi. Woeu mir ei Tag Resaerve ihplanet hei gha, hei mir no ae chlini Tagestour buechet und si mit em ne chline Bus duer die sehr schoeni See und Vulkanlandschaft gfahre.
Am Tag wo mir uf d'Faehre si, hei mir no der Fischmarkt in Puerto Montt ahglueget. Dert hets so vieu Muschle und Lachs gaeh, dass isch fasch nid zum gloube...und natuerlech zu Priise wo mir ir Schwiiz nume dervo choei troeime.
Und denn isch ds Abentuer uf der Faehre aendlech los gange. Mir hei d'Luxusvariante gha mit ere 4er Kabine fuer ues ds zwoeite :-)) D'Faehre isch eifach ghalte gsi, aber trotzdaem gmuetlech und zum Apero hets ou ganz feine Pisco sour gaeh. D'Landschaft wo mer duere gfahre si isch sehr ihhdruecklech gsi. Und es het gwindet...da hei mir zum erschte Mau Bekanntschaft mit em patagonische Wind gmacht. Aer het ues fuer die naechschte zwe Wuche begleitet und nueme usem Oug glah. Ig bi de
froh um mini noei Alpaca Chappe und mis Stirnband gsi...suech haet ig staendig aui mini Haar im Gsicht gha.
Ds Meer i dene fjordaehnleche Kanael isch sehr ruehig gsi und wenns nid grad graegnet het, het me ou guet choenne ufem Deck hoeckle und d'Landschaft gniesse....sowit so guet....denn isch der zwoeti Abe cho und d'Faehre isch us dene Kanael use ufe offni Pacifik....mit daem Wind cha me sech oepe vorsteue, was das bezueglech Waeue beduetet. Ues het me de am naechschte Tag gseit, d'Waeue sige oepe 5 Meter hoech gsi. Mir si de nid go Z'nacht aesse, sondern hei ues mit chli Wasser und es paar Tablette am 7ni is Bett begaeh und hei ues nuemme bewegt....auso zmindescht nid usem Bett. Im Bett inne hetts eim scho umegschuettlet, dass es nuemme schoen isch gsi!!
Nachdaem mir die Nacht meh oder weniger unbeschadet ueberstande hei, isch es am dritte Tag wieder innerhaub vo de Kanael witergange. Und scho glii si mir a eim vo de groeschte Gletscher verbii gfahre...wunderschoen blau und wuerklech riisig gross.
Leider hei mir uf dere ganze Fahrt kei Wale gseh, derfuer vieu Voegel und fluegendi Pinguine (wenn me meint es sigi ae Pinguin und
denn fluegt aer ploetzlech dervo, denn isch es ae Kormoran gsi).
Am vierte Tag si mir oepe am 3 am Namittag in Puerto Natales ahcho. Leider isch de der letschti Bus in Torres del Paine scho abgfahre gsi. Drum hei mir no ei Nacht im naechschte chline Hafestaettli verbracht. Was schlussaendlech ueberhoupt nid schlimm isch gsi, woeu mir zersch ae super feini Sachertorte gaesse hei und zum Znacht zwoei excellaent gueti Stueck Fleisch! Ig ha zersch Mau i mim Laebe es Wayagu Beef gaesse....so oepis zarts und schmackhafts hani aecht no nie vorhaer gha. Und denn hets sogar no es super Panna Cotta und aes richtigs Espresso zum Dessert gaeh. Nach doch es paar Tag Instant Nescafe isch das ae richtigi Gaumefroeid gsi :-)
Und am naechschte Morge isch es de ab mit em Bus in Torres del Paine gange.
Last but not least a short summary for our English audience:
Flying from Quito to Puerto Montt - patagonian port town and in the southern part of chile - took us about 15 hours and through airports of Lima and Santiago. In Puerto Montt we took a little daytour of the surounding land - mostly influenced
by early German visitors, some 100 years ago - they still advertise for 'Kuchen' (cake) and have some of the early/old German houses.
After this leisure day we boarded a cargo / ferry ship the day after - had some fresh salmon at the port's stretch of restaurants for something like USD 1 (unimaginable when thinking in Swiss prices..). This ferry ship took us in about 3-4 days from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales (even further south in chile). We had ourselves booked into a cabin that could have housed 4 but was just for the 2 of us - meaning we had 2 extra bunk beads that we could use as storage and a room that we did not have to share w/some strangers... must be the age talking.
The ferry cruised south through the fjords - the first afternoon in warm and sunny weather which gave us the opportunity to savour our first pisco sour on the sun deck. The next days were a mix of clouds, some blue sky, sometimes rain (sounds like april in CH) and lots of strong wind that never stopped and forms an integral part of patagonia.
Cruising was really nice until we got to the stretch that took us out on the open pacific... the high waves (capt'n was talking of some 5m high) somehow got to us - meaning we skipped one meal, prefering to lie low in our beds and wait for calmer water - which came with the next morning when we visited a part of one of the biggest glaciers (some 15km wide and length of supposedly more than 120km).
Throughout the cruise we saw many different birds - some looking like penguins... - we were then told that if you see a penguin fly away its more like a Kormoran and no penguin. (lesson learned!).
Soon we got off the ship in Puerto Natales where we had intentended to directly catch a bus to 'Torres del Paine' - one of the most famous Nat'l Parks of Chile - well, the last bus had already left when we got there at 3pm, therefore we had ourselves a quiet night in town with a superb meat&wine dinner (try the Wayagu beef of you can find it - just marvelous!)
The next morning we caught the 7.30pm bus to Torres del Paine. Another story to be read in our next blog.
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