I was up early this morning (6:30) and
looked out my stateroom window to the most beautiful sight. We were
slowly gliding into the fjord to drop anchor at Puerto Chacabuco near
the southern end of Chile. The mist was rising, the mountains were
dropping into the sea, and it was quite a magical sight.
We were on an excursion this morning,
going to a nature park and hiking for about an hour. We hiked to Old
Man's Beard waterfall, and saw lots of examples of trees that are not
found anywhere else but Chile.
We ended up at a quito....a place that
is used for parties and celebrations. Lamb was being cooked over an
open fire, dancers were waiting to entertain us, and there was lots
of Chilean food and drink on hand. Who could ask for anything more?
We brought the bus back into the town,
which was hastily put up to accommodate a port when the REAL port
became unnavigable due to volcanic silt buildup. There isn't much
here yet, and tourists must be few and far between because we noticed
lots of people looking out their windows at us. We took a nice long
walk in the rain, which reminded us of Vancouver Island. We stopped
into a little cafe for coffee. The woman told us (in Spanish) that
she had been born in that little village and had never been out of
it. Somehow, we didn't think she was the only one who could say that.
Our ship leaves today at 5:00 p.m and
we won't get back on land again until Saturday. We will be cruising
through the Chilean Fjords, the Sterno Eyre Fjord, and the Amalia
Glacier. I am really looking forward to it and hope to get some good
photos.
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