Today we anchored at Puerto Montt,
Chile at 8:00 a.m. It was very windy, rainy and blustery, but the
tender ride into the port was not too bad. Steve stocked up on Gravol
for both the tender ride and the bus ride.
The area is considered a gateway into
the Chilean Patagonia. Because the weather was so cloudy and misty
and foggy, we were unable to see the volcanos. But, we did go on a 45
minute catamaran ride on Lago Todos de Santos, a beautiful emerald
green lake that must be spectacular in the sunshine.
We hiked into a waterfall area, which
is actually the water rushing from the mountains over basalt
(volcanic) rock, carving out interesting channels and putting on a
fairly impressive display of Mother Nature. The fact that we had to
literally hang on to our hats and watch where we stepped because of
the high winds and the pounding rain made it all the more exciting.
EEHAW!
Our group was taken for lunch to a
lovely, somewhat eccentric hotel that I think must be owned by
Germans, judging by all the Germanic antiques and posters. This would
not be surprising because there is a large contingent of Germans in
the area, accounting for the large number of Bavarian style chalets
and homes we saw. Lunch was delicious....typical Chilean fare which
consisted of cheese empanadas, pisco sours, wine, vegetable soup,
salmon filet (farmed salmon is the areas second largest industry),
the best boiled potato I have ever eaten, creamed spinach, and for
dessert, kuchen with apple sauce and caramel. Yum Yum. We arrived
back onboard ship at 4:30.....just barely enough time to have a brief
rest, a shower and get ready for dinner out with the golf pro on
board ship and his wife. Life continues to be fun.....although I
think we could both use a 'down' day to recharge our batteries. It
won't be tomorrow, though, as we are booked on another excursion as
we dock in Chacabuco tomorrow morning.
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