Friday, March 30, 2012

1000 km on a ship - going north

I've spent almost 3 days sailing 1000 km north from Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt. Not much happens in a ship in 3 days. You can read a 900 page novel (it was good: Freedom, Jonathan Franzen), stare out the windows, smile at the people getting seasick, look at the horizon or amazing sky, go out on the deck and feel the strong winds, look at the others reading Lonely Planet and talking about how they also liked Torres Del Paine/the glacier/penguin colony, and that they're also going to Chileo after the trip. And when the sun finally appears (what it did today - day 3) see seals, dolphins and even a whale. And then you can take pictures. Lots of pictures.

The audio and smell track of the trip are supplied by the cows, who's joined us on our trip North. They moo me asleep at night and wake me up with a morning moo aswell. The cows are on board because the ferry also is a freight ship. Actually mainly a fraight ship just also carrying a bunch of tourists. A bunch of tourists all carrying Lonely Planet (including me).


Boarding


Boarding


The smallest passage on the trip - we sailed through far right. You can only pass in daylight.


Skua glacier


Puerto Eden, where we anchored for an hour to offload supplies.


Returning with supplies in Puerto Eden.


Reflexions and beauty


A ship wreck that sailed on ground in 1963. I believe everybody has left the ship by now...


The view from a ship in Patagonia can be breathtaking...


View from the bridge.


Navigation - at the bridge.


View


A south bound ship


Some bird - making reflexions, which I find pretty.


Seals


Sunset


More sunset



Location:Somewhere between Puerto Natales and Puerto Montt

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