I am now in Puerto Natales. I must say that when I booked this trip I didn´t expect to stay in such nice hotels this often (obviously why it is costing me so much). It is quite nice but just a little extravagant for me.
Right now I am sitting in a hotel up on a hill in Puerto Natales, Chile, overlooking the bay leading to the Pacific Ocean. I can see the lights of the town around the bay a bit further, big windows all around so totally uninterrupted views. The woodfire is burning, the jazz music is playing & I have had a couple of pisco sours so all is well in the world. Now to find a nice latino fellow & all would be just perfect. ;-)
Drove down from El Calafate today, crossed the border into Chile which, by the way, I had no idea I was doing! I don´t know why I didn´t know how I missed that. I think I was just so engrossed in the Antarctic part of my trip that I didn´t pay a lot of attention to this part. All I knew was I was trekking in Patagonia. From tomorrow night we stay in refugios & hike every day.
I suppose the best part of not knowing what is going on or where I am going is that every day is a surprise. AND I don´t have to organise anything! They do everything... I just be like a sheep. Baaaa!
Anyway, as I said, we drove today to Chile, crossed the border which was surprisingly painless, got to Puerto Natales & had dinner at a fantastic seafood restaurant which was quite inexpensive. Fantastic salmon in butter sauce (we are in a fishing port after all).
More in a few days or so...
J9x
