Today was pretty none eventful, I sent a few SPOT signals but have no way of knowing if they were received – I will find out the next time I have Internet access. Lots of overcast but a little sun later in the day. The trip has been smooth up to this evening (Sunday) because we have been in channels between islands but around 8:00 P.M. We turned West and had to head out to open seas for about 150 miles. As you can imagine, it was a bit of an effort to actually stay in bed as the ship was rolling side to side. This morning (DAY 54) I heard that several passengers got sick during the night. I was fine, as was Joe – I just didn’t sleep that well. That’s OK though since there isn’t much to do today but lay around. We did take a side trip this afternoon – the captain took the ferry to the end of a fiord and we saw a glacier about 200 feet high. It’s too bad it wasn’t sunny as the rich blue of the compressed ice would have been even more beautiful than it was. I have met people from Switzerland, Ireland, Canada, Finland, Poland the US and of course South America and I believe there are only about 70 people on board not counting staff – the cargo part of the ferry is packed full.
Day 55
Kind of a dreary day except when we started getting closer to Puerto Natales the sky’s cleared and it started to warm up. We made a side trip to a glacier that was pretty neat. It is hard to catch up after 4 days without the Internet
One of the locations I stuck the SPOT while it was transmitting.
Notice the back of the ferry relative to the sea - it gives you a good idea how smooth it was when we had to head out to open sea for 150 miles.
The Glacier.
The deep blue is because all of the air has been squeezed out of the older ice over the years - it really is pretty.
The Captains room.
The captain sold all of the grain (cargo) and then ran the ship aground and said it was all washed away - it happened around 1963 and he is probably still in jail.
A statue of the Virgin Mary pretty much in the middle of nowhere.
This little town of 120 was pretty remote.
This resort must be for people that really want to get away from it all.
A lecture on Glaciers - Interesting.
There is no way to catch this properly on a camera.
Another place I found to hang the SPOT.
This was a pretty narrow place for the ferry to squeeze through.
Works out to about 47 degrees.
Finally a little blue sky,
This is the beautiful Torres De Paine National Park that the Trekers like to hike through - it is very impressive.
We are settled into a hotel and are looking forward to getting to Ushuaia.
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