So... from Puerto Montt it was onto the Navimag ferry for a little bit o´ trip accelleration down to Puerto Natales. We arrived to find another motorcyclist, Chuck, already preparing to board and he kindly shared his knowledge of the checking in and boarding procedure etc for the bikes. Then it was a quick lunch and back to the boat to board ourselves in the afternoon.
The trip down was absolutely beautiful... the scenery, the people, the chance to sit back for 3 days and not think about where to go next, where to stay, what to eat or anything....
The scenery was AMAZING!! The boat twisted down through fjords and small channels, sometimes with only a few meters clearance on either side of the ship. There were snow capped mountains and waterfalls literally running into the sea. The vegetation incredibly thick, then thinning as we headed further South and the climax when the ship detoured to the Pio XI glacier, the biggest in South America (the face is 5km across and 90m high) and one of the few still advancing. We also saw whales (or at least the spurts from their blowholes), dolphins (the black & white ones) and plenty of seabirds.
We met a few other motorcyclists, a bunch of Aussies 4x4 ing it around Sth America and plenty of others. Notable was one English guy, Rich, that we sat with for a few rounds of Uno. It turns out he has some friends from Brisbane and has been there before. Imagine our surprise when we asked him their names and he came out with Anthony Burke, Damo Ricketts and a few others!! Small world!
The trip ended with a p..a..r..tay!! which consisted of a game of bingo and pletny of boozed dancing to all the classic 80´s tunes like ¨Summer of 69¨... some great photos from that one!
cheers all!
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