Puerto Natales – Puerto Montt - Day 2
Like the previous day, breakfast consisted of bread, porridge/eggs, cheese, ham,
fruit, yoghurt, cereal, juice, and coffee. All meals on board were excellent, and
there were more than enough.
The captain pointed out a shrine on a small island, said to be the Guiding Spirit of
all sailors, and a shipwreck known as an insurance scam before heading out of the
channels into the rolling swells of the Pacific Ocean. When we cleared the fjords’
protected waters, the ship began to roll wildly and it was best to stay in one’s cabin.
Dinner was excellent, as usual, but there were (understandably) far fewer
passengers in the dining hall, and it was somewhat tricky to balance one’s food tray
on the way to the table.
Puerto Natales – Puerto Montt - Day 3
As before, breakfast was enjoyable, though some passengers still seemed a little
green around the gills. By midday, the Evangelistos was back in the calm waters of
channels and sailed, yet again, smoothly without us having to cling to every
conceivable stationery item.
The early morning fog burned off and brought excellent vistas of the Southern
Andes Mountains with their jagged peaks and snowy volcanoes. The day further
turned out our first day of calm sailing and sun simultaneously. The outside upper
deck with bar/lounge was popular; by afternoon, some paler passengers resembled
well-cooked crayfish.
As before, we stuffed ourselves at dinner time and, as any good ship would have it,
our final night came with a party.