Yesterday, we were at Puerto Chacabuco. Sometimes I don't have enough time to create and post anything before we've left the port and I'm out of service range again, like yesterday.
This is a very small port town lying within the Chilean Fjords. There are lots of rivers and waterfalls everywhere in this area, coming out of the Andes Mountains.
We had booked a tour with enPatagonia. By the way, all of this area in the southern part of South America is the Patagonia region. We stopped at a couple of different bridges. This one had a nice scene looking up a small river, full of fishing boats.
A lot of the bridges are suspension bridges. Here we are on one...
that only one car at a time can go over (that's what the sign says). I don't have the photo, but a taxi came right up behind this van while it was on the bridge, along with several people. Just a suggestion.
We then went to a very nice waterfall in the area, called the Virgin Waterfalls, or some similar translation - referring to The Virgin Mary, of course.
To cap off our tour, we went to a farm/ranch for lunch. Here are Dan and Gerry walking up the lane of a farm we had to walk through before we got to the one we were aiming for.
This unique tree grows here, in English it's called the Monkey Puzzle Tree.
So we arrive at the place for our lunch, and are greeted by several people on the lawn, and then by these 2 inside - one offering Pisco Sour, and the other a local "bread" which can be filled with a salsa. It was REALLY good. And the Pisco Sour was pretty good too. It's made from grapes (better than grappa, we're told) and mixed with lemon juice and sugar. Very simple, and very tasty.
Well, and here was lunch (among other things) - BBQ'd lamb (Andrea - don't show this to Taylor). It really was quite good.
And we were entertained by the 2 that were at the door, with 3-4 local dances.
All in all, quite a terrific lunch spot. We thoroughly enjoyed it. While we were leaving, we came across this little guy, so I asked if I could take his picture. He stopped for me. He was so cute. And you can see that Monkey Puzzle Tree in the background beside Gerard.
And to cap it off, at dinner tonight as we were sailing, we saw lots of whale spouts, but not one made a big splash for us. That's OK. We knew they were there.
This is a very small port town lying within the Chilean Fjords. There are lots of rivers and waterfalls everywhere in this area, coming out of the Andes Mountains.
We had booked a tour with enPatagonia. By the way, all of this area in the southern part of South America is the Patagonia region. We stopped at a couple of different bridges. This one had a nice scene looking up a small river, full of fishing boats.
A lot of the bridges are suspension bridges. Here we are on one...
that only one car at a time can go over (that's what the sign says). I don't have the photo, but a taxi came right up behind this van while it was on the bridge, along with several people. Just a suggestion.
We then went to a very nice waterfall in the area, called the Virgin Waterfalls, or some similar translation - referring to The Virgin Mary, of course.
To cap off our tour, we went to a farm/ranch for lunch. Here are Dan and Gerry walking up the lane of a farm we had to walk through before we got to the one we were aiming for.
This unique tree grows here, in English it's called the Monkey Puzzle Tree.
So we arrive at the place for our lunch, and are greeted by several people on the lawn, and then by these 2 inside - one offering Pisco Sour, and the other a local "bread" which can be filled with a salsa. It was REALLY good. And the Pisco Sour was pretty good too. It's made from grapes (better than grappa, we're told) and mixed with lemon juice and sugar. Very simple, and very tasty.
Well, and here was lunch (among other things) - BBQ'd lamb (Andrea - don't show this to Taylor). It really was quite good.
And we were entertained by the 2 that were at the door, with 3-4 local dances.
All in all, quite a terrific lunch spot. We thoroughly enjoyed it. While we were leaving, we came across this little guy, so I asked if I could take his picture. He stopped for me. He was so cute. And you can see that Monkey Puzzle Tree in the background beside Gerard.
And to cap it off, at dinner tonight as we were sailing, we saw lots of whale spouts, but not one made a big splash for us. That's OK. We knew they were there.
Looks like a lot of fun. Are you sure the waterfall wasn't named because virgins were sacrificed there?
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