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Just a quick update to let you know we made it to Puerto Natales. I have a heap of emails to catch up on and some other work to do - so it may take me a bit to get the other blog entries done.
We took over 1000 photos on the three day trip - although quite a [...]

We woke to more beautiful scenery this morning - and a much smoother boat ride. We had passed back into the channels just after dawn and out of the rolling seas. Breakfast was the usual fare, and I tried to have a shower after breakfast this time, but still had little water pressure.
Navimag

Woke up around 8am when they called us to breakfast. I tried to have a shower, but I think everyone else had the same idea and so I only had a mildly warm trickle of water - took a while to get enough to wash myself with.
Upper deck on the Navimag

Power was back on this morning - I was worried that the lights were all on and we would be rudely woken when the power came on, but it was okay. Got a good sleep. Finished packing and ate the last of the cereal we had bought for breakfast - also got a bit of blogging [...]

Just another quick update. We’re about to head down to Puerto Montt on the bus to catch the Navimag ferry to Puerto Natales.
I will be offline until at least Thursday (South American time - probably Friday Australian time) when we reach Puerto Natales - hopefully there I will be able to get online and update [...]

Early start this morning - had to be across the plaza to catch our tour bus to the island of Chiloe at 8am.
We booked through a tour company since it was a long way and the buses were a bit infrequent - we weren’t sure we could see everything we wanted to if we did [...]

We decided to head to Puerto Montt today - we had decided not to stay there even though this is where the Navimag leaves from. Probably a good idea - the town is just a business centre servicing the local area without a lot for tourists compared to Puerto Varas.
We caught one of the local [...]

It’s raining! Our first rain (other than a few spits in Buenos Aires and the overnight thunderstorm in Bariloche) … it was cold and wet this morning, which was a very nice change from the hot dry conditions we’ve experienced in Chile up until now. Breakfast was the usual - but we had bought a [...]

Bit of a late start today after such a tiring day yesterday. A bit of late noise from the other hostel guests, but surprisingly little noise from outside - it’s nice to be in a small town rather than a large city (or noisy tourist trap).
Breakfast was a crusty bread roll with butter and jam, plus [...]

Early start this morning - up at 5:30am ready for our 6:50am taxi to the Terminal de Autobus (bus terminal), where we joined the Cruce de Lagos tour across the Andes to Puerto Varas.
7:30am on the bus at Bariloche, ready for the Cruce de Lagos
After tagging our bags and loading them onto the bus, we [...]