Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt Ferry, Day 1
We rolled the bike on last night, up an elevator, and then finally as far forward as possible, which was quite convenient as it ended up very near our cabin. There are two other motorcycles on this ferry with us, a KTM 640 Adventure and a BMW F650. They belong to a German couple Rhinherd and Betty who are spending time touring Argentina and Chile. We strapped our bikes down with the ties provided, I used 4, the “German precision” required 16. We will be in the open ocean however… so I hope my bike is still standing!
The boat itself is more ferry than cruise ship for sure--don’t let the flyer fool you. That said, it’s much nicer than the ferry we took from Baja to Mazatlan in mexico. There are about 250 people and tons of cargo on board, including horses, goats, sheep, and cows. The cafeteria and communal area is clean but sparse. The windows are small and dirty. The ferry moves at a good clip, 8 knots I think I heard, and the outside air is cold and rainy most of the time. The food is surprisingly good, the scenery is beautiful, albeit unvaried.
Amie has higher anxiety on boats than I realized. She was panicking a bit last night while we boarded; the straight calm like glass, and the boat stationary. Should we really be doing this I thought, wouldn’t we be better just fighting the wind on route 3? She is taking Bonine, which is her motion sickness drug of choice. Problem being, it makes her very drowsy (hence I am typing this blog, and probably will be alone most of the next couple days).
The most annoying thing for me about this cruise is the announcements. They are incessant. They start at about 7am, and announce breakfast every 15 minutes it seems until 9am, and then remind you ever 15 minutes until 10 to return your trays. These announcements are heard loud and clear at every corner of the ship, they cannot be escaped! After 10 they mellow out a bit, announcing points of interest, but at 11:30 until 2pm it’s the same sequence of bothersome announcements and reminders regarding lunch… and they go on and on… the points of interest most the time are not that interesting either… I heard one of my fellow passengers mockingly say over dinner last night “Dear passengers, we would like to invite you to the top deck where it is now very dark. Please, all passengers, we invite you to the top deck to enjoy the darkness. We will have a short talk about how dark it is. We wait for you there!”
Amie fixes PB and honey sandwiches
Mike shivers outside
The views were great from the top deck
Amie sports fashionable head gear (Road Rider $10)
The boat itself is more ferry than cruise ship for sure--don’t let the flyer fool you. That said, it’s much nicer than the ferry we took from Baja to Mazatlan in mexico. There are about 250 people and tons of cargo on board, including horses, goats, sheep, and cows. The cafeteria and communal area is clean but sparse. The windows are small and dirty. The ferry moves at a good clip, 8 knots I think I heard, and the outside air is cold and rainy most of the time. The food is surprisingly good, the scenery is beautiful, albeit unvaried.
Amie has higher anxiety on boats than I realized. She was panicking a bit last night while we boarded; the straight calm like glass, and the boat stationary. Should we really be doing this I thought, wouldn’t we be better just fighting the wind on route 3? She is taking Bonine, which is her motion sickness drug of choice. Problem being, it makes her very drowsy (hence I am typing this blog, and probably will be alone most of the next couple days).
The most annoying thing for me about this cruise is the announcements. They are incessant. They start at about 7am, and announce breakfast every 15 minutes it seems until 9am, and then remind you ever 15 minutes until 10 to return your trays. These announcements are heard loud and clear at every corner of the ship, they cannot be escaped! After 10 they mellow out a bit, announcing points of interest, but at 11:30 until 2pm it’s the same sequence of bothersome announcements and reminders regarding lunch… and they go on and on… the points of interest most the time are not that interesting either… I heard one of my fellow passengers mockingly say over dinner last night “Dear passengers, we would like to invite you to the top deck where it is now very dark. Please, all passengers, we invite you to the top deck to enjoy the darkness. We will have a short talk about how dark it is. We wait for you there!”
The horses weren't happy
Amie fixes PB and honey sandwiches
Mike shivers outside
The views were great from the top deck
Amie sports fashionable head gear (Road Rider $10)Much time was spent like this
Wait?! Mike Pepper?? How did you get here?
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