Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt Ferry, Day 2

I thought I couldn’t possibly have more time in the day to think while on the bike, but this ferry has definitely proved me wrong. You literally don’t do anything all day other than wait for your next meal and occasionally fight the cold, wind and at times rain/snow to catch a glimpse of the scenery outside.

As our nights have been late the past month in Argentina and mornings always rushed to get out of the hostel before the early checkout time, having some time to catch up on sleep with nothing better to do was quite nice. I got to finish one of my books, sleep, eat, gaze at the surrounding islands and do the whole thing over again.

I received some really bad and extremely surprising news from home right before boarding onto the ferry, the kind that you don’t sit well with which has become quite tortuous on such a stretch of days with not much to do other than ponder thoughts in your head. Not the best timing to be disconnected from any form of communication that is for sure.

Today out of all the days on the ship was one I wasn’t looking forward to. We were having to go outside the sheltering fjords and into the pacific ocean, which was supposed to be quite stormy. I made sure to take my motion sickness pill, but when the waves started to rock the boat up and down, side to side, I sure pushed those pills to their limit! I wasn’t in the best space and spent the remainder of the day and night in my bed counting down the 12 hours until we were in the calm sound again.

The sea was angry this day