Thurday, February 13 - Puerto Chacabuco, Chile

 We had a very early tour this morning (7 am!) so we were up at 6 am and I ran upstairs for some breakfast before going.  However, since it was a tender port, the report time didn't align with the tour start time, which was closer to 8 am.  There isn't a lot going on here, so the tour was a long bus ride to the National Park where we had about 45 minutes to wander around.  It's a pretty park and well-maintained.

Fishing is a major source of income (including farming of salmon) and here are some fishing boats in the early morning as we arrived.  They were gone when we returned in the early afternoon.




After the park, we returned to the ship via a slightly larger city, Aysun.

This is called English Muffin rock.  Not sure why, except it is standing on its own in a field and the trees on top do sort of make it look like a muffin.  Geologists say it is not of the type of granite in the area and the theory is that the glacier caught it up and brought it many miles only to deposit it here.

This is government-subsidized housing in Aysun, population about 25,000

The scenery is gorgeous, even if the town of about 2,000 people is a bit simple.

I took a nap in the afternoon while Michael went to the sauna for a bit.  We hit another low in Trivia with 9/16.  Tonight was the Krew Kapers show for the end of this segment.  It is an almost all brand new show and the singers are very good.  As always, it's a good time for all.  

We were invited to dinner with Cruise Director Andrew, his girlfriend, Megan, who is on board for a few days, and a couple from England, Mark and Paula.  It turns out that they are from Southend-On-Sea where our dear friends, Peter and Carol are from!  Small world.  And it seems Andrew is scheduled to be on the Voyager for the two cruises we are doing in July/August with Jan and Tom, so we're looking forward to sailing with him again.


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