From Santiago to Valdivia on the top floor of a two story bus and with the front windows to boot. All seemed good, as we were enjoying the smooth highway, that if we blinnked and missed the spanish road signs might have led us to believe we were in Canada. ....All was going well until the bus broke down in the middle of the night, but we mostly slept through the banging and whiring going on under the bus.
We arrived in Validivia in between rainstorms and quickly plopped down in a hostal and got our bearings. We were in Valdivia mostly for one reason and that was to wander the fish market, not in search of dinner but to see the sea lions which beach themselves on the docks ready for scraps. And scraps there were, and so many that the sea lions were actually being picky about which scraps they took. And these boys aren´t shy either, they will come right up to the merchants, and as we found, even Chris when he is standing in a sunny spot perfect for sleeping. These big boys sit and eat fish all day and then sun themselves when they are tired....Chris was jealous.
We ran into our Aussie-Kiwi friends Martin and Katherine who we first met on the Inka Trail and have run into again in Potosi, Salar de Uyuni and now in Valivia. They had rented a car and are on their way to Puerto Montt to take the ferry. Would have loved to join them, but the ferry (five day ferry down through the fijords, glaciers and mountains of the Southern Patagonians) was a wee bit out of our price range, being that this is the high season for people in the south.
We parted ways and went for a drink at the Kunstmann brewery... yes Kunstmann.. and they have excellent honey lager. The rest of the day alternated between rain and sun and we enjoyed some hake and salmon while overlooking the fish market in its last and brief moment of sun.
We arrived in Validivia in between rainstorms and quickly plopped down in a hostal and got our bearings. We were in Valdivia mostly for one reason and that was to wander the fish market, not in search of dinner but to see the sea lions which beach themselves on the docks ready for scraps. And scraps there were, and so many that the sea lions were actually being picky about which scraps they took. And these boys aren´t shy either, they will come right up to the merchants, and as we found, even Chris when he is standing in a sunny spot perfect for sleeping. These big boys sit and eat fish all day and then sun themselves when they are tired....Chris was jealous.
We ran into our Aussie-Kiwi friends Martin and Katherine who we first met on the Inka Trail and have run into again in Potosi, Salar de Uyuni and now in Valivia. They had rented a car and are on their way to Puerto Montt to take the ferry. Would have loved to join them, but the ferry (five day ferry down through the fijords, glaciers and mountains of the Southern Patagonians) was a wee bit out of our price range, being that this is the high season for people in the south.
We parted ways and went for a drink at the Kunstmann brewery... yes Kunstmann.. and they have excellent honey lager. The rest of the day alternated between rain and sun and we enjoyed some hake and salmon while overlooking the fish market in its last and brief moment of sun.
2 comments:
sometimes I think your blog should be called "adventures on south american buses"
Merry Christmas!! We'll miss you here at dinner.
Muy interesante. Donde estan las fotografias de los leones marinos?
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