Navimag experience, the good, the good and the good!

Because my book had this huge paragraph saying "Navimag, the good, the bad and the ugly" it's kind of natural I was a bit stressed before going on this 4 days/3 nights boat trip through the Patagonian channel but actually it was pretty amazing. 4 days of sun, (only) 12 hours of sea roughness (3 to 4 meters in the atlantic is aparently shockingly calm!) and a-ma-zing sceneries, just beautiful!

Here's the boat:

The views:

Icebergs!!:

We also stopped at a small fishing town called Puerto Eden and had a little walk in the Parc National Bernado O'Higgins, it was great to get on our feets for a bit. The town wasn't anything special but just little huts by the sea, lots of dogs running around (it's kinda general here in Chile) and nice picture taking.

I've now been in Puerto Natales for a day, leaving in an hour for Punta Arenas, just 3 hours of bus so it will be pretty quick.

I can feel we're getting close to the Antartic, it's pretty cold down here ;)

Santiago to Puerto Montt

Today is my last day in Santiago. Great place, good atmosphere, great people,...and great pisco! But hell of a lot of cars and noise!Can't wait to reach the nature which should happen pretty soon.

This is the main square of the city, km 0 of the famous Route 5 that runs through Chile, and where the first stone of the city was laid,

Lunch with a view,

Here's a common drink, Mote con Huesillos, it-s refreshing but it's like a whole dinner in one drink and I could'nt finish it,

So tonight I'll take a bus to Puerto Montt, about halfway down to Punta Arenas. I had to slightly rearrange my trip and I have decided to boat it from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas , pretty cool huh...It will be four days of travelling in the patagonian channel, I hope it will be sunny otherwise I'll only appreciate the inside decoration of the boat, which would be a shame really.

So pray for me, think sunny thoughts!

Next post will be from next to the end of the world xx

PS Don't worry Matt, I never speak to strangers that looks like you xx

La casa Roja en Santiago de Chile :)

Me voila deja arrivee a Santiago, apres (a peine) 5 heures de crampes a l'estomac jme suis affaler pendant les 11 heures de vol restantes et c'est passe comme du ptit lait.

remieres impressions?? Et bien c'est autre chose ici ca c'est sure! Ca a l'air chouette et je suis trop pressee de tout decouvrir :) Pour l'instant j'ai juste fait le voyage de l'aeroport et j'ai pu apercevoir les montagnes qui entourent la villes, c'est jolis comme tout! Par contre il fait trop froid! mais bon je suis toute crevee aussi!...

La j'attend de pouvoir prendre ma premiere douche depuis mes 17 heures de voyage. J'ai aterris dans une auberge assez sympa, tout est rouge et j'entend du francais partout, pas cool moi qui doit apprendre l'espagnole en 10 jours ;) enfin ca rassure quand meme jme sens moin seule ;)

Jvous laisse on m'apelle pour le check-in, youpie vive le savon et les vetements propes ;)

Photos a suivre bientot!

J-1: goodby belgium, hello Chile

Merci pour cette super soirée les z'amis!

xx

J-4: On the way to Chile

I'm 4 days away from the big departure. First of all there will be some flying, 17 hrs of flying and 2 hours of waiting to be precise, two take-offs and two landings (I surely hope so), I lot of ear aches (and swallowing doesn't help) and a lot of stress.



I always chose to sit at the front, right next to the nice ladies who give us security orders, some food and drink and more importantly the certainty that if they start to look stressed, than I should be too (that's reasonable thinking right?). I really hope they won't look stressed.



So that's me, stressing over some flying instead of approximatelly 6 months of travelling on my own, making my way in spanish (which I don't really quite know yet) and not trying to get lost in the Patagnian andes. But of course I will be fine, I will meet other backpackers going exactly the same way as me so that I won't be alone.



Anyway, I shall tell you all about my trip,. I shall publish some beautiful pictures that will get you aaaaall veeeeery jealous. Oh yes, it is my turn to be the one sending beautiful pictures and I won't be the one reading the blog from yet another friend who did it, who travelled to a far away country which looks sooo much better than home. This time it is my turn, I've been planning this for a long time and i'm the one having the goodbye party and taking the plane next monday. i'll keep you posted.