Puerto Montt

Wayne and Suzette with Osorno Volcano in background
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Ola from Puerto Montt,

There's exciting adventure news and terrible news.  Let's start with the bad.  The voyage from Valparaiso to Puerto Montt was a nightmare.  We NEVER get sea sick.  However we had the worst ocean travel ever.  The seas were 12-15 feet and although the ship as "stabilizers" we were rocking and rolling all over the place.  I couldn't get out of bed for about 15 hours - every time I tried to get up, I got sick, sick, sick.  If you look at the map, we will see we are now with a more sheltered area and the sea is much calmer.

Wayne with Calbuco Volcano in background
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Puerto Montt is considered to be in the lake district.  There are dozens of lakes and over 200 volcanos.  It is very beautiful.  I will try to attach two photos to my travel blog for you to see.  One is Wayne posed in front of Calbuco Volcano and the other is Wayne and I posed in from of Osorno Volcano.  We went all th4e way up to mid level of Volcano Osorno which has a nice ski lodge.  Many ski enthusiasts ski here during our summer, Chile's winter.

Chile is so different than what I excited.  It is very mountainous, very green.  In the north you will find an area that is the driest in the world - even dryer than the Sahara desert.  Where we were today has over 250 days a year that rain - much like Hilo.  We were so lucky that we arrived on one of their few bright sunny warm days.

Except for getting sick, we are having a great time.  We're off to Chacabuco this afternoon.  Will keep in touch.