Friday, January 20, 2012

Where was Bryan?

I regret to inform you that my trip has come to an end. Its a bittersweet feeling really. Coming home and seeing your family after 6 months is a priceless feeling, and so is going to the bathroom and being able to put the toilet paper in the toilet. There is a huge gap in between my last blog post to now so these next couple of posts will be to catch you up with the places seen and to sum up my trip.

The Navimag
I heard about this little gem through my cousin who had taken it before. It is a cargo ship that heads North from Patagonia to Puerto Montt. The trip in total is 4 days through the fjords of Chile.

It didn't have the luxury of a cruise ship but it definitely had a strong tourist feel.(I mean lots of old European couples) But having never been on a ship before for longer than an hour I decided it was a adventure for me. Beautiful scenery, lots of time for reading, and suprisingly good food. And I found I get a little woozy in open sea so my dream of being on the show "Whale Wars" was short lived.


Puerto Montt
Cool little Port town with an epic Fish Market. If you don't like fish this isn't your place.

Bahia Iglesia
This was an epic little beach that we stopped by at on our way up to the North of Chile. By we I mean me and some traveling friends(Christian and Laura) One of the beauties of traveling is that your never alone, there are always people to tag along with.
But we had quite a time getting there including 10+ hours of bus travel and sleeping at a bus station. But in the end we ended up there soaking up the extra strong sun rays from the hole in the ozone layer.

San Pedro de Atacama
This place was supposedly the driest desert in the world. And trust me it didn't disappoint. The town had an awesome vibe and was rocking the pueblo style buildings. I am pretty convinced they shot Nacho Libre here.Naaaaachooooooo!! Highlights included seeing a runaway horse on the street and going on a mountain bike adventure to a hidden tunnel.