And now....PATAGONIA (1) - Puerto Natales and Glaciers Serrano & Balmaceda

We returned the car in Temuco and took the bus from Temuco to Puerto Montt. After one night in Puerto Montt, we flew to Punta Arenas. I will cover Punta Arenas in a later blog. We then went by bus from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales and rented a car to go to the park Torres del Paine still in Chile.
As we arrived in Puerto Natales, we decided to take a boat cruise on a catamaran to explore two glaciers in the area: glacier Srerrano and glacier Balmaceda. We went with Turismo 21 de Mayo. It was a wonderful full day trip.

Arriving in Puerto Natales

Beautiful and comfortable buses to travel through Chile

Good, the dogs are still here to protect us :)) These look awfully sleepy

The slow roasting of the lamb

Our great hostal

Pisco sour before dinner!

 Buying our tickets at Turismo 21 de Mayo for the cruise to the glaciers

Glacier Balmaceda

A beautiful view of Torres del Paine

Walk to Glacier Serrano

I am starting to practice the position that seems to be the favorite to all tourists in the world when taking pictures.....arms up, meaning "We conquered the world - hurrah! As you can see, I am still a little shy, not bringing my arms up to a 45 degree angle....and it is not an arthritis issue :)) 

On another note, aren't my Peruvian alpaca gloves lo-ve-ly?

 Time for lunch

Chilean flag

Patagonian flag

Amazing roasted lamb!

This one is different - check the color of his eye!

"I never liked Jules Verne, believing that 

the real was always more fantastic than 

the fantastical"

Bruce Chatwin

(First book "In Patagonia" - 1977)