Adventures on Navimag...
We just got off the Navimag boat, and it was an interesting experience. We were sharing the boat with some livestock, as it is still being used as the cargo ship.. the livestock is on the bottom level, in crammed open air cages and we are on the two higher levels, also crammed. The boat itself was pretty small, prob carrying around 100 passengers and we got a small one this time because the normal one is under repairs. Apart from the deck and the bridge, the cafeteria and joint lounge areas are the only common areas, and because it's a small boat, only one side of the common room has windows! Life onboard was super lazy and slow most times, and our daily pattern oscillates between getting up, eating, watching movie and sleeping.. and occassionally looking outside from the windows if the weather permits. Unfortunately we only had clear weather the first day on board, and the later days are all abit hazy, windy or cloudy. It's funny because many of the passengers are backpackers who in the previous week tackled the challenge of treking in Patagonia for 4 to 10 days (we only did an easy 2.5 days) and now onboard there is nothing to do but vege out. Well, may be that's why it's so popular. But after a while I feel like I´m part of the livestock, being feed aplenty for what's yet to come!
There are some funny moments onboard, like during a movie session, a whale sighting from someone in the cafeteria next door caused everyone to run out of the lounge to the nearby window, and yeah, i got to see the tail (?) of a whale from a distance.. horray! I also disembarked at an island along the way (Puerto Eden) for a quick one hour exploration. It was populated by indigeneous people, however, as we arrived at 7:30 in the morning, all the locals were still in bed and we ended up visiting an empty town...
Anyway it's nice being back on land! My friend complained that he ate so much during the boat trip that it gave him stomach for the last day and half. I'm just happy to be walking about again :)
posted by Susan @ 6:22 PM
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