Friday, we stopped at Puerto Montt which is the capital of the Lakes Region of Chile. It is at the top of a fjord-like sound. Also in port today was another Holland America ship - the Oosterdam. This is another tender port.
This area was first developed by Germans and there is still a heavy German influence.
Our excursion today was "Petrohue Cascades $ the City of Roses", We drove north of Puerto Montt to the city or Puerto Varas which sits on Lake Llanquihue then east to see the Petrohue Falls which is fed by melting ice/snow from the nearby Osorno Volcano. The are a number of active volcanos in this region. The highest is Osorno (8701 ft high) which last erupted in 1869. The other is the Calbuco which is easily seen from Puerto Montt last erupted in 2015 and is 6611 ft tall.It was very crowded today because there had been a holiday last week and there as was street festival gong on and it wasn't raining which it does a lot here..
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| A bit of color before sunrise |
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| Another Holland America ship, the Oosterdam was also in port today |
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| Calbuco volcano in the background. |
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| Where we will tender to |
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| The port flys many flags |
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| Street scenes alogn the rise on our excursion bus |
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| Lake Llanquihue is north of Puerto Monatt |
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| Sheep seen |
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| Osorno Volcano |
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| Petrohue Falls |
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| It was very crowded today. |
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| Vendors there alsoi |
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| Some entertainment at the street festival |
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| There was a craft fair occuring |
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| Birds for today are ducks |
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| Two volcanoes - Ororno on the leftb annd Calbuco on the fight |
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| Varas is known as "The City of Roses". They flower here all year round. |
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| My Chilean beer of the day |
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| On the way back to the ship |
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| Lines to get on tenders for the 2 ships |
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| Sailing away. The Oosterdam sailed shortly after us and were faster because they have longer to go overnight |
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| The Oosterdam getting ready to pass us, |
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| Signs of sunset |
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| Bur seeing the sun was blocked by an island. |
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