A Day in Puerto Montt, Chile

It’s our last tender port so we decided to sleep in and miss the crowds. We arrived in Puerto Montt, Chili at 8 am. The port was not very exciting to look at from our balcony because cloud covered the volcanoes in the distance.

We were going to eat breakfast at the buffet but it stopped serving at 10:30 just as we arrived. One of the things I don’t like about Holland America is that they don’t leave a section open so latecomers like us can get a bite. Well quickly we regrouped, collected out stuff and off the ship we went.

We saw a harbor seal on the way into port but unfortunately was unable to take a photo.

We decided to walk to the artisan’s market where they sell everything from hats to fish.

The boats in the harbor were very colorful!

I also spent a bit of time photographing street art!

We stopped at a little restaurant, La Surana, for our breakfast. We both had crepes. Mine had fruit and Bruce had ice cream.

Now Bruce’s tea was a funny story. He ordered black tea with milk. So they brought him a cup of hot milk and a tea bag. So he thought that was it. He started steeping the tea in the hot milk when they came with hot water. He said it tasted like a cup of warm milk.

They really brighten up their sewer caps in Puerto Montt.

It was a fun few hours in Puerto Montt. We could have taken tours to volcanoes or waterfalls as well as checked out other parts of the city. But our few hours out and about in the markets stopping for a pastry was perfect for us!

I learned about alpaca and what it is and what it’s not. Unfortunately most of the stuff the vendors were selling was acrylic and possibly made in China. I learned that alpaca feels cool, that it doesn’t hold odors and it is fairly heavy. We did find a few local craftspeople and bought a few gifts from them.

Now we are back on the ship ready to set sail. It was a very relaxing day in Puerto Montt.

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