A day of paved roads

This morning the weather was still overcast with low cloud but the rain had eased. In the slightly clearer light of morning we noticed all the animals, our campground was really at Old McDonalds farm, chickens, geese, turkeys, sheep (little lambs), goats, cows, horses, dogs and cats - and all wandering around looking for attention.

From our camp we drove back to Puerto Aysen past an interesting back water of the port and saw lots of fishing boats moored, and then through the town and 14 kms to the port town of Chacabuco .

Puerto Chacabuco is a ferry and cruise boat port, it had one very up market hotel and a definite smell from the fish meal plant that is the main source of income for the town.

Returniing to Puerto Aysen from Chacabuco we found a Unimac, a large super market, which delighted us. We spent quite some time selecting food. It's interesting to observe how important things like the right kind of cheese and marmalade become to ones existence when traveling in remote areas where shopping opportunities are inconsistent.

From Aysen we drove south to Coyhaique which has a very unusual Plaza De Armes, which is pentagonal in shape and is the junction of 10 streets, one at each corner of the pentagon and one midway along each edge. And each of these streets is one-way; navigation became an issue even during our short stop in the town.

All the roads today were paved and in very good conditions.

The country side changed a lot today, from the wet coastal mountain terrain of Aysen we emerged into more open, dry inland mountains and valleys. Like going from western Washington into Montana. We even got some sun later in the day.