Finally
reached our goal of Puerto Montt. We drove around the foreshore
and checked out the marina and then headed for Chloe Island which is south and East of Puerto Montt,
and is on Rut 5.
We drove onto the ferry that log trucks and
buses were on, and 30 mins & A$30 later we were on the island. No waiting at all. Sadly it was still raining and visibility was very poor.
We stopped at a jetty and noticed a stall was selling mussels. I went over (in the rain) and bought 2 kilos A$4. After discussion with John I went back and ordered a Kilo of cooked and a half kilo of Cockles.
We ate the kilo sitting in EC and watching the tide race past at about 8 knots.
We stopped at a jetty and noticed a stall was selling mussels. I went over (in the rain) and bought 2 kilos A$4. After discussion with John I went back and ordered a Kilo of cooked and a half kilo of Cockles.
We ate the kilo sitting in EC and watching the tide race past at about 8 knots.
Drove up to Punta Corona on the Northern tip with the light house but nowhere
to stay, back down to the beach. The beach was great to walk on and
was quite black in places.
We found lots of small round plastic
spacers
and ended up half filling a 1litre bottle... The things you do on a
wind swept beach.
