2018-03-14 Day 287 Wed

The rain stopped and the day looked good.


John spotted this different kind of tree house!!!
We arrived at the town of Puerto Rio Tranquilo and stopped at the tourist info office. Found the price of the boat trips A$20 and went next door to purchase the tickets to the marble caves. Next boat leaving at 12:00 midday - so had 25 mins. Found our wet weather gear and made a flask of tea, then stood around with a couple of young gerrman research chemists while awaiting another two people to join our trip. An hour later we boarded the skiff and off onto the wild lake. Bigger seas here than we saw on the east coast!!





The marble caves had been worn by the wind and waves. The boat fitted into a few and through some arches. The surface of the marble was pock marked everywhere even where the water was eroding it. The ride back was a little wild and wet although the skipper did do a pretty good job of keeping us dry. We were told that the waters were calm today.

We parked by their van and I fed us all on chicken soup. Lars bought some rollups (no bread) and some dark beer which was pretty good. Made in Puerto Nateles. We said our goodbyes and headed south.

Two cyclist were after a lift to Cochrane but we were looking for a camp so we said if they see us tomorrow we’d give them a lift. However we found a camp on the waters edge within 5km’s so went back to the cyclists and took
all their bags in EC.

We camped together at the waters edge and they shared our salami stew which I enlarged with a can of kidney beans. Oh and the drought broke when we opened a bottle of red, a good excuse to open a bottle. They were tired, so an early night.

135km