Day 56 CHILE Puerto Montt

We are now back in Chile. Some of you may wonder why we crossed the border twice...but there's a good reason for it: Argentina is such a large country that it's easier to visit the towns near the andes (like Mendoza and Bariloche) departing from Chile. That is why we decided to go down the andes like this: Santiago - Mendoza- Bariloche - Puerto Montt.

Puerto Montt is just 6 hours from Bariloche and the border crossing at this point is very easy. This is how the border looks like. On the left there's the map of the region in Chile where we are now. The red road is the Panamericana, which reaches its end in this region.

From the bus we had amazing landscape views, like the Osorno Volcano in Chile:

Arriving to Puerto Montt we felt like we were finally approaching the end of the continent. The atmosphere is very relaxed, with a lot of boats and cruise ships going around and a beautiful background as you can see in the picture!
As there are no more direct roads going further South, all the ferries go all the way down to Fireland through the Fjords.

Being in the land of fish, we decided to have the typical food: sea shells. They are really big down here!

David always checks the notes, just in case! Here is a 10,000 Pesos Chilenos note. It is worth about 22 Dollars.

With full stomach, we were ready for a walk to see the sunset on the sea front...