Thursday, 20 Feb 2020 – We
were scheduled to anchor off the coast of Puerto Chacabuco at 11:00 PM. Puerto Chacabuco is the main port of the region, and had
become so after great burnings of the
Patagonian forests and the eruption of Mount Hudson volcano in 1991 had caused
ashes and earth erosion that had decreased the navigability of Aisén River. The port had been moved further to the coast
where Puerto Chacabuco now stands.
Puerto
Chacabuco is named after the small warship Chacabuco with
which Enrique Simpson explored the fjords and archipelagoes of that region in
the 1870s. The ship is in turn named
after the Battle of Chacabuco in 1817 during the Chilean Independence War.
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| Outside Port |
We
started the day with a late breakfast. After
4:00 PM, we both took a tender ashore. There
was only one other passenger on the outgoing trip. We had to go through security when we got
ashore, where they x-rayed our fanny packs and backpack. Since no walking was allowed on the pier, we
took a complimentary shuttle to the pier entrance where taxis and a few
shopping booths were available. After
perusing the merchandise, we returned to the ship. Several passengers
disembarked the tender as it returned to the ship. It was
about 5:00 PM by then, which seemed a little late for swimming.
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| Preshow Dancing |
At the Terrace Café for dinner, we sat next to a window with a view
of the snow-capped mountains. Although preshow
dancing was scheduled for 8:45 PM, the ship left port at about 8:15 PM and we
were so busy watching out of the window as the ship navigated its way through
the fiords that we were 10 minutes late getting to the Insignia lounge. (Jesse closely watched the availability of
dancing time!) Although we were mostly
the only dancers tonight, three or four other couples joined us for the last
few dances.
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