November 30, up early to catch a bus down to the port of Puerto Montt where we were to catch the Navimag ferry for the 4 day journey down to Puerto Natales in deepest darkest Patagonia.

After checking in and then killing a few hours in an uninspiring Puerto Montt we boarded the boat early afternoon. Our two berth cabin did the job, at least we weren't sharing with unsavoury strangers. Although the website did specify that the private bathroom was "outside the cabin", we weren't expecting it to be quite so far from the room. It was actually a bit of trek down the corridor, accessed with our own key. This was clearly governed by a pre-existing layout prior to conversion to carry tourist passengers, We actually ended up often using the perfectly decent shared bathroom much closer by.

The boat eventually set sail late afternoon and so began the 4 day journey south. What to say?

Highlights:
- although we were unlucky with the weather and had grey drizzle the entire time, we did pass through some pretty spectacular landscapes. The southern coast of Chile is made up of thousands (best verify this claim) of islands, narrow fjords, glaciers and so on.
- met a few lovely people, in particular a lady couple from Singapore.
- played bingo in the bar on the third evening, party night. The fact that you had to dance at the front was a disincentive to winning - not that we did in any case. No Navimag fleece tops for us!
- erm, the food was OK.

Low lights:
- the weather, the lack of things to do whilst hiding from the rain, shared bathroom better than the expensive private one, didn't see any whales.

Overall, not a trip we would recommend . In hindsight we'd have flown south for a fraction of the cost and done a cruise down to Ushuaia instead. Still, you live and learn, and it was another new experience!