65: time to hit the road

Another amazing day.

11:00 reservation for boat tour of marble cathedral etc in Rio Tranquil, 66km as the crow flies, a 2+ hour drive on the Carretera Austral.

Milled about the town square ‘til Cafe Tero opened at 8:30:

The Carretera Aistral is ripio (gravel) at that point, and very scenic. Passed through Puerto Bertrand. Nescafe is the only coffee in town, tried 2 places (1 a converted bus):

Stopped at the crossing of Río León:

Made Rio Tranquil in time for the 14:00 tour:

We’d seen that there was a thermal bath nearby so we called to make a res. Nobody answered; we decided to just to go there. Across a meadow, took a wrong turn on a ripio road with fences on both sides so we couldn’t turn around for a long time, Turned around and went back to the fork, took the right one & presently discovered it - concrete walls, sandy bottom, not a soul to be seen:

After a soak, a short jaunt::

down to the hospitajela rinconada:

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