Report 18 & 19 September
Report by Angela
After a journey of almost 30 hours due to the strike by Air France, we (Marjolein and I) finally arrived in Puerto Montt, Chile. To our surprise, Trudy, Dirk, Steef and Greetje arrived a day earlier at the cottage we rented. That was a very warm welcome. The stove was burning in the living room because it’s still winter here.
It is strange to be on the other side of the world and now finally to see the 2 famous cars. Nothing important happens the next days because team 4 travelled 6000 km. the last 2.5 weeks through the mountains and often unpaved roads.
There is much to discuss, but we go to bed early. Everyone is tired.
The next day we get up early. It was a cold night, three blankets, a down quilt and a jogging suit kept us warm. The stove lit and tea and coffee was put.
Arnaud, who joins team 5, arrives at 10.15 am at the airport however, without luggage. That is stabbed somewhere.
It rains a lot but we decide to go explore the city.
streets of Puerto Montt
Electra
grafitti of PM
houses 1
houses 2
We go for a walk. Everywhere stray dogs in the street but they do nothing. It is a national holiday and it seems like we have reached a ghost town. Everything is closed, even most restaurants. We find a coffee shop that sells great pies. And we have something to celebrate because it is Dirk Jan’s birthday.
eating pie because of DirkJans birthday
We drink tasty coffee with cake and walk back home. We got soaked.
raining in Puerto Montt
Everything is dried by the stove and it takes a day before everything is really dry. My coat and boots no longer seem to be waterproof.
We cook at home because no one has sense even by walking to a restaurant again.
It was a fun evening and the last evening of Greetje, Steef and Trudy.
last evening with Steef, Greetje en Trudy
night before Trudy flies back to Amsterdam
