Various bits have escaped both our minds and the blog as we have been going along and we decided we should try and catch them before they get away for ever.
Beautiful blacknecked swans were seen in Puerto Natales in the Sound there. They are apparently in many parts of Patagonia but that is the only place where we saw them.
We also saw these ducks which looked quite normal most of the time swimming along. But a couple of times we saw them from the boat and they had to get out of the way. They did this by running along on the water flapping stubby little wings and looking hilarious. This is because they are flightless, known at Steamer Ducks.
We have been in "knitting heaven" for all you knitters out there. This is another Pategonian phenomenon, but best place of all was Puerto Montt. There were loads of stalls and shops with tons of all kinds of great hanks of wool and various people standing around knitting. All sorts of colours, mostly it seems with natural dyes, and stacks of huge wooden knitting needles. Also masses of hand knitted garments and objects of all kinds.
By the way, no train from Temuco. This was most disappointing. The train now runs to within a couple of stops of Temuco, and though the powers that be keep saying it will be restored, it just gets shorter. Sad.
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