My tent was apparently on the slug highway, as there were slug tracks left behind on my tent, in my shoes, and even on Billy’s handlebar! Yuck!
We looked for a sticker from Matt, but there wasn’t one.
The way to Tortel was pretty flat, except at the end. We were back to following our friend, the Rio Baker. It’s really wide now!
Still has that glacial color, but definitely no longer the turquoise color of the headwaters.
We arrived in Tortel shortly after 11:00.
The unique thing about Tortel is that the majority of the town is accessed by wooden walkways. There is one road that ends at the plaza. There are a few things along the road, like the gas station (duh) and the mini-mercado. Alex and Markus managed to get us a cabaña not too many stairs down.
Some of the stairs we had to go down. Markus was so nice to take my bike for me.
At least we didn’t have to go down there. Can you imagine how strong you would be if you had to do these stairs everyday?
The view from the window in our cabaña.
See the walkway around the point?
We had to wait a bit for it to be cleaned. We did our resupply while we waited. The offerings are kind of slim, but I didn’t need a whole lot anyway. We have four days until Villa O’Higgins. We might try to do it in three. Rain is coming.
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