Friday, Feb 17

Got to our debarkation station in plenty of time for our tour of Puerto Montt and a true Chilean "Estanzia" complete with lunch and Chilean wine. Alas, it was not to be...Word had come back to the ship that the port was on strike and that 2/3 of the Crown Princess guests who were already ashore were stuck on buses, unable to get past the demonstrators. After negotiations, Princess cancelled the tours and refunded our money. Many stayed ashore and walked around town in the cold rain till they were either bordering on hypothermia or the last launch back to the boat was ready to go.
I rounded up a couple of fellow Mah Jongg players and we got a game going! NO joy for me, tho.

After dinner in the dining room, we stayed up late to attend a really great magic show! The magician Michael ? encouraged us to attend his stage show tomorrow night. "a cross between David Copperfield and Cirque de Soliel" Kathy, from Western Australia joined us at our table. A lone traveler, very nice lady.