what to do when it's raining

it's still raining, and we're still in puerto montt. the boat to puerto chacabucco has been delayed due to bad weather conditions. boarding time is currently 4am tomorrow morning. we are trying to decide whether or not to spend a huge amount of money to go see the san rafael glacier once we get there. i am thinking we do, but it's a bit risky at the moment because we haven't yet received final confirmation of whether the boat will be leaving puerto montt in time for us to pick up the san rafael boat on saturday morning. ho hum.

we ate curanto last night. it was fine though a bit overwhelming. basically the biggest bowl of meat and fish, shellfish and potatoes you could ever hope to have put in front of you - or not, depending on your inclinations in the food area. as far as i can work out, it's sort of smoked - at least that's what it tasted like. and then served with the sauce which the meat, fish etc produces on cooking. robust and hearty - good when it's raining. but i could only eat scrambled eggs (huevos revueltas) this morning, nice and simple!