We left Pucon and caught a Jac bus to Valdivia (a short 2 hr journey). It rained most of the day and we did not get a good first impression of the city. With little else to do we decided to go to the cinema...yes, I know, we appear to be making a habit of this! We bought tickets for the 4.45pm showing of some American comedy. The only funny thing about it was the fact that it started at 3.45 and not 4.45!! So we arrived in mid-swing. The incorrect time was printed on the flyer's. After watching 5 minutes of it it looked pretty crap anyway so we were allowed to go to pick a different show. The only other English language film starting anytime soon was Hairspray...the musical...aargh!! I (Dave) did not have high hopes for this one. Thankfully it was not as bad as I had anticipated. It was like a well made spoof of a 1960s original. John Travolta starred as the grotesquely overweight mother...yes mother. It was hard to stop yourself from smiling and tapping your foot. That said, the musical loving women out there (Kate, Hilary, you know who I'm talking about) will definitely enjoy this more than the men, who, having been dragged along will be relieved that they can actually watch the thing without cringing the whole way through. I'm going to give it 3.25 stars, if such division of astronomical bodies is permissible. After the movie we walked around town a little more and decided that we had seen enough.
We then went to the bus station and booked tickets on the next stage car ...I mean bus outta town (next day at 12.50pm). However next morning when the weather was considerably better the whole town looked considerably better. Funny that eh? Anyway we walked across the bridge to Isla Teja, then back across the bridge and down to the fish market. This place was very interesting, not only for all the fish and other produce that were on offer, but also for the abundance of birds and sea lions that hang around looking for handouts. Some of the sea lions were colossal, bigger than anything we had seen in Galapagos. But like the Galapagos it was great to watch these huge creatures up close and personal.Look at the size of the sea lion in the picture opposite!!
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