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South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island March 27th 2013

Hi all, Catching up, done with the Chiloe islands a couple of days ago, I have spared you some more pictures of Churches :) On our way to Validivia we were greated with some great sceneries of Volcano Osorno and Cabulco Volcanos.... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island » Castro March 25th 2013

Hi all, After about 33 hours of bus we finally made our way to Chiloe island. We spent our first night in Ancud and headed to Castro the next day. It has been a very big change in scenery and here on Chiloe both me and Carmen felt that we could almost be at home looking at the landscape - at times it has been hard to think we are in Chile and we could as well be in the english country side. What you my not know about Chiloe is that it is home to over 150 wooden churches mainy declared World Heritage sites by Unesco. Some of the typical traditions of the island also involve moving entire houses from one place to another by "simply" cutting off the wooden pillards that hold them off ... read more
Funny name
Typical wood houses
the famous Chiloe houses

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island » Castro March 21st 2013

Malheureusement, le temps sur l’île de Chiloe s’écoule et il nous faut repartir car demain c’est embarquement sur le ferry pour Puerto Natales. Ce qui limite les possibilités pour la demi-journée, ce sera donc aller voir les palafitos de Castro, au sud de la ville cette fois avant un retour à notre chère Puerto Montt, ou Muerto Montt comme ils l’appellent ici. Avec quand même une petite visite au bureau LAN au cas où il y ait encore des billets pour l’île de Pâques, l’idée revient après avoir rencontré des gens qui en sont revenus très enthousiastes. >pDJ: Toujours rien à faire à Puerto Montt ! **** Unfortunately, times flyes by on Chiloe island like everywhere else and we will have to go, tomorrow we board on the ferry to Puerto Natales. It does mean limited ... read more
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South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island » Castro March 20th 2013

Bizarre hein, de parler du premier jour de l’automne ici ! En tout cas, on aura bien eu droit à la pluie (quand même !) mais par très peu au final. Comme c’est la basse saison et les services réduits, le plus simple pour nous dans le temps imparti est de prendre une excursion avec une agence. Heureusement, nous ne sommes que 6 au total avec le guide, et c’est une journée très sympa où nous avons vu plein de choses différentes dans une ambiance très décontractée. Nous commençons par l’église de Cercon (malheureusement en rénovation) puis le village de Chomchi, un port bien tranquille avec encore une église en bois bien caractéristique. Dans le temps libre, visite d’une maison typique chilotte et du « musée de l’accordéon » ( !) tenu par un passionné qui ... read more
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South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island » Castro March 19th 2013

Début de la petite virée de 2 jours sur l’île – ou plutôt l’archipel de Chiloé - définie selon les guides touristiques comme un des endroits les plus humides de la planète, intéressant… C’est aussi une île marquée par des personnages de nombreuses légendes apparemment encore bien ancrées dans la tradition locale et en général, plutôt méchants (dieu serpent, gnome qui peut tuer d’un regard, guerriers dotés de magie noire, etc..). Intrigant…Le séjour aura été moins aventurier ! Le point de chute est à Castro, la plus grande ville de l’île. La plus grande surprise aura été de découvrir, après la courte traversée en ferry (avec des otaries en chemin !), que l’île est assez grande (2h de route sur la panaméricaine – qui se termine au bout de l’île – et entre la 1èreville au ... read more
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South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island » Castro January 13th 2013

It’s Sunday and we’ve arrived in the protected waters off of Castro Island, our tender port for the day. We arrive in the Lido just after 6:30 to discover that the main buffet is not yet open (we later learn, that unlike yesterday, it opens at 7:00 AM today; although, the continental buffet is now serving. Sharon gets her chocolate croissant and I get some rolls, slices of ham and slices of cheese with some grapefruit juice. It’s our third morning at sea, and evidently most passengers have remained healthy, so we’re allowed to serve ourselves from the buffet. The hand washing machines still seem quite novel to us, you stick your hands in both holes, reaching in up to your forearm, then after a bit some tepid water begins to do an oscillating spray of ... read more
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South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island December 29th 2012

The sky is turning cloudy and it’s threatening rain but we decide to head down to Chiloé to see the penguin colony. The drive is several hours and requires a ferry to cross to the island but the sky is relatively sunny and clear once we hit Chiloé. The countryside on the north end of the island as we cross from the ferry landing to the penguins over on the other side is very nice and picturesque. Since we’re again on gravel roads once we get out of town, we stop often for pictures. The boat ride out to see both Magellanic and Humboldt penguins was really nice, definitely worth the drive and the highlight of the day. After lunch on the beach nearby, we head back because the drive is long.... read more

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island April 30th 2012

It was quite a week leading up to this great trip. The adventure began Monday morning when I was informed that Sayuri was going to be out for the whole week sick. While I am not obligated to sub, I was happy to fill in for her. Unfortunately, my body did not fully support this decision, and it gave up on Thursday. I woke that morning with a sore throat, headache, and just feeling sick. As it was so close to my trip, I opted to stay home and try to sleep it off until my departure later that day. The original plan had been to go to Talca on Friday, but Wednesday, I found out that I had to be in Talca on Thursday to complete some visa paperwork (one signature come to find out...). ... read more
Castro coastline
Hostel 2: Cucao
coming upon a forest: NPC

South America » Chile » Los Lagos » Chiloé Island » Castro March 15th 2012

The weather has finally closed in and so it's time to head off from my lovely island, Chiloe. Have been tipped off about a fiesta in the wine growing area about 1000kms north of here next weekend (25th) and sounds too good to miss. It's somewhere in the Santa Cruz area. This will also put me close to Santiago, half way through travels and halfway up the country. Good karma all round. So to visit Pucon aswell, need to get a wiggle on. Sat on bus heading towards the ferry and it looks grim outside so made the right decision. When it rains here in Chiloe it #ing humps it down, sometimes for days on end. Been so lucky with the weather since monday, even the locals cannot believe it. All good things must come to ... read more
Casto Catherdral


So, Yann and I get to the bus station this morning (weds) with bags packed. It's a glorious sunny day. We thought '# this', and went to the counter cashed in our tickets. Going to stick around and go fishing. I love this place. The is a pace of life here I have not found anywhere. The Chiloe people are in no rush and ergo nor should I be.Am sat in the garden of my hostel looking down at the sea with a coffee, cigarette and CD of a local jazz infused Chiloen band keeping me companySo yesterday went to the sunken forest in Chepu. (north west). A truely remarkable ... read more
the power or nature




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