We went to Chiloé! Which is an archipelago about halfway between Santiago and Patagonia. Which means it took 13 hours to get there by bus and 15 hours to get back (there were TWO accidents. on a two-lane highway. backed up for HOURS). The movies played were no good. Let me repeat: no good. Like, John Carter: historical dude who ends up on Mars? Where there is a humanoid, solar-panel using, but also magical race of aliens? And then an insanely long movie about Russian mafia boxing? Or possibly something else. It was in Russian with Spanish subtitles. ANYWAY.
Chiloé was really cool. Very Oregon-coast-like which was a surprise. Lots of houses on pilings and grey sand beaches and scrubby hills. The area is known for its churches, which are a UNESCO world heritage site. Plus there's supposedly awesome seafood, though I have no proof of that myself.
Random note: It was Halloween while we were there. That evening we were in main square in Castro, wandering around, looking for somewhere to eat, and the place was FULL of kids in costume, trick-or-treating at local businesses. It was super cute. Tragically I didn't have my camera with me.
On the ferry!
Boats in harbor. It was extremely windy.
Future home.
Curanto! Fish/potatoes/meat/whatever ON A PLATE
Wait, I'm not in Oregon?
ON AN ADVENTURE
Best picture of a penguin I got. We saw about 5, though if you ask Andrew, he may say anything from 7 to 10.
Naked lady dancing=la pincoya. Local legend.
Castro/fairytale village
Palafitos! (houses on stilts)
Church #1
No but seriously, this is Oregon right?
Church #2
Lonely beach
Lonely cows
Braving the elements in the national park
Walk in the woods
Much-needed tea break
Not a nice day
Andrew's commentary: Gosh, it's really raining.
Volcano! In Puerto Varas
Only redeeming quality of 15 hour bus ride
