Crossing the lake district of Argentina over a mountain pass into Chile we are in the land of cone shaped volcanoes and lots of water. The Port City of Puerto Montt is a bustling bay city, a bit dodgy, but overall a very colorful place. PM is where the main land of Chile stops and breaks up into small islands and super gnarly mountains.
We decided to side trip to Chile's second largest island of Chiloe for the weekend. The island boasts a nice, slow pace of life mixed with farms, forests and water. We crossed the channel on a ferry and made it first to the town of Ancud.
The best thing here was the Curanto, a strange eclectic stew of meat, seafood and potatoes, it was yummy.
A bit further South to Castro we were surprised by the conglomerate of materials used to resemble buildings and houses. Apparently this town has seen its share of earthquakes, fires and tidal waves. Well it seems like they have just collected all the leftover stuff from such events and built squatter shacks of houses on not much at all, even the church is just a tin clad structure. The best were the houses dangling over the water on stilts. On a high note: there is no lack of colorful paint here.
Our quick trip to Chiloe was worth the visit. The pace of life was definately a step back in time, we could all take some advice from their ignorance to our fast paced world.
We are now back in Puerto Montt gearing up for our 4 day boat trip. We stocked up on snacks and tonight we called home (GO broncos!). The boat route travels south through the islands that make up southern Chile. Final destination via boat is Puerto Natales in Torres del Paine. I look forward to our next post from deep Patagonia, sud-sud america!
1 comment:
the new camera rocks!!! hope the boat trip was not too rocky!!! i have to admit, the snow in your pictures doesn't look inviting since it is knocking at our door with the aspens starting to turn!! hurry home...mis you both..love, kpw
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