Chiloe Island
We spent a week on Chiloe Island of the coast of Chile. After spending a week or so in Puerto Varas, we decided to drive slightly down south onto a 30-minute car ferry and onto the Island. We drove to roughly middle of the island near Castro, the largest town on the island.
On the first day on Chiloe, we arrived at a cute little cabin on a farm with a wonderful fireplace. The fireplace was very exciting as we learned how to start and maintain a fire. We also had an amazing view of some of the ocean bays on the Island.
The next day, we went into Castro to get another one of my brother’s rabies vaccinations. After that we explored the island a little more before heading back to our cozy little cabin.
The next morning my mum, stepdad and I went to a nearby town called Dalcahue. It is a very nice little town. We ended up at a cozy little café with a view over a bay were there where lots of fishing boats.
On the third day, we moved to a much bigger house on another farm. There were enough beds to sleep 10 people, and it was only the 4 of us. We definitely had enough room. This farm had lots of different animals. The first night at the big property, my brother and I went for a walk to see all the animals. They had geese, llamas, alpacas, baby cows, ostriches, chickens, bunnies, ducks, emu’s, rheas, peacocks, deer and more. The two friendly German Shepards that lived on the farm also joined us. Of course, while we were walking around the farm one of the dogs decided that it would be a great idea to sit in a big puddle of mud and then tried to jump up on my brother with his muddy paws.
While on Chiloe Island we got the opportunity to meet Dominique Manghi (a friend of Caro’s). We had an awesome afternoon with her whilst in the town. Dominique introduced us to one of her academic writing professors. My stepdad ended up buying one of his books. We also went into a free museum with her that detailed the lives of the indigenous people of Chiloe. We went to some markets and got some seafood for lunch. After exploring everything in the town we headed back to Dominique’s house where we had some delicious food. We even got to share our lunch with her 100-year-old father named Alfonso.
Above is photos of us with Dominique and her writing professor.
On our last day on Chiloe, we went to a look out at the top of the island where we had lunch. The look out that we went to had a funky ramp that led to the edge of a cliff. This is where we ate lunch and enjoyed the wonderful view. There were where many little islands that we could see from the look out. We got to see many vultures taking of and flying quite low to the ground. I think they were using the wind from the cliff to help them get air born and to gain altitude.
