Chiloe Island

This past weekend we went to Chiloe Island. It was about a 6 hour bus/ ferry ride from Valdivia, there are several smaller towns on the island, a few of which we visited. Chiloe island is known to very beautiful, and to have a distinct culture from the rest of Chile, and the world. There are many beautiful houses and churches as well as natural parks. Mythology and legends play a big part of the people's lives, though now it's a combination of this and Catholicism. Chiloe Island was the last place in South America to be conquered by the Spanish and so many of their own cultural aspects remain intact. They also have a lot of unique food, including curanto which is a soup cooked in the ground, with everything you can think of in it. Anyways, it was a good weekend.