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Full speed on the countryside roads

[ Dec.2015 ] After lunch, we came back to the main island of Chiloe in Chile and continued our journey to look at the wooden churches which are listed in the World Heritage. The last…

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Town of Castro

[ Dec.2015 ] We walked around the town of Castro which is the capital of Chiloe Island in Chile. This town was founded in 1567 which means it is the third oldest town in Chile….

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Colourful stilt houses

In Chiloe Island in Chile, there are not only World Heritage wooden churches to see, but also stilt houses on the sea. They are called Palafito. Very colourful and picturesque. Originally they were built in…

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Wooden churches listed as the World Heritage

[ Dec.2015 ] The main attraction in Chiloe Island in Chile is the wooden churches which are listed in the UNESCO’s World Heritage. That was what I had heard, so I had imagined something like…

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In Chacao

[ Dec.2015 ] The place we arrived at by ferry in Chiloe Island, Chile, was a small town called Chacao. Our tour leader suggested walking along the esplanade by the sea first, saying “they spent…

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To Chiloe Island

[ Dec.2015 ] We did a one day excursion from Puerto Varas in the Lake District in Chile to Chiloe Island in the south. The other couple in our tour did not go, so it…

Puerto Varas

Sightseeing boat on the lake

[ Dec.2015 ] On the day when we arrived in the Lake District of Chile, we had an excursion from Puerto Varas where we were staying to the east into Vicente Perez Rosales National Park….

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Puerto Varas

[ Dec.2015 ] The place we stayed in the Lake District in Chile was Puerto Varas which is a town on Llanquihue Lake, the second largest lake in the country. The lake was lovely and…

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Sky Costanera

[ Dec.2015 ] We were able to walk to the Costanera Center in Santiago, Chile from our hotel. It is also called Grand Torre. The building reminded me of The Shard in London. The height…