After the night in Ancud we headed down south to the National Park. It was a long bumpy ride on the bus as it was flying around blind corners on a small road. Eventually we made it to the park where we were greeted by a downpour of rain. I got to give my rain coat a good water test. We took a small hike through the natural forest, but rain hikes are never that great. You end up spending most of the time watching the ground for mud and puddles. But, when I did look up it was amazing. Lots of lush trees growing in this very rainy environment.
All over in the park you could find wild rhubarb native to Chiloé. It had huge spiney stems, gigantic leaves, and all of them had the big flower/seed stalk growing at the base.
Then we made out way to the coast. The rain had slowed down, but there was some serious wind.
Then we made out way back across the dune/pasture land. It is hard to tell distance in the photo. It looks like the landscape goes on forever.
We made our way to the city of Castro in the eastern side of the island. This city has the largest of the churches on the island. It is slightly more modern that the others and I assume there must be a nail somewhere in there, but there is still a lot of wood work.
Along the beaches of Castro the houses are built on stilts of the water. They are known as palafitos. It isn't like the states where docks and piers will be built out of perfect big pilings. Instead, in Castro it is done with natural looking logs. They have knots and many aren't even straight.
Many of the houses have wood siding in Castro. Each one has a different patter of shingle too.
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