Saturday we were in Castro, on Chiloe Island in Chile. The is the main island in the Chiloe Archipelago in southern Chile. Our excursion today was Churches of Chiloe and the City of Castor.
The Jesuit missionaries arrived here in 1608. They built 150 in all. 16 othe the remaining ones are UNESCO World Heritage sites of which we visited 2.
All 3 churches we see today were made of wood and built in the 1890's.
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| No sunrise seen this morning. It was overcast with some light rain |
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| This was another tender port |
Our excursion
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| Th ship from the tender dock. |
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| Many steep streets here |
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| Along the way to our first stop, . We passed the main cathedral which we would come back to later. |
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| In the Plaza da Armas - the main city square |
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| These houses on stilts are famous. The tide level differences here are large. |
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| Our first chueh is in Conchi |
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| The cemetery |
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The bays here have large tide differences
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| The second church we saw |
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| Our tour guide has lived here over 40 years and has studies the history of the area |
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| Our second church was The Church of Conchi. |
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| The main city square is on a slope |
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| Some of the building in the town |
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| Yhe old front of this building was kept for historical reason then the new building build in behind in the same style is a store |
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| Light rain during our walk from the church to a small museum. |
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| This old building houses the Museum of Traditions |
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| At the Gamboa Viewpoint overlooking the Gamboa River |
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| Artwork on the buildings in town |
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| The green building is the City Hall |
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| The central park |
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| The San Francisco Cathedral |
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| Back through the main square to the bus. |
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| Back to the ship |
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| Red-legged Cormorants |
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| View of the city from the ship. The large brown building on the left is a shopping center. It doesn't fit into the old looks of the city, |
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| The Cathedral as seen from the ship |
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| Tour boats were looking at at our ship here too. |
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| View of the bay from the front of the ship |
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| They raise muscles on lines descending from these floating lines |
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| A Peruvian Pelican flew by |
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| More muscle farms |
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| Dolphins were seen. |
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| Sailing away in te late afternoon |
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| I believe these are a type of jellyfish that I saw floating as we s cruised by |
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| A Black-browed Albatross taking off |
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| Late afternoon sun |
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| Betting closer to sunset the sun disapperaed |
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| It only teased me as it set behind the clouds |
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| At actual sunset time it was gone |
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