Chiloé Island, 26 March

"From the archipelago you have hair of larch fibres flesh that was realized by aeons of time, veins that have known oceans of timber, green blood dropped from the sky into memory . No one can recapture my heart, lost among so many roots, in the bitter cool of the sun´s rays multiplied by seething of waters: there lives the shadow that does not depart with me. So you rose out of the South like an islet, crowned, populated, by plumage and timber, and I sensed the fragrance of wandering woodland. I found the dark honey I knew in the forest, and touched at your hips the petals of shadow that were born with me and that formed my soul" P. NERUDA (hundred love sonnets)

Chiloé is the second largest Chilean island and is steeped in myth and legend. The two snakes represent the forces of good and bad, the constant battle between the rising ocean and the defending land. We took a ferry and spent the day there, tasting fresh oysters, visiting some of the many wooden built churches and also a short boat trip to see penguins, sea otters and cormorants. The traditional dish of ´Curanto´was a real experience and extremely delicious..

Ummm.. I think too much pisco sour ladies....