We had planned to take a trip to Chiloé National Park and fortunately the weather had improved, it was still a bit overcast but at least it had stopped raining. We made our way across town to the rural bus station and managed to get the last seats on the 10am bus just as it was pulling out. It took 1.5 hours to drive across the island to the park on the west coast. We passed through nice countryside, small villages and along the side of Lago Cucao. The wea...

Breakfast in Hotel Esmeralda is served on the 4th floor with huge windows giving a great view to sea and the church. The view was not so great this morning though because it was still raining. Breakfast was quite good by Chilean standards. Apart from the Nescafe coffee, we were given yoghurt, toast, ham, cheese plus a couple of cookies and a large slice of cake. We met Carlee and Andy, as arranged, at 11am at the Rural bus terminal to take a bus to Achao on Isl...