Chiloe

We moved to the island of Chiloe to try and find a ferry that would take us to Chaiten and the start of the Carretera Austral. It turns out that the service has been suspended due to the volcano that destroyed Chaiten early this year. The only ferry that runs is from Puerto Montt a couple of times a week leaving at midnight and arriving at 8am.
So we get to spend some time on Chiloe before returning to the mainland
An interesting island that relies on fishing, timber and tourism. Chile is starting to move towards the tourist dollar in a big way. A lot of money is being spent on small towns doing up their plazas etc.
We crossed the straight and motored down to the town of Castro. Pull into the town, park on the side of the road looking for somewhere to stay and a fellow Goldwing rider pulls up behind us in his car. Hola and Annette with her improving Spanish and Donald doing improving hand signals, the chappy has us following him round the one way streets to some accommodation to choose from. Done, a hand shake and exchange of addresses and he is off. Another of those unique experiences that follows us in Chile.