Jan and Kristi, Volcan Villarica smoking in the background. 

5 Sandvens in a taxi. 

Jan and I pondering the view of Volcan Villarica from downtown Pucon. 

Volcan Osorno at dusk. 

Osorno again. 

We missed the bus to Pucon, so spent the night at Puerto Varas, where we enjoyed the incredible view of two volcanoes across the lake. 

Kristi and her seatmate have a staring contest on our minibus ride to Puerto Varas. Kristi lost. 

More stilt houses. 

Castro's famous stilt houses at dusk 

Kristi at one Chiloe's beaches we explored.  

Taking a break from churches. Credit the mini-tripod for the unique angle of the shot. 

All aboard the USS Sandven 

Recycling a boat into a bridge (or just making a bridge look like a boat) 

We did a hike in Chiloe's National Park, in a forest that reminded us at times of one of Tolkien's lands. 

Artichokes in a garden. 

Another church! 

Another beautiful church, Dad and Jan in lower left corner 

We took a tour of many of the islands famous beautiful old churches (16 of them UNESCO World Heritage Sites). 

Inside one of Chiloe's old churches. 

Fresh shellfish. 

Pisco sours and beers at a restaurant on stilts, before a dinner of piles and piles of delicious muscles and clams. 

Cathedral at Castro, the isle of Chiloe's main city. 

Our ferry to the mystical island of Chiloe. 

Flower in Valdivia's botanical garden. 

Outside Valdivia's modern art museum, city center in background.