It was only a short walk from Casa Azul hostel to the bus terminal. We were a bit early for the 9:25am departure with Cruz del Sur to Castro on the island of Chiloé. While we waited, we ate the empanadas we had bought yesterday for breakfast and shared them with the bus terminal's resident quiltro dog. We didn't think the empanadas were that great, but the dog wolfed them down and was looking for more. The weather was a bit mixed on the journey, a bit of r...

The alarm went off way too early, the sun was only beginning to rise but it was a beautiful clear day and we were in two minds as to whether we could have taken the cruise/bus trip instead of just the bus. We were saving heaps of money not doing the cruise, but there was still the doubt that it might have been awesome. Too late to change our minds though, our taxi arrived as promised at 6.45am to pick us up and take us to the bus station for the 7.30am Via Bari...