{"id":1678,"date":"2015-06-15T02:12:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T02:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelastronaut.com\/?p=1678"},"modified":"2015-06-30T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T15:55:13","slug":"chiloe-aka-shutter-island-aka-the-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelastronaut.com\/en\/chiloe-aka-shutter-island-aka-the-fog\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilo\u00e9 aka Shutter Island aka The Fog"},"content":{"rendered":"

That island that gave me the creeps<\/h2>\n

Chilo\u00e9\u00a0may be a beautiful little island or maybe not. I can picture Chilo\u00e9\u00a0as this magnificent green idyllic place, with cute little Humboldt and Magellanic penguins playing together, delighting the tourists. This is how most likely things appear in summer.<\/p>\n

\"Castro\"<\/a>
Castro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But we did not go in summer hence, no penguins, no sun, no cuteness but a very gray but yet beautiful and mysterious island. If you go in autumn bring a rain jacket as\u00a0Chilo\u00e9\u00a0is\u00a0one of the rainiest islands in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

We arrived in Chilo\u00e9\u00a0it rained, during our stay it rained and when we left it rained! Don’t get me wrong, this does not mean I dislike the island, actually the opposite is the case, I’m pretty sure many tourists don’t get to see the island in that way. A place that looks like the perfect set for a horror movie. Grey sky, rain, fog, old wooden houses and empty streets with just some inhabitants looking out of the windows taking a skeptical glance at the new arrivals, probably thinking what they might want on their island in autumn, as the penguins have already left. Dogs are sitting in the front gardens protecting their houses and eyeing the visitors equally skeptical as their owners. Be careful they are watching you!!<\/p>\n

\"Scary<\/a>
Scary wooden house in Ancud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Already when we approached the island by boat it reminded me of the movie the fog due the island being covered in a grey haze. But instead of dreaming of a Caribbean island and wanting to escape the horror movie lookalike scenery, it excited me to finally arrive on the island.<\/p>\n

Ancud<\/h2>\n

After the arrival in Ancud we were walking through the rain looking for accommodation and in my mind I imagined hearing\u00a0the news coming from an old radio and the host\u00a0announce that a massive storm is approaching the island. Due to the storm there wouldn’t be any boats able to leave\u00a0for the next days and we were stuck on the island and suddenly strange things start happen. But that just occurred in my head. In fact nobody got killed apart from plenty of chocolate bars.<\/p>\n

\"Chiloe\"<\/a>
Chiloe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What actually happened was that we stayed most of the time in our room in the house of this lovely old woman consuming the above mentioned chocolate bars. The closest we ever came to a real homicide was when Jenny, the lovely old lady, gave us Alfajores (Argentinian chocolate) that were already expired for two months. But even though my travel partner in crime only figured it out after he had already eaten the Alfajor, he survived without any permanent damages. No, wait there was a second time death knocked at our front door. The time I ate a Paila Marina that looked like it consisted of\u00a0intestines instead of seafood. I barely recognized any of the ingredients swimming in my seafood stew and expected to find a Human eye or finger anytime. First off all I was scared to I end up in a stew myself and secondly I was scared to end up with food poisoning. As I wrote this text you will already have noticed that this wasn’t my last supper but it could have been.<\/p>\n

These are some of the ingredients and I am pretty sure you are not going to have seen all of them either:<\/p>\n