The last little while

he last little whileOk so developments so far from the trip. Well it's been a little while since my last post as the internet hasn't been very good here in the southern part of Chile and Argentina. I have arrived in the capital of Argentina a city you may know as Buenos Aires or B.A. to the locals. It's a very very very very very large city. But before I tell you about the current city. There's all the other bits that need to be addressed first starting from Chiloe, Chile. I arrived in the town of Ancud, Chiloe from Puerto Varas. It was the most beautiful little town you could think of and the place I booked to stay wow. Sea views from window to window. It was amazing, i loved it so much but unfortunately the bed bugs also liked me a little too much. They ate me alive I didn't like that so much but you know what ya going to do really, oh and the guy that was sleeping in the next bed was a really loud snorer. I didn't get much sleep but the owner was really nice and offered a private room to the guy who snored so I could get a good nights' rest. The town of Ancud has an old fort which I went to visit it was quite a sight in itself there wasn't much left apart from the outline of the structure with cannons and stuff facing the inlet to the harbour. I actually didn't find the fort at first but went to a lookout that saw over the entire bay area which was amazing it looked like Great Barrier Island at home it was wonderful to see something similar again. I also managed to get some oysters at the local market which was not as I imagined them. I imagined the Pacific Oyster as we were on the coast of the pacific ocean but no they were more like Bluff Oysters but they weren't that nice really. Maybe I got them off season or something.. Anyways I cooked by myself for the first time since I got to south america and it was my favourite dish Spaghetti Bolognese, actually it's not my favourite it's just the simplest thing I can be bothered to cook. It wasn't bad though I shall find the photo and post it sometime since I have now bought myself a card reader for a ridiculous price but I needed it I was running out of space. So that was sort of my stay in Ancud except the part about the American girl and lunch together at the seafood restaurant. She reminded me of Justine, anyway save that story for another time I guess. Ok on to the privincial capital of Chiloe I guess you can call it Castro. It's quite a nice town Castro but there are certain things that you would want to forget about going. So first is toss out your lonely planet guide book as it is sort of useless for anything south of Pucón as I have found out the hard way. It's not the best book for it seriously. The bar or cafe that it recommended, when we went there sure the décor was nice the bar was an old boat I mean that's pretty impressive but the service was just shit really. They didn't have any beers at the bar and the wine well the bar manager didn't know the price of the bottle of wine we chose. So, we left and as we left he swore at us in English the only words he seemed to know I guess. But was laughed as it was actually quite funny that a bar can run out of beer. Imagine it happening to Shadows I'm pretty sure that there would be riots in the quad. But ya know, this is an island off the coast of Chile. Oh and don't bother trying to find Vicks in South America it doesn't exist instead they have something called Halls which isn't really the same but it does the job and is about a third of the price. So Castro had it's charming parts for example the hostel was the most comfortable I'd had since I got to South America and amazingly cheap too. It was CHP5000 for a night in a double bed with cable tv, it didn't have much of a view or heating but I was fine with it, it's a room to myself hell no I ain't going to complain. Although there is one thing you can complain about the hostel and that is how much laundry cost it was more than a nights stay at the hostel. The reason why I had to get all my clothes washed was because of the fleas. Damn they suck.. Castro offered some interesting outings to the surrounding area as well, but I don't think that it's that amazing. I went for a 2 hour bus ride onto another island off the coast of Chiloe which is billed to be the wonderful sleepy land of the ferries. But I didn't get that sense whilst I was there but maybe that's because I went there in the off season and nothing was open and the lady at the store tried to charge me CHP500 for a coke which specifically said it was CHP400 I know that isn't much to me being a New Zealander paying in NZD but I just wasn't thinking about that. The ones reading this that know me will know how I feel about stuff like that. Ok so that was Chiloe nearly I guess.. One side note that I will mention is that the main export of Chile is actually Salmon, not that any of it is consumed in Chile. I found out that all the Salmon that is dished up in Chile is actually stolen from the Salmon farms in the region or gathered after an accident with the transporting trucks. As strange as that sounds there is a lot of accidents in Chile. I have seen 3 since I've been here it's quite sad and annoying really. Ok I think I've typed quite enough tonight and it's midnight and everyones out drinking, but I think I'm going to go to bed given that I spent most of last night sleeping on a bus. I had quite a good sleep because the size of the seat is the size of my couch at home. So I mean who wouldn't but then again it just doesn't compare to a real bed if you know what I mean. So.. I shall continue with my story or there abouts' tomorrow from Castro to Puerto Montt to Bariloche to Buenos Aires. Till then..