viernes, 9 de diciembre de 2011

My favorite place

My favorite place is Chiloé island, because I like nature. I love its wild animals: the chilote fox or Darwin fox, the smallest of Chilean foxes, an animal lives only in this island; the Pudú, the world’s smallest deer; two species of sea wolves (one and two hairs); the Tonina, a specie of dolphin. These are just some of the many animals in this place. Also I love Chiloé’s wild vegetation: the Alerce, the tallest Chilean native tree, that can to live thousands of years; the Arrayán, a red wood tree and very hard. There are many more varieties.
Also Chiloé is my favorite place because it is an island with a culture different from the rest of the country. There are other customs, such as Minga or Mingaco, which is a special type of collective work, whose most distinctive example is the transfer of houses through the use of oxen. There are other types of foods, such as the Curanto, a mixture of seafood and meats cooked in a hole in the ground. There are also buildings that are unique in the country: the palafitos, manufactured houses along the water, on wooden pillars.
Chiloé is an island located in the X region, south of Puerto Montt. It is reached by ferries, since there is no bridge. The first time I went to Chiloé, was nineteen years old. I went traveling through the island to the southernmost. I interacted with many types of people, for example, fishermen, sailors very peculiar, different from other regions, peasants friendly and talkative, and also many tourists from around the world.
In short, Chiloé is a very special island, so it's my favorite place. It is also one of the reasons why I would like to go to live and work in a little while longer. It's a project I hope to meet in a couple of years.

See you.

6 comentarios:

  1. Hello Cris!
    Last summer (2011) me and my best friend went to the south and went to Chiloè too, this experiencie was a really amazing because is a very beautiful place and the people is warm and they have many histories to tell...
    I hope go back to Chiloè this summer and know more beautiful places in that island.

    Bye!

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  2. Hi Cris,

    Is very exciting this place, but I never visited and the persons always to say that this place is very beautiful, for this is one of my plans to visit in my vacations, but I don't have the money :(

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  3. Ohh Chiloé, I went this summer for first time whit my cousin and a friend, and I loved this place, is fantastic, is a very mystic place, I think come back to here this year.

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  5. Afer read I think that is a very intrestring place, in february I going to visit and I am very happy for that :D I will check that is true that you wrote.

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  6. Hello Cris.
    This place is one of the most beautiful in Chile. I love nature and the mystique that you have. I love south of Chile!

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