Caleta Chaihuin and Parque Nacional Oncol Chile; Reflections From A Tourist.

Hi Folks,

here are some images I captured while visiting to the XIV Los Rios Region  which sits the little city of Valdivia.

I traveled by boat quite a bit while going back and forth from Valdivia and Chaihuin. This area reminds me of the Seattle Sound in Washington state as it is very wet and is called the Valdivian Jungle for the old growth areas that have not been clear cut to make way for eucalyptus and Pine tree farms. You can rent a small inexpensive multi room cabanas all along the coast and experience fog white outs, thick rain storms as well as great sunny days in this place. After three months in the city heat, this place was a wonderful get away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_R%C3%ADos_Region

A car carrier hustles back and forth on the crossing between Corral and Niebla, Chile.

 This is a Chinese ship taking on pulp wood at a port in Correl, Chile

Lands end in Chaihuin, Chile

 The wife soaking up the sun.

 Yours truly with my wife Lidice.

 There is a large sea lion colony along the coast in Chaihuin.

Fishing boats work inside the giant meeting area of the five rivers that come into
Valdivia.

Coming into Niebla from Corral.

As Valdivia was very remote, the Spanish had built numerous military garrisons with canons all throughout this bay to defend from the Dutch and the English taking over. This is one here.

Here my wife Lidice, is standing in front of a very large Tepa tree in the Parque Nacional Parque Oncol, Chile.

 A nice specimum of a Meli Tree.

A Manio Punzantes tree and a Manio Cortas tree.

Top of the hill in Concol looking towards Valdivia, Chile

Looking out over the Pacific Ocean from Concol.

Valdivia, Chile