Explore Middle Earth on Chile’s Chiloe Island

Splashes of colour: Palafitos, some centuries old, line the west shore of Fiordo de Castro bay in Chiloe, Chile. Photos: TNS

Step into this quaint South American locale and experience a charming holiday with the friendly locals.

The farm woman selling the orange and pink hand-knit dolls at the farm market in Castro, on Chiloe Island, is telling me where she gets the wool, I’m trying to answer, and we’ve hit a dead end. We’re both speaking Spanish. After all, Chiloe belongs to Chile. But we might as well be shouting in the wind.