May 2008 was a devastating month for all that lived in the town of Chaiten, Chile which sits on the edge of the Carretera Austral, Patagonia. The Chaiten Volcano erupted and the ash river destroyed the town. When first arriving in Chaiten I did not know what to expect...a ghost town, few people on the streets and lots of stray dogs, one which insisted on following us around for an hour while we explored the empty streets and ash covered beach. Eerie darkness loomed over the town, mountains and water around. Ash still covered everything that it hit over three years ago. Parts of houses sunk into the ash sand and home objects scattered around randomly untouched and un-wanted, rusting away and becoming part of the new landscape. Constant reminders for the few remaining locals that decided to stick around to try to re-build their town again of how destructive mother nature can be in just one day.
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