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 Electricity-plugs in Chile by globetrott
Voltage is 220 Volt and with my plug-adapter I had no problems to charge my camera-batteries ! Leave a Comment
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Though regarded by some people as disreputable joints, cafes con piernas (literally "coffee n' legs") have become a trademark of Santiago (although these businesses now operate in a few other cities too).
Don't confuse them with the more or less traditional coffee shops, where the hostesses go in short miniskirts, and that provide ample, well-lighted spaces where one can sit at a table or at the bar and have a talk, no: cafes con piernas are rather dark, small places, without tables, where girls go in VERY skimpy thongs or G-strings (the further away from the city centre, the skimpier the thongs), and where loud thumping is always played. Girls don't go nude just by a few sq. centimetres of flimsy cloth.
They serve not only coffee, but also fruit juices, teas and the like. Prices are the average -or less- than in traditional shops. Leave a Comment
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Stray-dogs can be found at many places in Chile and this one is well known for living on "Cerro Santa Lucia" and on my photograph you can watch it taking a bath or rather a shower on a hot summerday. The water-sprinkling-system is jumping there automatically from one side to the other and the dog is waiting for the moment, when the water is coming its way...
Stray-dogs in Chile are not agressive at all, the only problem seems to be, when they are sleeping in the middle of the street in the pedestrian zone and you dont see them and step on their tail or whatever. (take a look at my last photo: a dog is taking a sleep in the pedestrian zone...) Leave a Comment
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Barrio Bellavista by globetrott, 4 more photosLeave a Comment
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Here in Chile we ussually say hello to another person with a little kiss in the cheek. I mean guys say hello to a lady with a little kiss in the check, the same between women, but itýs not common between men, donýt try this you migth by hurt.
So guys by nice and kiss the girls but be gentle just on the cheek. Leave a Comment
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 Ladyman , chilenean style ;-) by globetrott
I found this shop in the big complex behind of the statue of holy Santiago. Leave a Comment
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Monuments for famous people of chiles history can be found all over Santiago and here you will see a few of my favorite ones :
1 &2) Pablo Neruda was a chilenean novelist who won the Nobel prize for Literature and his former house is a museum nowadays, In Valparaiso you will find another house and museum of Pablo Neruda.
3)Ramon Vinay (1912-1996) Cantante Lirico
4)Salvador Allende, former president of Chile
5)Portales, who-ever that is, in any case it is one of the many monuments in the small park behind the seat of the president Leave a Comment
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I know that most of the countries have local slang but here in Chile there is one common word that most of chilean people use several times per day.
Huevon , it´s not a good word, but we use like part of a conversation in a friendly way or to ofend someone,its very confusing for a traveller to ear us talking using this word for all kind of situations like the sound is very similar to huevo ( egg) .
This word evolved to a verb and we ussually ocuppy to form sentences.
the real meneaning of this word is from huevas (balls) but it´s very common that someone tell you that is from huevo ( egg), but it´s not true.
try to avoid to say this word at least you really speak spanish because maybe you can use it in a wrong way and ofend someone.
If you plan to stay in Chile a long period of time I recomend you to buy this book " How to survey in the chilean jungle" a good guide to understand how chilean talk. Leave a Comment
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 Delicious!!! by SabrinaSummerville
I first tasted it in a restaurant in Puerto Montt further south in Chile and I was hooked straight away.
It's a cocktail made from pisco (a local brandy), lemon, egg whites, and bitters. The primary taste is of lemons and it's extremely refreshing. I noted most people drinking it as an aperitif but I'd recommend it any time:-) Leave a Comment
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