I have a little more time now
Back to the food question.
A lot of Americans think that Latin America is one continuous Tijuana from the US border to Tierra del Fuego but there are as many, perhaps more differences between a Chilean and A mexican as there are between an Italian and an Irishman. The food is much more US oriented, no hot sauce and they eat bread instead of tortillas with meals. Weīve had some great meals with some interesting sauces but nothing that would eatr up yr stomach lining. Its defintely the plkace for seafood. Their equivalent to a taco is an empanada, which is like a meat pie with meat and chees or seafood in it.
I believe most Americans would feel right at home in Chile, as a matter of fact, of all the Latin American countries Ive seen, this is the one Iīd recommend to people for a vacation. Its a safe place, you can walk the streets without feeling threatened---no more than you would in the US, anyway. Chileans donīt get in your face to buy stuff and you donīt have to bargain either, theyre mostly very polite and friendly. A lot speak English.
The streets are paved at aleast as well as Oregonīs and they definitely have a pothole repair brigade, unlike, say, Mexico or Costa Rica where you can be driving along a highway at 60 mph and hit potholes you could hide a volkswagen in. Also, Chileans are responsible drivers, unlike Vietnam, The Phillippines or Mexico, where you can come around a corner and be face to face with three buses racing each other side by side----in your lane. People repect traffic signals, they donīt pass stupidly or run you off the road.
WHere we are now is on the same close to same lattitude as Portland and the weather is about the same--Its sumer here now but half the year its Portland winter weather.
Where we are now reminds me a ot of Puget Sound, islands and eninsulas with ferries running between em. Great long beaches mixed with rugged coasts. Small towns and villages, kind of remind me of Mendocino.
They have an excellent 100% healthcare system, fre to all, the US could model ours after it
OK, times running out on the computer, more later
Stay good
James
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