el puelche said:
"SECOND TRIP>
Vacation only in the selected area. I still would not mention business. Its best to continue to be very strict with keeping your intentions under wraps. I don't know how well you speak spanish but you won't get anything done anyway until your spanish is good. Remember that in Chile life is diffficult and most Chileans will not believe you and what you want to do until they actually see you doing it. Therefore they will talk to you in general terms and not tell you everything. Its not that they are intentionaly withholding things from you its just that they will not invest too much time/effort until you are actually doing what you say you are going to do. It is an odd situation because although they will not believe or rather have too much faith in what you say you are going to do but, Chileans will carefully wait to see if you will do what you have said. The corolation now of what you will say and what you will do will serve as a template. After all, as you are new and unaware of everything available, you will say and show interest in many things and there will be many things that you just don't do as you find out more . Chileans will give you a certain amount of latitude and consideration as a foriegner but that doesn't mean there are not limits. "
in true honesty this will be my second trip back to chile after spending a few months in chile around 2005. i have fallen in love with a few places, but the majority of my heart belongs to the Lake District area because of all the outdoor activities and potential tourism opportunity out there. i am almost 100 percent that i would like to invest in the Lake District areas, but i will need to travel there a couple of more times to confirm that. so this come december my focus will be heavily be in the pucon, siete lagos, puerto varas, temuco, and as far down as the futa. any other suggestions that one can get done while there for the second time scouting and finalizing the feel for places?
