Chile Forum

Air pollution from burning wet and/or trash wood is definitely one of my pet peeves - and YES the "rich" people are as ignorant/selfish/lazy as the poor. There seems to be a sector of chileno society which absolutely does not and will not think logically or show any respect for any one. This is not ...

to Gloria: Thanks for the chuckles. I mean it. To Parkside. Extranjeros.gob is very handy. A useful thing would be an international drivers license, which might help with the vexing problem of obtaining a chile driving license, if you get that far. You can get that easily in your home country and no...

It's been a few years, so there may be changes, but I brought my kitties here. The airline was Delta which allows one pet per person in a soft pack which goes under the seat. My kitties were in North Carolina. The state agriculture department had the forms which my vet filled in. My vet had the auth...

The problem with buying/selling gold or silver coins in chile - in addition to IVA - is that's there's essentially no market. Most dealers will only buy
chilean pesos so coins from other countries are almost unsellable. For the desperate-to-sell, premiums can run 30-40% or more.

Try Dr. Castro at clinica versalles - the office in el Golf. Versalles 3036. 22337223. Competent dentist and a very nice man. He did a truly painless root canal for me. Not cheap, but no dentist is cheap. You may be able to "negotiate" a bit.

Hmmmmm. Well. Another question to you 41southchile: How are you having your books shipped? I've been using Fedex economy - going to Santiago. As I said, for years that was no problem. It has only been the last 3 months or so that it has been really horrible. I wonder if Fedex is part of the problem....

to 41southchile - how are you getting by without paying duty??? I have been buying second hand books for years for just a few bucks and having them shipped here. Used to be that less than $30 paid no duty - but this year I've been getting dinged by customs every time. For example, on a $6 book I pai...

Spacecat gives a really complete accurate description of the process as I encountered it. Yes, I did study for a couple months - the maths are different from what I was taught, but in the end, the most complicated part was getting signed up for the exam. Regarding the history of chile - it seems to ...

Julito - do that practice exam two or three times and you should be fine. You can take the exam in english. It is multiple choice. Many of the questions include photos of streets with vehicles and what have you. You are to state what is the correct behavior. Just take your time and make sure you und...

Next up: Ecuador. Who's next? Peru maybe? They haven't been screwed lately. Those vultures are always hungry.

I would definitely agree with Gloria. Check in person with the PDI. It sounds like you have the temporary visa which is good for one year and allows a certain number of days out side of chile, which on the face of it would allow you to leave. BUT better to be safe than sorry. If you get to the airpo...

Re passive agressive. Admin you got that right! And it never does get better. Only worse. You do not (NOT) accumulate good will or loyalty by being kind/tolerant of, for example, lateness or my kid needs to go to the doctor can I leave early. You do NOT accumulate good will by paying endless "ferria...