Interesting Facts I’ve Encountered/Things to Know if You Come Visit
- You “say hello” with a quick peck on the right cheek, not to do so is rude but as a foreigner you get some leeway
- They like mayo here, a lot! And it comes in pouches not bottles
- Hotdogs are also very popular
- Stray dogs are popular as well. They roam the city with free reign, how else do you think the grass gets so green?
- If you are a girl you will get whistled at. Period.
- The don’t flush the toilet paper, it goes in a trash can in the stall
- There is no toilet paper in the stalls, you get it as you walk in to the restroom
- The water is OK to drink but it has chlorine in it
- If buying bottled water, Beware! Chileans love their carbonated water. Make sure what you have is Agua sin gas
- They drink a lot of coffee/tea/instant coffee, I have no clue how most people stay hydrated cause they sure don’t drink water
- Bureaucracy stinks, and it is everywhere, 5 stamps required, it is South America
- The ice-cream however, is quite tasty and it too is everywhere
- PDA runs rampant. Everyone lives with their parents until marriage so the hormones are raging when teenagers/young people/any people are out of the house
- Speaking of PDA a boyfriend or girlfriend is a Pololo(a) to say you have a novio(a) means you are engaged; pololear is a great concept and we should bring it to the US
¿Cachai, po?
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