Miss Chile?

10 Things I’ll miss about Chile

1. Mote con huesillo and empanadas de queso
2. Beautiful view of the Andes from our living room window
3. Penguins and llamas in the wild
4. Hiking with my wife on weekends in Reserva Nacional Yerba Loca.
5. Abundance of fruits, berries, and avocados.
6. La Vega Market
7. The efficient, comfortable interurban bus system
8. Minimum 93 Octane gasoline
9. Our Chilean friends
10. A job that I really enjoyed and good people to work with, which made such a big difference.


In the interests of painting a balanced picture of Chile, here are

10 things I’ll NOT miss about Chile:

1. Dangerous air pollution
2. Nit-picky, insecure bureaucracy
3. angry, menacing drivers
4. vengeful visa applicants
5. SENAME
6. expensive prices
7. the physical, social, and emotional, isolation
8. Crime
9. short-tempers

10. heavy-handed Customs regulations



I'm sure there are more things I could add to either list, but these are what came to mind at the moment. If you have anything else you would add, please let me know.