
Domestic flights in other countries are the best. For $50 I could fly from Santiago to Calama and check a bag. From there I arranged for a transfer from the airport to San Pedro de Atacama, a desert located at the base of the Andes mountain range almost northeast enough to be in Bolivia. Travel…

A dangerous port city or something a bit more? I went to Valpo for a week to give this city outside of Santiago a look. Viña Del Mar is just 30 minutes north with Concón sitting further north. Casa blanca is well known wine region is in the valley before you get to the water.…