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« Thread Started on Feb 12, 2009, 3:52pm »
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I thought it might be nice to have a place to post links to sites related to South America. Here are a few from Chile:

The most important newspaper here:
http://www.emol.com

News from Chile in English:
http://www.santiagotimes.cl/

A site mainly for expats and people considering moving to Chile or traveling here:
http://www.allchile.net
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« Reply #1 on Feb 12, 2009, 3:53pm »
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Thanks! This is exactly the sort of thing we need here.
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« Reply #2 on Feb 12, 2009, 4:44pm »
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No problem :D

A few travel-related ones:

Airlines:
http://www.lan.com
http://www.skyairline.cl/

National tourism office:
http://www.sernatur.cl/

Turistel travel guide:
http://www.turistel.cl/

Some bus companies:
Cruz del sur (coverage from Santiago to points south, the best company I have traveled with):
http://www.busescruzdelsur.cl/

These two are the best known and go pretty much anywhere, but I have had mixed experiences with them:
http://www.turbus.cl
http://www.pullmanbus.cl

Santiago's metro system:
http://www.metrosantiago.cl/
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« Reply #3 on Feb 16, 2009, 6:48pm »
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G. Have you been to Isla Negra? I have a beautiful book of photographs of Pablo Neruda's home there. The photographer is Luis Poirot .It looks magnificent,I've had it on my top 5 places to visit.
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« Reply #4 on Feb 16, 2009, 8:02pm »
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I was there last November. Let me know if you want to see some pictures.
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I would love to see pictures!
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« Reply #6 on Feb 17, 2009, 5:45pm »
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http://www.fundacionneruda.org/

On that topic, this is the site for the Pablo Neruda Foundation.
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