Beyond Patagonia in Chile
Welcome to the land of weons, people who add in “po” at the end of every word and throw your school taught Spanish out the window. Chilenismo is best drank sober, a tough challenge considering you have touched down in a long and narrow nation rich in grapes used in wine and dare I say it, the national drink pisco. Chile is a South American country occupying land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, and Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Its 756,096.3km2 worth of territory is topographically unique and rich in minerals (Chile is the world’s number 2 producer of lithium) with a very varied natural climate.…