I'm leaving to visit a friendget laid in Chile for a while soon. We were going to meet in San Francisco, but she's all of a sudden decided to go with her family to visit some relatives in Santiago, so we're going to meet there instead. I've read these pages and have a little bit of an idea what it's going to be like there, and I've been to quite a few countries so I'll probably adapt pretty quickly, but I'd still like to be as prepared as possible. Is there anything you guys can tell me about what it's like there, if you've ever been or have known anyone that lived there? Should I take the time and money to go there in the first place?