@@lifetheorycouple that people tellling you that Santiago is not safe are mostly right wingers, do not believe what they say, somehow they think spreading lies will hurt the government (socialist), they are also very racist... Santiago is very safe compared with any other country in Latinamerica or even USA.
We totally agree! - Although there is a special place in our hearts for Colombia... Chile has something that Colombia seems to lack, and that is clean and organized infrastructure.
I think many people here don't like Santiago because it's a very big city (like 6 million people here) and living with a fast rythm, having to travel maybe 45 min-1 hour to your job in the rush hours can be very stressful. And also because of Chile is at the end of the continent many people have never travelled other countrys so they don't even know what's going on or how is everything outside so they cannot value the good things they have. If you talk with people that travel or with people who have a good situation in terms of job (or money in general) they always will appreciate Santiago because in the middle-good neighborhoods you can have a very good and enjoyable life ! 😁 As a chilean I appreciate the good points you made in your review and I totally agree even with some of the negatives! And I also love Barrio Italia and Ñuñoa, its definitely a good place to stay if you visit the city or even if you stay to live ! 😁
Thank you for such a detailed comment! - We're accustom to larger cities. We came straight from Bogota Colombia where we were for about 2 years straight. I think you're right, large cities can be a turn off for many and Santiago is a bit at the end of the World, so it's a city the seems to get unnoticed comparatively.
Well, I didn't know I wanted to go to Santiago, but now I do! Thanks for an interesting and balanced video. I was surprised when Widney said she sometimes feels judged, so I asked my wife if she has ever felt the same. She said sometimes, but only in her home city of Barranquilla. Me, I'm just oblivious. 😉
I'm glad you liked Santiago, sometimes it's hard to appreciate the place you live in, and this video helped me do exactly that. Shoulda gone to Quebrada de Macul though, you can enter for free and you can actually go to cerro San Ramon from it (probably not in one day though), very beautiful, though in these months it tends to be a little more dry. Cheers!
LOVE THIS COMMENT! - Yes, I think it's easy to forget how great most places are... You just got to get outside to both see it, feel it, and experience it. We definitely want to go back to Santiago to do some more hikes. We were happy with the fact we snuck in 3 different ones. Quebrada de Macul is on the top of the list for our next visit.
haha, Now I'm aware about gringos doesn't drink water from the bathroom sink haha. It's so common for us! but i always wash my hands first!! Nice video you guys! thanks for enjoying my city!
Thanks for your video! Very interesting experience. As a Santiaguina I love my city 🩷 mostly for the reasons you mentioned but also, when you got to know other cities you realize that Santiago is pretty cool.
We really loved our experience there, that's a fact. We noticed there was a mixed bag of people who would say they love their city while others had differing opinions. One guy even mentioned he doesn't like the routine of Santiago... He was from a smaller town far away from Santiago.
As a chilean myself Im glad you enjoyed your visit to Santiago. I must say though that the city is not as safe today as it was before 2019 and like any other big capital you must be aware of your surroundings and avoid empty streets down town, specially at night. Using your phone while walking the streets is not a smart move either. If you're a tourist keep an eye on "motochorros" or bikers on sidewalks. They can steal your phone in a flash. Hope this helps anyone who's visiting in the near future.
This is EXACTLY what we kept hearing from people... We came straight from Bogota Colombia, which is where we were for about 2 years... And comparatively, depending on the neighborhood you've really got to be way more cautious in Bogota vs. Santiago. Since we like to be in bed by 9pm, we're never really out late at night. So day time strolling of the city was great for us!
nice to see my city through foreign eyes and fair play on the negatives as well. we tend to be too immersed in work and daily life plus we have a fatalistic streak (grass is greener syndrome) so a fresh look is welcome. looking forward to the next video.
We forgot to mention steak. We actually enjoyed the way the meat was prepared more in Santiago than it was in Buenos Aires... I know that statement, if an Argentinian reads it will ignite on fire. But... We just liked how the preparation of flavor was incorporated into the meat versus just grilling a whole lot of it, which seems like the Argentinian way. --- We are definitely working on some other videos show casing our experience across Chile.
@@lifetheorycouple argentinians will not be happy with this post haha. anyway a good asado here is life, just salt and pepper and meat/longanizas etc, it's meat heaven. if you ever come back venture out of the city as there is a lot of great food out there.
Sii en Santiago el agua es mala de sabor , aunque igual es potable , pero mas al sur se puede tomar ya que es muy rica , saludos desde Concepción Chile
@@lifetheorycouple recomiendo visiten las termas geometricas (pucon) y si pueden tomen skorpios de puerto montt a a laguna san rafael, es un viaje alucinante en naturaleza pristina.
@@lifetheorycouple Genial! El desierto del norte también creo que podría maravillarlos, es un lugar verdaderamente único en el mundo. Mis mejores deseos y energías para sus viajes! ✨ Los esperamos aunque solo sea por UA-cam jajaja 😹
This is an interesting sentiment. The northern part of Chile is very desert like. The further south you go from Sanitago it gets more and more green... So, I wouldn't bump it off your list just yet. We also went to the Patagonia region of Chile and that was just breath taking, a video coming out on that soon. The greenery is not the same as Colombia, but it is definitely full of nature more than you'd believe.
Chile is not only Santiago, you must visit the south, look for videos about , Carretera Austral and Patagonia, you will see how green is that part of Chile with beautiful landscapes
Chile is more than 4,000 kilometers long, and the entire southern half is increasingly greener, even containing some of the densest cold jungles in the world (I recommend you researching the "selva valdiviana"). So, your prejudice refers only to a part of a country that has a huge variety of landscapes.
Profound gratitude for your stay in Chile… as with all visiting people of good will beware of tour sorroundings at big cities, sadly, Chile is not as safe as it once was. It’d be if no use to blame any group, but it can be said that Chileans always lived a carefree and safe life…
Thank you! As stated, we did not go to Santiago for Santiago... But we walked away surprised with how much we loved our experience there. Gratitude 100%
Very good video , The mote con Huesillo desert is healthy but lately they just add to much sugar, Is basically a boiled peaches and you drink the juice, and they add the mote
Thank you! - It was an interesting experience to eat Mote con Huesillo. I really did ask a handful of locals in Santiago and even some or our tour guides in Patagonia why they love it so much... And they shared soooo many beautiful memories and stories about how they grew up on the stuff. Neat we must admit, but not for us. lol
I wish Santiago wasn't so far away from Toronto. I spent 3 weeks there last year but I don't know if I would go back just because of the distance. Going to Bogota in 6 weeks. Great video as always guys 👌
@@DaveG-qd6ug I went to Santiago right after spending 3 months in Buenos Aires. No comparison. I wouldn't recommend it, especially if you're going from BA. You'll be let down by the comparison. I never made it out to Valparaiso though. Maybe it would have been better if I had.
@@AdamEgret Thanks for mentioning that. Yes I spend half the year in Tampa Florida and half in BA. Tons of Canadians in both places ! The air the here in the capital varies but is not bad for a large latin city. Santiago looks very nice and I would not be so picky but I have asthma so it really is not an option sadly. And I would like to visit the beach their someday during the summer, surf looked pretty good !
I really enjoyed the conversation on this post.... Jonny typing here... I know this is not the most popular opinion... But we went to BA right after Santiago (a video coming out on that soon). In contrast, because I absolutely love hiking so much... Santiago wins it for me in comparison. Running up the slopes of mountains is one of my favorite activities and it's kind of a goal to make that a routine part of my life. The amount of mountains that exists in BA = 0.
Try chilean food soup of congrio ,pastel de jaiba , paila marina ,or cazuela de vacuno and a courios info the taste of atlas give chile the 3 best bread marraqueta
Awww... We know that clip can be hard to watch. We ate/drank about half of just one... But could not finish it. Apologies if it offends, our intent is to show an honest opinion. But we still encourage foreigners to try it out for themselves and form their own opinions.
@@lifetheorycouple Can't blame you. Most of my family and friends here in Chile don't like it. I truly don't know who the people here are who really enjoy it.
My advice is if you go to Santiago be careful with your wallets, smartphones and cameras there're so many thief from Venezuela, Colombia and Haiti. The local people are very quiet, warm and friendly but, for an average tourist who goes without any information it is difficult to distinguish the difference between one and the other and sometimes because of them we look very bad to the tourists.
El agua en Chile es potable, el tratamiento del agua potable y aguas servidas es de los mas modernos del mundo, el agua servida de todo Santiago es tratada antes de ser devuelta al mar... Por lo tanto las costas son limpias y el agua es potable...
Yes! We loved to learn this about Santiago. I think the thing for us is that we can't see our selves ever filling up a bottle of water or drinking straight from a BATHROOM SINK... The issue for us is the consumption from a bathroom sink... We did enjoy that there were several water stations across the city that specifically stated 'Not for washing hands'.
It's bizarre that you have an issue with the bathroom sink taps. Kitchen tap, bathroom tap; it's the same source of water. Is bathroom water not safe to drink in the USA? Does it come from a separate source that is infected with cholera or something?
We understand that the source of water is clean. And that is something to be very proud of... However, the issue we have is drinking that water from a public restroom. We don't know who was the last person to touch that facet or the last time it was cleaned. We don't know if whoever touched the bathroom sink space/facet/handle really used soap or not. We can only imagine there is a higher probability of being exposed to all types of bacteria in a public space... We would not drink from a bathroom facet unless we were truly desperate. We have not seen this behavior in any other country, even those with clean sources of water, we have lived or visited. --- So, in our opinion, it is bizarre/disgusting to fill up a bottle of water from a bathroom sink. --- On a more positive note, we did enjoy that there were some establishments with sinks, outside of bathrooms, with signs stating something like 'for drinking, not for washing hands' explicitly implying to fill up your bottles of water there. In those locations we happily filled up our bottles of water.
I share much of what you said, but what happened after the social unrest was that the city, which had been very divided by social classes for years, became even more divided due to these class differences. After the unrest, our politicians didn’t take the necessary steps to make the changes that would allow the general population to live in complete harmony. Instead, they made empty promises out of fear of what was happening, but never followed through. The majority of the people who are the most disrespectful to others are those with more money. These wealthier individuals are the ones who have no sense of belonging to the country they live in, let alone the city they live in. They’re always talking about wanting to leave Chile or Santiago because they have the capital to do so, and therefore, they feel no sense of belonging. This is not the case with middle-class or lower-middle-class people, who are always greeting their neighbors and are proud of their roots and where they live. But this is typical of Chilean society and the city of Santiago. It doesn’t happen in other regions of Chile because people are more humble and live a quieter, more modest life than those in the city. I'm glad you’re coming to Chile and that you like our land. It’s unfortunate that there are people who invest time in scaring tourists by saying that this country is dangerous, when in fact, it has only a 3% crime rate at the Latin American level, making it one of the safest countries in all of Latin America. So, when you read someone saying that Chile is a dangerous country nowadays, it’s for the reasons I mentioned above. It always comes from people who claim to be patriots, who probably no longer live in Chile, and who never had the courage to enjoy the beautiful things the city has to offer because they always stayed in their own comfort zone and never ventured out of their own places. Cya soon..❤❤
Thank you for such a detailed comment! - It sounds like you have a lot of passion for the city. So far... Santiago has been our favorite city we have visited all year. We do want to come back for sure!
This one made us LOL real hard... If you're looking to date in Chile, we'd have NO IDEA... We've been married over 8 years. But... If you want some tips on how to date your own spouse and keep it fresh. We've got you! Dating does not end after marriage.
it's crap, really hard to meet people unless you make friends and network from there or use dating apps. anyway the best times you'll have here is at friends places so make friends then meet people is probably the way to go.
The mote con huesillos is a product that is only offered to tourists on the streets of Santiago. In the other cities of Chile, for example in Viña del Mar, which is also a very touristy city, mote con huesillo is not sold on the streets and neither do families prepare it in their homes. A very big mistake that many people make is believing that all of Chile is the same as Santiago.
Thank you for your view and comment! - We do wonder what it would be like to have the authentic thing that's cooked and prepared in the country side. Our tour guide who took us up Torres del Paines shared a beautiful story about how his grandmother would make a batch of Mote con Huesillos several times during the summer and that it would take the whole family a week to get through all of it. He's from a city in the Sourthern part of Chile.
Let me tell you something about Mote with huesillos, this is a typical drink for Chilean, IT'S NOT ONLY A DRINK it's a drink to help with your hunger as well when you are thirsty. It's very nutritious because the soft wheat is like a cereal and the dry peach is an addition to the flavor of the drink. Another thing about the people who goes to the public restroom to drink water, most of them are immigrants who lives in the streets of Santiago. Most of the people of Santiago buy drinking water. I lived in USA and saw homeless BATHE in public bathrooms, so it's not unique from Chile. We welcome a lot people, but most of the Chilean DO NOT LIKE THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, there is a lot chaos where they live and work. People of Santiago are not happy the way Santiago looks now. Santiago was a very orderly city, there was no people selling food on the street or so much chaos like today. If you can watch an old video of Santiago Chile for example in the 80s or 90s. you will see the difference. I'm sorry for writing with capital letters. I write this way because I want to highlighted what it's weird to you.
Thank you for the view and comment! We didn't even expect Mote con Huesillos to be somewhat like a drink... I think as a dessert/refreshing treat, it's just too different. So, not for us. I can see how the mote contains nutritional value along with the peaches themselves. But that doesn't justify our dislike of the taste, the texture, and the mixture of the two things. But, I do encourage anyone visiting Chile to try it out to form their own opinion. Drinking from the bathroom facet... The people who were doing this and encouraging this were no homeless. One was a bar tender telling us to just go fill up the water bottle in the bathroom sink after we had ordered a bottle of water... One was a mother filling up water bottles for their children at San Cristobal. It was a hot day, I'll give them that... It just seemed normal in Santiago for people to do this... Which is great because the water must be that clean. We haven't seen this behavior in any other Latin American country.
Así es, el mote con huesillo es asqueroso al igual que el pastel de choclo. Las personas son bastante mal educadas en general, no tienen un buen trato natural a los turistas. Normalmente sólo los reune las ideas de odio según sea el tema del día, puede ser por política, deporte o inmigración. Es verdad que no hay sentido de comunidad, no aprecian su ciudad, le dicen Santi-asco (Santi-disgust) y aborrecen que les critiquen aunque sean verdades porque no están dispuestos a cambiar aunque sea para mejor, somos como una tribu aborigen con tecnología.
There are definitely differing opinions. We did not like Mote con Huesillo... But we did enjoy the Pastel de Choclo. --- People from Santiago do seem a little 'stand off-ish' and don't like to mingle with strangers... This felt different when we travelled to Vina Del Mar, Curico, and the Patagonia region. People were a bit more receptive in those parts outside of Santiago.
12:00 I didn't like that criticism, who are you talking and criticizing, it's safe clean water, more so than other countries, and I think that in your girls there are also horrible bathrooms, Like that's disgusting, I don't like it with comments, just say I don't like it and with that it's clear. Sobre el pan cada persona como l cantidad que uno quiere, una falta de respeto decir mal lo que come pan una persona, Regarding bread, each person eats the amount they want, it is disrespectful to say wrongly what a person eats bread,
Apologies if we offended. The water is clean, and that's great! We loved that there were dedicated drinking fountains specified for filling up bottles of water. They even had signs saying 'No lava manos...' However, we do find it disgusting to drink water from a public bathroom sink. --- On the bread piece, we did say, it's not a negative for many, but it is for us. We do eat bread from time to time, but it's something we don't consume daily but rather maybe once a week.
I am surprised that you did not list "Chilean Spanish" as one of the negatives. It is hard to understand. Also, they tend not to like Colombians and it is worse if you are a woman. They think that we are shallow with lots of work done and are there to steal their man. I hated dealing with their beetchiness because they were jealous or something. I also hated being called La + my name.
HA! - Chilean Spanish is off isn't it?!... Jonny felt like he was understood better because his Spanish doesn't always come out right... And since that seems to be kind of what Spanish sounds like at times in Chile, Jonny had an easier time communicating in Chile. While in Colombia, he has to really work out the pronunciation, otherwise people just don't understand. --- We were only here for a month and did not experience any of the cultural-discrimination you are mentioning.
@@lifetheorycouple I guess you feel it more if you are working with them. We did not really understand their Spanish and had to look up the definitions online and my God, that sounded RUDE. We also found a lot of their words funny like fome, cachai, lo estás viendo as in are you working on that, etc. Maybe your experience as someone living short term is more positive and you were there with a gringo. We had colleagues from Valle del Cauca who lived there long term and they did experience some kind of discrimination, even if it is something like saying stuff in front of you like "Chile used to be safe until Colombians, Venezuelans and Haitians arrived". I had a very rude co-worker named Nicols, she really had it out for me for no reason and then I asked one of the other Colombians based in Chile what the heck was up with her and he said that she hated me because I am a Colombian woman :/
15:40 Pero chicos, Chile es el segundo país mundial en el consumo de pan solo por detrás de Alemania, el pan en chile es como la coca cola para los mexicanos
O yes, we noticed that Chileans love bread. There is even a TikTok out there showing an older man putting sushi rolls in between two pieces of bread then eating it... We are definitely the weird ones in Chile, because we choose to eat bread very very seldomly.
Chileans are many times very clean people. The same cannot be said about some immigrants. I never did see in the many years I lived there a person using the bathroom, not washing their hands and then drinking from their hands but Chile has change a lot in the past ten years with the open door to immigration but it has been even more true in the past two years. The person you saw doing that was most like not Chilean.
Casi perfecto pero igual hay varias impresiciones de parte de uds. Chile el unico psis de LATAM con agua potable como servicio. Informarse bien primero antes de emitir una opinión, sobre todo cuando se trata de hablar otro país y cultura. Somos muy patriotas y sensible con eso. Estamos orgullosos de nuestro país y de ser líderes y los más adelantados del continente pues no hacemos todo perfecto pero mejor que nuestros vecinos. I don,t like yours opinión...sorry
Apologies if we offended. Our point about drinking water isn't that the water is unclean... We just can't bring ourselves to drinking water from a public restroom sink... We'd have to be pretty desperate to do that. But, we did like that there were some water fountains throughout the city labeled for drinking and not washing hands. At those, we filled our water bottles up.
Santiago es un lujo. No se imaginan lo que era antes de 2019.
This is exactly what several people told us. There is a bit of distain for the city and nostalgia for what it used to be.
@@lifetheorycouple lol its not true, just far-right-parties propaganda. Enjoy Chile.
@@lifetheorycouple that people tellling you that Santiago is not safe are mostly right wingers, do not believe what they say, somehow they think spreading lies will hurt the government (socialist), they are also very racist... Santiago is very safe compared with any other country in Latinamerica or even USA.
Thanks for sharing about Chile! I spent a week there in March 2008. "First world" with clean tap water but more interesting ✨
We totally agree! - Although there is a special place in our hearts for Colombia... Chile has something that Colombia seems to lack, and that is clean and organized infrastructure.
I think many people here don't like Santiago because it's a very big city (like 6 million people here) and living with a fast rythm, having to travel maybe 45 min-1 hour to your job in the rush hours can be very stressful. And also because of Chile is at the end of the continent many people have never travelled other countrys so they don't even know what's going on or how is everything outside so they cannot value the good things they have.
If you talk with people that travel or with people who have a good situation in terms of job (or money in general) they always will appreciate Santiago because in the middle-good neighborhoods you can have a very good and enjoyable life ! 😁
As a chilean I appreciate the good points you made in your review and I totally agree even with some of the negatives! And I also love Barrio Italia and Ñuñoa, its definitely a good place to stay if you visit the city or even if you stay to live ! 😁
Thank you for such a detailed comment! - We're accustom to larger cities. We came straight from Bogota Colombia where we were for about 2 years straight. I think you're right, large cities can be a turn off for many and Santiago is a bit at the end of the World, so it's a city the seems to get unnoticed comparatively.
Well, I didn't know I wanted to go to Santiago, but now I do! Thanks for an interesting and balanced video. I was surprised when Widney said she sometimes feels judged, so I asked my wife if she has ever felt the same. She said sometimes, but only in her home city of Barranquilla. Me, I'm just oblivious. 😉
Nice! Yeah, we hope you make it. And yes, it's true and maybe you'll start to notice it a little more now, that Colombians can give the side eye.
I'm glad you liked Santiago, sometimes it's hard to appreciate the place you live in, and this video helped me do exactly that.
Shoulda gone to Quebrada de Macul though, you can enter for free and you can actually go to cerro San Ramon from it (probably not in one day though), very beautiful, though in these months it tends to be a little more dry.
Cheers!
LOVE THIS COMMENT! - Yes, I think it's easy to forget how great most places are... You just got to get outside to both see it, feel it, and experience it. We definitely want to go back to Santiago to do some more hikes. We were happy with the fact we snuck in 3 different ones. Quebrada de Macul is on the top of the list for our next visit.
haha, Now I'm aware about gringos doesn't drink water from the bathroom sink haha. It's so common for us! but i always wash my hands first!! Nice video you guys! thanks for enjoying my city!
Now you know!!! hahaha... We happily pay for the bottled water.
Thanks for your video! Very interesting experience. As a Santiaguina I love my city 🩷 mostly for the reasons you mentioned but also, when you got to know other cities you realize that Santiago is pretty cool.
We really loved our experience there, that's a fact. We noticed there was a mixed bag of people who would say they love their city while others had differing opinions. One guy even mentioned he doesn't like the routine of Santiago... He was from a smaller town far away from Santiago.
As a chilean myself Im glad you enjoyed your visit to Santiago. I must say though that the city is not as safe today as it was before 2019 and like any other big capital you must be aware of your surroundings and avoid empty streets down town, specially at night. Using your phone while walking the streets is not a smart move either. If you're a tourist keep an eye on "motochorros" or bikers on sidewalks. They can steal your phone in a flash. Hope this helps anyone who's visiting in the near future.
This is EXACTLY what we kept hearing from people... We came straight from Bogota Colombia, which is where we were for about 2 years... And comparatively, depending on the neighborhood you've really got to be way more cautious in Bogota vs. Santiago. Since we like to be in bed by 9pm, we're never really out late at night. So day time strolling of the city was great for us!
nice to see my city through foreign eyes and fair play on the negatives as well. we tend to be too immersed in work and daily life plus we have a fatalistic streak (grass is greener syndrome) so a fresh look is welcome. looking forward to the next video.
We forgot to mention steak. We actually enjoyed the way the meat was prepared more in Santiago than it was in Buenos Aires... I know that statement, if an Argentinian reads it will ignite on fire. But... We just liked how the preparation of flavor was incorporated into the meat versus just grilling a whole lot of it, which seems like the Argentinian way. --- We are definitely working on some other videos show casing our experience across Chile.
@@lifetheorycouple argentinians will not be happy with this post haha. anyway a good asado here is life, just salt and pepper and meat/longanizas etc, it's meat heaven. if you ever come back venture out of the city as there is a lot of great food out there.
Sii en Santiago el agua es mala de sabor , aunque igual es potable , pero mas al sur se puede tomar ya que es muy rica , saludos desde Concepción Chile
Thank you! - I bet the water is definitely cleaner in towns outside of Santiago for sure.
Que gran video! Ojalá prontamente vuelvan a Chile; Estoy seguro que el país seguirá sorprendiéndolos. Un abrazo!
Pronto volveremos, Chile es muy lindo y queremos ir a Valdivia y a Villarica y volver a la Patagonia!
@@lifetheorycouple recomiendo visiten las termas geometricas (pucon) y si pueden tomen skorpios de puerto montt a a laguna san rafael, es un viaje alucinante en naturaleza pristina.
@@lifetheorycouple Genial! El desierto del norte también creo que podría maravillarlos, es un lugar verdaderamente único en el mundo. Mis mejores deseos y energías para sus viajes! ✨ Los esperamos aunque solo sea por UA-cam jajaja 😹
I have never been curious about that country. And it confirms the fact about nature. For me to love a place it must be very green.
This is an interesting sentiment. The northern part of Chile is very desert like. The further south you go from Sanitago it gets more and more green... So, I wouldn't bump it off your list just yet. We also went to the Patagonia region of Chile and that was just breath taking, a video coming out on that soon. The greenery is not the same as Colombia, but it is definitely full of nature more than you'd believe.
Chile is not only Santiago, you must visit the south, look for videos about , Carretera Austral and Patagonia, you will see how green is that part of Chile with beautiful landscapes
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Chile is more than 4,000 kilometers long, and the entire southern half is increasingly greener, even containing some of the densest cold jungles in the world (I recommend you researching the "selva valdiviana"). So, your prejudice refers only to a part of a country that has a huge variety of landscapes.
Two days ago was snowing in Santiago and the snow covered completely The Andean RangeIt was a great landscape
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We saw the news on social media. The city’s landscape looks so pretty with the white covered mountains! 💚
Muy completo reporte sobre la ESPECTACULAR ciudad de Santiago! ❤❤❤❤❤
Gracias! Nos encanto!
@@lifetheorycouple Fueron a la Patagonia!
Profound gratitude for your stay in Chile… as with all visiting people of good will beware of tour sorroundings at big cities, sadly, Chile is not as safe as it once was. It’d be if no use to blame any group, but it can be said that Chileans always lived a carefree and safe life…
Thank you! As stated, we did not go to Santiago for Santiago... But we walked away surprised with how much we loved our experience there. Gratitude 100%
Very good video , The mote con Huesillo desert is healthy but lately they just add to much sugar, Is basically a boiled peaches and you drink the juice, and they add the mote
Thank you! - It was an interesting experience to eat Mote con Huesillo. I really did ask a handful of locals in Santiago and even some or our tour guides in Patagonia why they love it so much... And they shared soooo many beautiful memories and stories about how they grew up on the stuff. Neat we must admit, but not for us. lol
THANKYOU FOR CHILE LOVE THANKYOU
Thank you for your view and comment!
I wish Santiago wasn't so far away from Toronto. I spent 3 weeks there last year but I don't know if I would go back just because of the distance. Going to Bogota in 6 weeks.
Great video as always guys 👌
I am in Argentina a short fight away, but the smog keeps me from traveling over there. Good video nonetheless.
@@DaveG-qd6ug I went to Santiago right after spending 3 months in Buenos Aires. No comparison. I wouldn't recommend it, especially if you're going from BA. You'll be let down by the comparison. I never made it out to Valparaiso though. Maybe it would have been better if I had.
@@AdamEgret Thanks for mentioning that. Yes I spend half the year in Tampa Florida and half in BA. Tons of Canadians in both places ! The air the here in the capital varies but is not bad for a large latin city. Santiago looks very nice and I would not be so picky but I have asthma so it really is not an option sadly. And I would like to visit the beach their someday during the summer, surf looked pretty good !
@@DaveG-qd6ug Nice. I'm in Lima Peru, going to Bogota soon. Maybe back to Argentina next year. Enjoy BA.
I really enjoyed the conversation on this post.... Jonny typing here... I know this is not the most popular opinion... But we went to BA right after Santiago (a video coming out on that soon). In contrast, because I absolutely love hiking so much... Santiago wins it for me in comparison. Running up the slopes of mountains is one of my favorite activities and it's kind of a goal to make that a routine part of my life. The amount of mountains that exists in BA = 0.
Try chilean food soup of congrio ,pastel de jaiba , paila marina ,or cazuela de vacuno and a courios info the taste of atlas give chile the 3 best bread marraqueta
We had congrio in Patagonia, and YUM! - It was soooo good. :-)
Heartbroken for how much you disliked Mote con Huesillos 😢 I respect your opinion but the clip of you throwing it was too much.
Awww... We know that clip can be hard to watch. We ate/drank about half of just one... But could not finish it. Apologies if it offends, our intent is to show an honest opinion. But we still encourage foreigners to try it out for themselves and form their own opinions.
@@lifetheorycouple Una cosa es que no te guste, otra es faltar el RESPETO.
Te deseo a ti y a tu pareja una muy MALA VIDA.
BRUTA
Don't mess with the "Mote con huesillo" and "tostador" our national treasures
Mote con huesillos is only good when you are really thirsty in a really hot day. otherwise is a little bit much sweet for many tastes
Agree with you on the sweetness of it!
She threw the dessert out! 🤔🤭
***WE... LOL... We both shared the Mote Con Huesillo... But we both couldn't finish it.
@@lifetheorycouple I did not see any homeless people in the video, I guess the situation is better there.
You can't give a half eaten dessert to someone. That would be tine deaf @@DaveG-qd6ug
@@lifetheorycouple Can't blame you. Most of my family and friends here in Chile don't like it. I truly don't know who the people here are who really enjoy it.
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That water thing the waiter did is not usual at all. Weird af. Never happened to me in Santiago or Chile for that matter.
HA! - Yeah, we did not see it often, but it did happen.
@@lifetheorycouple Bet. It is not a thing tho.
What do you both do for work? I work remotely but I want to start looking at other remote jobs as a backup :)
We have remote corporate jobs at the moment. I think the trick is really gaining trust with your employer before venturing abroad.
My advice is if you go to Santiago be careful with your wallets, smartphones and cameras there're so many thief from Venezuela, Colombia and Haiti.
The local people are very quiet, warm and friendly but, for an average tourist who goes without any information it is difficult to distinguish the difference between one and the other and sometimes because of them we look very bad to the tourists.
Great advise for any given city! - Widny is from Bogota Colombia and the both of us lived there for 2 years... It's a bit worst with all the theft.
Those same Chilean cherries sell for 65 Euros a kilo at the Bon Marche in Paris in the Christmas or their winter time there.
Nice! - They were very tasty!
El agua en Chile es potable, el tratamiento del agua potable y aguas servidas es de los mas modernos del mundo, el agua servida de todo Santiago es tratada antes de ser devuelta al mar... Por lo tanto las costas son limpias y el agua es potable...
Yes! We loved to learn this about Santiago. I think the thing for us is that we can't see our selves ever filling up a bottle of water or drinking straight from a BATHROOM SINK... The issue for us is the consumption from a bathroom sink... We did enjoy that there were several water stations across the city that specifically stated 'Not for washing hands'.
@@lifetheorycouple Ojalá puedan regresar hay lugares muy lindos por recorrer, saludos
It's bizarre that you have an issue with the bathroom sink taps. Kitchen tap, bathroom tap; it's the same source of water. Is bathroom water not safe to drink in the USA? Does it come from a separate source that is infected with cholera or something?
We understand that the source of water is clean. And that is something to be very proud of... However, the issue we have is drinking that water from a public restroom. We don't know who was the last person to touch that facet or the last time it was cleaned. We don't know if whoever touched the bathroom sink space/facet/handle really used soap or not. We can only imagine there is a higher probability of being exposed to all types of bacteria in a public space... We would not drink from a bathroom facet unless we were truly desperate. We have not seen this behavior in any other country, even those with clean sources of water, we have lived or visited. --- So, in our opinion, it is bizarre/disgusting to fill up a bottle of water from a bathroom sink. --- On a more positive note, we did enjoy that there were some establishments with sinks, outside of bathrooms, with signs stating something like 'for drinking, not for washing hands' explicitly implying to fill up your bottles of water there. In those locations we happily filled up our bottles of water.
How prevalent is English there? My Spanish is very basic!
In the nicer areas, very common. People in restaurants and retail shops seem to all know English. More than we expected.
I share much of what you said, but what happened after the social unrest was that the city, which had been very divided by social classes for years, became even more divided due to these class differences. After the unrest, our politicians didn’t take the necessary steps to make the changes that would allow the general population to live in complete harmony. Instead, they made empty promises out of fear of what was happening, but never followed through. The majority of the people who are the most disrespectful to others are those with more money. These wealthier individuals are the ones who have no sense of belonging to the country they live in, let alone the city they live in. They’re always talking about wanting to leave Chile or Santiago because they have the capital to do so, and therefore, they feel no sense of belonging. This is not the case with middle-class or lower-middle-class people, who are always greeting their neighbors and are proud of their roots and where they live.
But this is typical of Chilean society and the city of Santiago. It doesn’t happen in other regions of Chile because people are more humble and live a quieter, more modest life than those in the city. I'm glad you’re coming to Chile and that you like our land. It’s unfortunate that there are people who invest time in scaring tourists by saying that this country is dangerous, when in fact, it has only a 3% crime rate at the Latin American level, making it one of the safest countries in all of Latin America. So, when you read someone saying that Chile is a dangerous country nowadays, it’s for the reasons I mentioned above. It always comes from people who claim to be patriots, who probably no longer live in Chile, and who never had the courage to enjoy the beautiful things the city has to offer because they always stayed in their own comfort zone and never ventured out of their own places.
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Thank you for such a detailed comment! - It sounds like you have a lot of passion for the city. So far... Santiago has been our favorite city we have visited all year. We do want to come back for sure!
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HAHAHAHA - We noticed. And that is a plus for the city. But we still cannot bring ourselves to filling up water bottles from a restroom faucet. lol...
@@lifetheorycouple yeah it depends on the state of the piping, i filter with a brita but you're better off buying bottled water just in case.
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Now you need to try the drink call Terremoto...
When we're back in Chile, we'll try it out!
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You're welcome! Thank you for the view and the comment!
In chile we dont have dangerous animals and Mosquito
TRUE! We totally forgot to mention that it was hot and there were NO mosquitoes. What a plus!
I love love loveeeee mote cn huesillos
That's great to hear! We noticed many people do! It's just not our cup of tie... Like literally, it's kind of a peach tea drink. lol
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LOL!
Dating Culture Topic???
This one made us LOL real hard... If you're looking to date in Chile, we'd have NO IDEA... We've been married over 8 years. But... If you want some tips on how to date your own spouse and keep it fresh. We've got you! Dating does not end after marriage.
it's crap, really hard to meet people unless you make friends and network from there or use dating apps. anyway the best times you'll have here is at friends places so make friends then meet people is probably the way to go.
The mote con huesillos is a product that is only offered to tourists on the streets of Santiago. In the other cities of Chile, for example in Viña del Mar, which is also a very touristy city, mote con huesillo is not sold on the streets and neither do families prepare it in their homes.
A very big mistake that many people make is believing that all of Chile is the same as Santiago.
Thank you for your view and comment! - We do wonder what it would be like to have the authentic thing that's cooked and prepared in the country side. Our tour guide who took us up Torres del Paines shared a beautiful story about how his grandmother would make a batch of Mote con Huesillos several times during the summer and that it would take the whole family a week to get through all of it. He's from a city in the Sourthern part of Chile.
Let me tell you something about Mote with huesillos, this is a typical drink for Chilean, IT'S NOT ONLY A DRINK it's a drink to help with your hunger as well when you are thirsty. It's very nutritious because the soft wheat is like a cereal and the dry peach is an addition to the flavor of the drink. Another thing about the people who goes to the public restroom to drink water, most of them are immigrants who lives in the streets of Santiago. Most of the people of Santiago buy drinking water.
I lived in USA and saw homeless BATHE in public bathrooms, so it's not unique from Chile.
We welcome a lot people, but most of the Chilean DO NOT LIKE THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, there is a lot chaos where they live and work.
People of Santiago are not happy the way Santiago looks now. Santiago was a very orderly city, there was no people selling food on the street or so much chaos like today.
If you can watch an old video of Santiago Chile for example in the 80s or 90s. you will see the difference.
I'm sorry for writing with capital letters. I write this way because I want to highlighted what it's weird to you.
Thank you for the view and comment!
We didn't even expect Mote con Huesillos to be somewhat like a drink... I think as a dessert/refreshing treat, it's just too different. So, not for us. I can see how the mote contains nutritional value along with the peaches themselves. But that doesn't justify our dislike of the taste, the texture, and the mixture of the two things. But, I do encourage anyone visiting Chile to try it out to form their own opinion.
Drinking from the bathroom facet... The people who were doing this and encouraging this were no homeless. One was a bar tender telling us to just go fill up the water bottle in the bathroom sink after we had ordered a bottle of water... One was a mother filling up water bottles for their children at San Cristobal. It was a hot day, I'll give them that... It just seemed normal in Santiago for people to do this... Which is great because the water must be that clean. We haven't seen this behavior in any other Latin American country.
Así es, el mote con huesillo es asqueroso al igual que el pastel de choclo. Las personas son bastante mal educadas en general, no tienen un buen trato natural a los turistas. Normalmente sólo los reune las ideas de odio según sea el tema del día, puede ser por política, deporte o inmigración. Es verdad que no hay sentido de comunidad, no aprecian su ciudad, le dicen Santi-asco (Santi-disgust) y aborrecen que les critiquen aunque sean verdades porque no están dispuestos a cambiar aunque sea para mejor, somos como una tribu aborigen con tecnología.
There are definitely differing opinions. We did not like Mote con Huesillo... But we did enjoy the Pastel de Choclo. --- People from Santiago do seem a little 'stand off-ish' and don't like to mingle with strangers... This felt different when we travelled to Vina Del Mar, Curico, and the Patagonia region. People were a bit more receptive in those parts outside of Santiago.
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@@lifetheorycouple thats right
12:00 I didn't like that criticism, who are you talking and criticizing, it's safe clean water, more so than other countries, and I think that in your girls there are also horrible bathrooms, Like that's disgusting, I don't like it with comments, just say I don't like it and with that it's clear. Sobre el pan cada persona como l cantidad que uno quiere, una falta de respeto decir mal lo que come pan una persona, Regarding bread, each person eats the amount they want, it is disrespectful to say wrongly what a person eats bread,
Apologies if we offended. The water is clean, and that's great! We loved that there were dedicated drinking fountains specified for filling up bottles of water. They even had signs saying 'No lava manos...' However, we do find it disgusting to drink water from a public bathroom sink. --- On the bread piece, we did say, it's not a negative for many, but it is for us. We do eat bread from time to time, but it's something we don't consume daily but rather maybe once a week.
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I am surprised that you did not list "Chilean Spanish" as one of the negatives. It is hard to understand. Also, they tend not to like Colombians and it is worse if you are a woman. They think that we are shallow with lots of work done and are there to steal their man. I hated dealing with their beetchiness because they were jealous or something. I also hated being called La + my name.
HA! - Chilean Spanish is off isn't it?!... Jonny felt like he was understood better because his Spanish doesn't always come out right... And since that seems to be kind of what Spanish sounds like at times in Chile, Jonny had an easier time communicating in Chile. While in Colombia, he has to really work out the pronunciation, otherwise people just don't understand. --- We were only here for a month and did not experience any of the cultural-discrimination you are mentioning.
@@lifetheorycouple I guess you feel it more if you are working with them. We did not really understand their Spanish and had to look up the definitions online and my God, that sounded RUDE. We also found a lot of their words funny like fome, cachai, lo estás viendo as in are you working on that, etc. Maybe your experience as someone living short term is more positive and you were there with a gringo. We had colleagues from Valle del Cauca who lived there long term and they did experience some kind of discrimination, even if it is something like saying stuff in front of you like "Chile used to be safe until Colombians, Venezuelans and Haitians arrived". I had a very rude co-worker named Nicols, she really had it out for me for no reason and then I asked one of the other Colombians based in Chile what the heck was up with her and he said that she hated me because I am a Colombian woman :/
But I must add that they were people from the Santiago office, everyone from the Concepción and Viña del Mar offices were nice
15:40 Pero chicos, Chile es el segundo país mundial en el consumo de pan solo por detrás de Alemania, el pan en chile es como la coca cola para los mexicanos
HAHA! - We get it, Chileans LOVE their bread. It was a little much for us. We had to insist on places not serving us bread.
Chileans love bread. In Europe you usually have to weigh things before purchasing them too.
O yes, we noticed that Chileans love bread. There is even a TikTok out there showing an older man putting sushi rolls in between two pieces of bread then eating it... We are definitely the weird ones in Chile, because we choose to eat bread very very seldomly.
@@lifetheorycouple sorry it is partly censored by the Socialist/Communist government there.
Chileans are many times very clean people. The same cannot be said about some immigrants. I never did see in the many years I lived there a person using the bathroom, not washing their hands and then drinking from their hands but Chile has change a lot in the past ten years with the open door to immigration but it has been even more true in the past two years. The person you saw doing that was most like not Chilean.
Thank you for pointing this out! Whether they were Chilean or not, we saw a lot of people doing that.
@@lifetheorycouple wow. I never saw that in the 9 years I lived there. But that was a long time ago.
Guys, translate your videos into Spanish and you will have many more views
This is a great idea! We've thought about this... We might make a Spanish version channel, but that will come later if we do.
You see guys not washing their hands after using the bathroom all over the world. Including the U.S.
haahha! - This is true. And we wonder why pandemics can occur....
Casi perfecto pero igual hay varias impresiciones de parte de uds.
Chile el unico psis de LATAM con agua potable como servicio.
Informarse bien primero antes de emitir una opinión, sobre todo cuando se trata de hablar otro país y cultura. Somos muy patriotas y sensible con eso. Estamos orgullosos de nuestro país y de ser líderes y los más adelantados del continente pues no hacemos todo perfecto pero mejor que nuestros vecinos.
I don,t like yours opinión...sorry
Apologies if we offended. Our point about drinking water isn't that the water is unclean... We just can't bring ourselves to drinking water from a public restroom sink... We'd have to be pretty desperate to do that. But, we did like that there were some water fountains throughout the city labeled for drinking and not washing hands. At those, we filled our water bottles up.