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The bus station in Santiago of Chile is one of those places where time is suspended between the heat and the coolness of the night. Toward Concepcion and the legendary University of Bio Bio, toward Puerto Montt and his project of sustainable city, toward the north to the Atacama Desert. In the typical Peñas you can listen and dance some cuecas of Violeta Parra and Victor Jara’s ballads, perhaps accompanied by delicious empanadas, pastel de choclo with humitas and Chilean wine. From Valparaiso the Pan-American highway runs fast alongside the Pacific Ocean, the coast is interrupted by infrequent fishing villages, the coast is bent by the majestic power of the ocean. Continue reading →