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In our excursion to Chiloe Island the highlight was always to visit Puñihuil`s Penguin Colony, but April just arrived and our little friends already are on their way to the north of the continet following “the food” good luck little fellows!!!

Santiago figures as the most expensive city in Chile, followed by Punta Arenas, according to a report from the Universidad del Desarrollo Business School, which was released this week.

The rating considers the cost of living for a highly placed corporation official and includes food, hygiene, communications, education, leisure, transport, clothing, housing, footwear. Data used in the study was collected in November, 2006.

Chile’s cheapest city is Talca, which is a good 28 to 30 percent cheaper than Santiago or Punta Arenas. Expenses there are even cheaper then in Copiapó - the city that had, until now, been the cheapest since 2003.

Santiago remains the most expensive city for the fifth year running, followed by Punta Arenas, Antofagasta and Viña del Mar-Valparaiso.

In Santiago, clothing, housing and education in general are far more expensive than anywhere else in the country. Prices were tallied in four of the capital’s upscale communities; Providencia, Vitacura, Lo Barnechea y Las Condes.

Meanwhile, Viña del Mar-Valparaiso-area has moved up two spots in two years’ time. Investigators say this region has been getting increasingly expensive, in comparison to other regions, for some time.

The report also details significant price differences for the same goods, according to locations. For example, a kilo of fresh bread costs the equivalent of US$1.50 in Iquique, north of the country, and US$1.00 in La Serena. It is similarly with beef: a good cut can cost the equivalent of US$14 per kilo in Santiago and the same cut US$9.50 in Coihaique.

Please read : patagoniatimes.cl

SOURCE: MERCOPRESS, EL MERCURIO
By Kristian de Leeuw ( editor@santiagotimes.clThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Chilean government has acknowledged for the first time that sea lice – parasitic crustaceans that affect both wild and farmed fish – are causing serious problems for the country’s lucrative farmed salmon industry.

Also known as Caligus, sea lice attach themselves to the bodies of fish, causing infection-prone lesions that leave the host fish vulnerable to a host of potentially fatal illnesses. Though they also affect wild fish, sea lice are particularly attracted to fish farms, which house huge numbers of captive and concentrated host fish.

In a July 5 letter addressed to the Washington, D.C.-based organization Pure Salmon Campaign, Ines Montalva Rodriguez, director of Chile’s National Fishing Service (SERNAPESCA), admitted that Chile has experienced an “outbreak” of the parasites. She also outlined a series of actions authorities are taking to contain the problem.

The measures include monitoring the transport of fish from Caligus-infested zones to Caligus-free zones, dousing salmon pens with hydrogen peroxide, and conducting workshops and roundtables to educate salmon farmers about the problem.

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Here we are, in Puerto Varas , lakes region of Chile. We have a beautiful landscape and the rivers for fishing lovers , also we are planning some excursions, sucha as: FULL DAY CHILOE ISLAND FAMILY HOSTED LUNCH, would you like to visit this magical island? and have a typical meal of seafood , meat, pork , and others , traditionally prepared in a hole, about a meter and a half (approx. one and a half yards) deep, which is dug in the ground. The bottom is covered with stones, heated in a bonfire until red. How that sound ? well, let’s plan your next trip together.