Anita wrote:
How can I get seed from the Copihue?
Looks like you can buy Copihue seeds (Chile’s national flower) online from these sites:
Banana Tree
B and T World Seeds
eBay
I also found this site which sells rare plants and used to stock the Copihue:
Eleonor England
You may wish to contact them to see if they have any seed available.
Posted April 30, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Add Your Comment »
Carlos writes and asks:
In Chile there is something called UF (Unidades de Fomento), but how do I convert, for example, 100 UF to Chilean Pesos and then to US Dollars?
You’re right about there being a UF in Chile. According to wikipedia:
The Unidad de Fomento (UF) is a Unit of account that is used in Chile. […]
Posted March 27, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Business | Add Your Comment »
For those traveling to Chile, it is one thing to know the exchange rate of the Chilean peso and another to know what you can actually buy for that same amount of money.
Step 1: Find out how much your currency is worth in Chilean Pesos with the peso currency converter.
Step 2: See how much […]
Posted March 5, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Travel | Add Your Comment »
I get inquiries every so often about Chile, the country, and its relationship to the chili pepper.
Fact: Chile’s shape on the map looks like a chili pepper.
Fiction: Chile was named after a pepper.
Chile’s name originates in the Quechua chin (”cold”), tchili (”snow”), or chilli (”where the land ends”).
While Chile wasn’t named for a pepper, chili […]
Posted February 28, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Add Your Comment »
I get lots of emails from people traveling to Santiago and wanting to know where they can exchange their currency for Chilean Pesos.
While you can exchange your money for pesos at the Santiago airport, you won’t get as good a rate as you will at a dedicated exchange house. You can see current currency exchange […]
Posted January 14, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Travel | Add Your Comment »
