ChileanVacation.com

If you prefer the familiar, the airport has several stores that sell essentially international goods with just a hint of local flavor:  Chilean lapis is the stone of choice for jewelry and the clothes follow the Southern Hemisphere seasons.

The same is true for the cultural offerings.  The latest U.S. and European pop CDs share space with Andean music, and the bookstores sell English-language best sellers and Latin American fiction (those categories sometimes blend; Isabel Allende's novels are displayed side-by-side in both English and Spanish.)