Friday, July 08, 2005

Santiago – Day 8 (May 9)


modern building2 in santiago
Originally uploaded by PBryden.
Early morning departure for the University of Santiago's Business School this morning for a presentation on "Doing Business in Chile". The presentation was good and attended by a large number of faculty, there seems to be a connection between on of the professors and Rolf Murius. Oscar Uirbe made a memorable presentation about constructing the gas pipeline between Chile and Argentina, and some of the issues that Chile now faces with curtailed production from an economically depressed Argentina.

We transferred to our bus for a visit to Methanex: a very interesting company that might be worthwhile investing in.

Sea bass lunch {isn't it endangered?) at a very nice restaurant and then a visit to Abongoa, which is a Spanish civil construction company specializing in the power industry among other things. Might be a potential customer, however they seemed a little non-technical and mostly concerned with financing or projects and sharing of ownership/revenue.

Back to the hotel in the afternoon, a quick call back home and then out to the artisan market for a little shopping. Dinner at Isla Negre, mostly seafood but I had a steak and egg that was pretty good. Grabbed a cab back to the hotel and hit the hay early.

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