I like getting my fruit and vegetables from La Vega. It's a marvellous wonder of a place in a massive old warehouse with bright and fresh fruit and veg stacked to the rafters and it's bloody cheap as well. The supermarkets are a joke for buying this kind of thing, much more expensive than I was expecting and also the fresh produce is pretty tasteless. La Vega is sometimes less than half price so well worth heading over. It's also a much truer representation of Chile and the city in general. Supermarkets are a relatively new phenomenon whereas this place is an institution. Anyway, I won't waffle too much as I wrote this piece for Revolver so you can learn some more about a great part of the Santiaguino lifestyle:
There are some more photos here as well, taken by Katie David. Nice photos I think you'll agree of a place that gives me a sense of well-being and peace.
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| Berries |
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| Piles |
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| Fishies |
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| Chilis |
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| Carrots |
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| Cheap apples |
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| Cheap tomatoes that kids love |
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| Weird lynched effigy type thing |
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