International travel with MBP--how to charge?

I'm preparing to leave the country for a month. Although I'm worried I'll somehow screw up my MacBook by bringing it along, I can't help myself.
Has anyone else charged one outside the country? Or charged a PowerBook? (I'm pretty sure the adapters are fairly equivalent, at least in the way they function.)
I'm going to Chile, which is 220V country, and I've heard that the white power brick should automatically convert/handle this voltage as long as I have a plug adapter to attach to the brick's prongs for use in different sized plugs.
Since I'm paranoid--and don't want to add "smoke emissions" to the whine, scorching heat, and the rest my MBP's known problems-- I'm curious if anyone else has verified this. And if so, which kind (brand) of adapter was used. Compared to others, Apple's own adapter seems pretty expensive.
When I called AppleCare yesterday, the rep said he thought I'd be ok, but his reticence didn't exactly instill confidence.
Anyway, thanks in advance for the help.

Apple sells their "World Travel Kit" for $39:
http://tinyurl.com/hjuu2
These work with any Apple AC adapter that uses the interchangeable plugs such as your iPod, PowerBook, iBook, Airport Express, and of course MacBook Pro.
As others have said, the AC adapter is good for 100-220V, so you don't need a power converter, just the right plug type.
Alternatively you could buy generic plug adapters that allow you to plug the US style plug in one side and then plug the adapter into the foreign outlet. In my experience these don't work very well with heavy AC adapters like the MBP as the weight of the AC adapter pulls it out of the weak plug adapter. I find the Apple version much better, even if it is a bit more expensive.
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