This report will cover my trip to Lima, September 1-8, 2007. For the last couple of years, my work schedule has allowed me to travel pretty much at will, but that's all changed now. I'm currently based in Santo Domingo, and I need to take my free week per month to catch up with friends and responsibilities back home. This week is a true vacation week, and I hope to make the most of it.
With more than a dozen visits to Lima under my belt, I've learned to love the city and the people. For me, it's a great mongering spot – there's tons of options, Lima's a city that has a very good infrastructure, there's plenty of non-mongering things to keep me occupied, the food's great, and (this is important to me) it rewards a mongering 'sense of adventure' much more than some other locations. Lima is not a 'point and click' spot, and if you don't bring someone with you, you'll be mongering alone – and I'm OK with that.
I haven't filed a trip report on my last few visits, so I'm going to give it a stab this time. I'm going to try to come up with a mix of both new girls/locations along with a couple of old favorites. It will be interesting to see how this trip turns out.
Well, it didn't start out great. I flew into Santo Domingo last night, cleaned up some last-minute work stuff, and was in the taxi at 4:45 in the morning to check in for my 7:30 Copa flight to Panama, catching the Lima leg at 10:00 and getting into town at 1:30. It turned out that the Copa crew arrived late last night, and the morning flight had to be delayed until 9:15 to allow the pilots sufficient rest time to rest. At check-in, they changed my connection to an 11:30 flight, landing at 4:00 pm. I barely made my connection and (I am typing this on the plane) I have no idea if my bags are aboard.
The flight was on time, and immigrations and customs were a snap (my bags did make the plane). The customs form has changed since my last trip, but the red light/green light random check system is still in place.
Rather than go with the "taxi, taxi" guys, I walk out to the drop off lane and flag a cab there. He agrees to 25 soles to Miraflores, and off we go.
I am constantly searching for the perfect lodging for my trips. Most of the time, I stay in hotels – I like having my bed made, food available 24/7 and the ease of no responsibilities. I use apartments now and then, too. Having a lot of room is good, having a kitchen is good, not parading hookers past the girls at the front desk is good, and I believe that the girls are more relaxed in an apartment, as opposed to a hotel room. A more relaxed chica = better session, or so I believe.
About a year ago, I saw an ad on Craig's List of InnPeru apartments ([Solo usuarios registrados pueden ver
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One thing led to another, and I never wound up using their apartments. Marc and I kept in touch, and I was able to book the Eduardo apartment for $250 for the week.
I emailed Marc form Santo Domingo with my revised arrival time, and called him from the airport to warn him of my arrival.
Julia (his partner) was waiting for me as I pulled up in the taxi. Marc showed soon after. We went upstairs and looked over the apartment.
It was good; not great. There's a huge bedroom with a king-size bed and enough room for a dance floor and a small bed. The living room is comfortable, with a small TV, and there's a kitchen with a half-size refrigerator and appliances and pots and pans, not to mention the bathroom that's well, a bathroom. The elevator is screwy; you have to take it to the fourth floor and walk down to three. It's not air conditioned but that's not an issue because it is still winter here.
IT IS STILL WINTER HERE. I forgot all about that, so all I have is t-shits and light stuff. No jackets. I'm going shopping on Monday.
Marc left with his money, and I grabbed a quick shower and shave. It was time to start my trip.
I called Alina at 5:00. I had done some research and pre-qualified some girls for this trip. I usually only wind up seeing one or two of the 'finalists', but it is good to have some choices already made. She advertised an incall in Miraflores ([Solo usuarios registrados pueden ver
este link] a link to a pdf of her ad), so it seemed perfect. Alina answered the phone, told me the price (150 soles for the hour – 100 for the half hour). We set an appointment for 6:00, and she told me the street corner to call her from.
At 5:55, I called. She gave me name of hotel and room number. Ironically, I was standing in front of the hotel at the time! When I went upstairs and met her, it was definitely the girl I spoke to on the phone – no dispatcher involved here. I wasn't totally sure that she was the girl in the ad, but after further inspection and discussion, it was. She was a little heavier than her pictures, but she had a nice rack. Her face was so-so. Not magazine cover material, but not run and hide either. The thing about these girls here in Peru – even the OK-looking ones give the best dates. They're all sweet as sugar, and act like they're glad to see you. Now don't get me wrong – I don't think that she was in love with me or anything. You can fake lots of stuff, but sweet isn't one of them. We just made out on the bed for a while and chatted. When we got down to business, she moved and moaned in all the right places. When we were done, we tidied up, she gave me her non-work number for repeat calls, and she let me get off a few pictures of her. They aren't the most flattering. She wasn't a ten to start, but she's prettier than these pictures:
On the way back to the apartment, I stopped at the supermarket and stocked up on beverages, snacks, cheese, and some nuke-able foods plus a phone card, all for around $20. I unloaded my stuff and I was off to meet a friend for dinner at Rafael.
Rafael
San Martín 300, Miraflores
Phone 242-4149
Open Mon-Sat from noon to 4pm and 8pm to 1am
One of my friends had recently been to Lima, and he had just raved about the foot at Rafael, saying that it was one of his best meals ever. Sadly, I don't think that I can agree. The food was good; not great. Don't get me wrong – there was nothing wrong with it, but I feel that there are much better values out there for the money. We wound up spending 120 Soles per person (just under $40 each), without any liquor and no dessert. I wouldn't dismiss going there again out of hand, but I probably wouldn't be running back any time soon.
Visiting with my friend over dinner, however, was outstanding. I consider myself lucky to have made a couple of close friends in Lima. The only shame is that I don't get to see them all that often. I really value my time with them. He has a family, and needs to spend time with them, so we split up at around 9:30. I headed to the Hacienda casino, where it took me about an hour to lose 100 Soles at blackjack.
It was only 10:45. Since it was way too early to go to Tequila Rock, I decided walk back to the apartment to kill some time. It was really cold in the apartment. There aren't a lot of windows that open, but I guess that the ones that do don't keep the cold out all that well. My plan was to lie down for just a few minutes, and leave the house at midnight, so that's what I did.
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This report will cover my trip to Lima, September 1-8, 2007. For the last couple of years, my work schedule has allowed me to travel pretty much at will, but that's all changed now. I'm currently based in Santo Domingo, and I need to take my free week per month to catch up with friends and responsibilities back home. This week is a true vacation week, and I hope to make the most of it.
With more than a dozen visits to Lima under my belt, I've learned to love the city and the people. For me, it's a great mongering spot – there's tons of options, Lima's a city that has a very good infrastructure, there's plenty of non-mongering things to keep me occupied, the food's great, and (this is important to me) it rewards a mongering 'sense of adventure' much more than some other locations. Lima is not a 'point and click' spot, and if you don't bring someone with you, you'll be mongering alone – and I'm OK with that.
I haven't filed a trip report on my last few visits, so I'm going to give it a stab this time. I'm going to try to come up with a mix of both new girls/locations along with a couple of old favorites. It will be interesting to see how this trip turns out.
Dear RT, What can i say...you are a fabulous writer and a great friend of Peru.
you never die RT.
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Nice!
RT, you make a better promotion of Peru than the gov, and your writing caught me, so I am going to read your entire trip, see if I can follow your steps next time I am there.
Cheers!
