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Hi all,
Does anyone know a clinic in Lima where I can get a blood test for STDs?
Preferably where they speak a little english as my spanish is pretty shit.
I don't have anything (hopefully! ) but need to get tested cause I'm planning on hooking up with a gf after Lima so need to have that stuff in order before I see her.
Thanks,
BB
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Clinics
[QUOTE=Bigben0]Hi all,
Does anyone know a clinic in Lima where I can get a blood test for STDs?
Preferably where they speak a little english as my spanish is pretty shit.
I don't have anything (hopefully! ) but need to get tested cause I'm planning on hooking up with a gf after Lima so need to have that stuff in order before I see her.
Thanks,
BB[/QUOTE]
There are a few clinics around town. The one I know of off hand is clinica america in san isidro. I do not have an address but any cabbie should know it.
Another idea would be to go into a 5 star hotel and ask the concierge or even a good pharmacy like inkafarm.
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For AIDs blood test, I go to the Clinica Gonzalez in Lince, Av. Merino 1884. Phone 471-1579 470-7416. They have results in about an hour for 38.50 soles, (around $13.00). Puts chicas´ minds at rest. They have an entire battery of tests they can give you. [url]www.cligonz.com[/url]
A more expensive alternative is the ROE Laboratorios group. [url]www.labroe.com[/url] . They have a couple of places in Miraflores. Also in this more expensive category is the Suiza Lab group: [url]www.suizalab.com[/url] , also in Miraflores. I have used both of the above for different tests, but not for AIDS. Not sure if they have a one hour test available.
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I used to go to Suiza labs in Miraflores. When they built that big new office they raised their prices a lot. I found a place in central Lima that will sell you counterfeits for 5 soles. I have always gotten good results and there is no waiting time!
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[QUOTE=Lima Busy]I used to go to Suiza labs in Miraflores. When they built that big new office they raised their prices a lot. I found a place in central Lima that will sell you counterfeits for 5 soles. I have always gotten good results and there is no waiting time![/QUOTE]
Counterfeit AIDS results? <cough>
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LAN Flights
I found that I could get better prices on domestic LAN flights using the Peruvian LAN website. There is a little trick to get it to work. They ask from what country your credit card was issued. Select Peru. Apparently, they can't check. If you select another country, the transaction won't go through.
Cheers,
Nap Time
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Lima-Cartagena on LAN
From the end of April, new direct flights on LAN; Lima-Cartagena from $200 rt.
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Thanks everyone - is to put a non-workers mind at risk that i am meeting up with but thought this would be a good place to ask - which it seems like it was!
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Interesting weekend!
This weekend is ST. Paddy's day and the nude bike-a-thon!
The 11km bike ride kicks off at 10pm, with body painting at 8am and the wet-t-shirt contest is at 7pm.
There are radiation warnings in Lima now so be sure to put your sunblock on!
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Drinking the water
Just wondering how experienced visitors deal with the water issue. The following is from WIKITRAVEL on Peru. Would hate to take all the effor to get to Lima and waste the Time with some stomach virus or the like. Advice welcomed. I will repost in Davids section. Thanks
Diarrhea
Electrolytic drinks help guard against dehydration. You can get powders to dissolve in water in almost every pharmacy. If not, just dissolve sugar and salt in water. Bacterial diarrhea can be treated with antibiotics, if it doesn't vanish during a week. Usually, pharmacies are quite helpful.
Food and drink
If you stay in good hotels you may be able to avoid catching diarrhea, otherwise you will surely contract it. Just don't worry too much about. There are some rules that could avoid the worst:
Avoid unboiled tap water, if possible. This can be difficult; If you eat a salad or drink some fruit juice, it will probably be prepared with tap water. Avoid ice in drinks if you can.
If you must drink tap water, use some purification like mikropur.
Don't eat food prepared in the street (if you can resist it).
When going to cheap restaurants, first have a smell and listen to what your nose says.
In some areas, refrigerators are rare. Just go to the meat section of a typical market hall and take a smell, you will understand. If you would rather vegetarian food, it can be hard to find. Chicken is worth a try, since they are mostly fresh.
Don't eat unpasteurized milk products.
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Don't Cough.....
[QUOTE=Lazyboy].......If you stay in good hotels you may be able to avoid catching diarrhea, otherwise you will surely contract it. ......[/QUOTE]Complete bollox. You will surely contract it even if you stay in a good. hotel. My own experience is that I built up a resistance after many, many visits. Other than that, at the first feeling of "wondering" if you are OK, take two immodium immediately and then one a day after that for three days.
The thing that most people forget is to use bottled water when brushing their teeth. Or tooth, if you come from Alabama.
Suerte!
Polvo
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Miraflores Map
Are there any good maps of Miraflores. I'm going to Peru for the first time and trying to get a lay of the land (hotels, tequila rocks, eating places, etc).
Jay
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[QUOTE=JayHighFive]Are there any good maps of Miraflores. I'm going to Peru for the first time and trying to get a lay of the land (hotels, tequila rocks, eating places, etc).
Jay[/QUOTE]
Jay there are a few book stores in the miraflores area that sell maps of the city with miraflores included.
IMHO the best maps are those like the "thomas guide" for Los Angeles. They break down each district and give a blown up view of each section of each barrio. You probably want that if you are looking for off beat places.
If you look at a general map of lima most of what you will see is a vast wasteland of different barrios clumped together..not much to go by.
Try looking at google earth for a general idea of the layout.
Take it slow when figuring lima out. Lima can be extremely overwhelming at first glance.
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Corner Bar
No sexo on this post only about gamboling. Lima can drive you nuts. I have been here many times in the last two years. I have been dragging my sorry butt from Mira Flores to the Race track in Monterico. 8 to 10 soles each way. Yesterday sitting in the ML lobby I hear a guy talking about betting a basketball game in Lima. I ask him where He would do this and he tells me about the Corner bar on Larco just before Larcomar. I have been by his place plenty of time and never thought it was anything that would interest me.
The Casino in Atlantic City has limited horse betting but not like his place. It is really next door to the Corner Bar but it is easier to find it using it
I don't care how much you think you know Lima,but this City has a lot of surprises.
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Montericco racetrack
[QUOTE=Vics Picks]
I don't care how much you think you know Lima,but this City has a lot of surprises.[/QUOTE]
There are a lot of great things to do in Lima that nobody talks about here.
It is a great place to spend a day with a group of guy's and really "impresses" the ladies as well.
I have an Arab friend who owns race horse's and when he is in town a group goes down to the track "smokes them Cubans" and sips some "blue label". Yes,
Life in Peru is good!
Gringo's automatically get into the VIP section!