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05-01-11 16:34 #913
Posts: 146Originally Posted by Soft Bob [View Original Post]
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04-30-11 23:43 #912
Posts: 70Pharmacies in Lima
Do the pharmacies in Lima sell Viagra and Cialis or the generics without a prescription?
Is it reasonably priced like in Costa Rica or Thailand?
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04-30-11 19:04 #911
Posts: 3074They periodically round up everyone, and there is constant harassment by the serenazgo. They shake down the girls, or load them all into trucks and leave them in the middle of nowhere. This is how it has always been. According to the article the zone would be regulated and protected. It would be called a "zona de tolerancia". It might be in a park or a special avenue and the SWs would receive medical assistance and lectures.
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04-30-11 18:44 #910
Posts: 3851Originally Posted by David_33 [View Original Post]
Are they planning on doing what mexico does by arresting anyone doing it outside of said areas?
Depending on where and how they do it that zona could be extremely dangerous. All the rateros of Lima in one general area knowing people brought soles to party.
Great news if it works out to our benefit though. Lima has been stagnant in the pfp department for years. I only caught the tail end of it and that was over 5 years ago.
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04-30-11 18:35 #909
Posts: 3074Possible future "Zona Rosa" in Lima
In today's El Comercio (most important Peruvian Newspaper), there is an article about the new socialist mayor of Lima's proposal to establish a "Zona Rosa" in the city. In this area SWs; male, female and shemale, would be for all practical purposes left alone to ply their trade. The Peruvian National Sex Workers Organization estimate that there are around 15,000 chica streetwalkers at present in Lima. The article has a handy little map which shows where each type of SW can be found.
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04-29-11 22:41 #908
Posts: 15908Originally Posted by Artisttyp [View Original Post]
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04-29-11 19:59 #907
Posts: 3851Originally Posted by Hasideas Tao [View Original Post]
1. Any money smells like money. Take out a dollar bill and take a whiff. Fake money is not printed
on the same paper.
2. Feel the bill. Run your fingers along the bills and feel for raised ink. You should be feeling some sort of texture not totally smooth.
3. Hold it up to the light and look for water marks and the gold trim in the middle. I think peruvian bills have the guys head on one side then a water mark of it on the other side. Not sure though.
4. 2 and 5 soles coins are what you will run up against the most. If it looks like a fake token it is not real. If you can barely see the artwork on the coin ask for another one. Usually the fakes are faded with only partial view of artwork.
So far Lima has been the worst place for this sort of thing in my latin american travels. Too the point where it gets annoying. You will get dooped a few times like I did but once you figure it out you won't.
Start off asking for SMALL bills. If you get a fake you lose very little. Maybe 20 soles bills.
One time the bank gave me a fake 50 soles bill that I tried to pass to a pfp chica. It was of exceptional quality so I thought she could pass it off to someone else. It worked but the cab driver that took her home figured it out and she came back to the hotel! I was a scumbag that day but I seriously thought she could slip it to someone else without them knowing.
I was a jerk. I will never do that again.
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04-29-11 19:45 #906
Posts: 250What does it smell like?
Well this is not very encouraging. What does it smell like? Puta?
In Colombia I got a few coins that were supposedly no good. Not counterfeit, just no longer accepted as valid currency. And they have so many different coins, I had no way of knowing.
Originally Posted by Artisttyp [View Original Post]
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04-27-11 17:03 #905
Posts: 3851Smell The Money
Lima is loaded with counterfiet money. Become very familiar with the bills and coins before you change money. Even at the bank! Most people will try to give you false 5/2 soles coins. Don't be afraid to say NO THANKS. Cabbies try to push them on everybody.
I smell my bills right in front of everbody. The response I get is " ah tu conoces Lima muy bien".
Dollars are worth crap for the most part. Who the hell wants to be payed in a fluctuating third world currency? Soles is where it's at.
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04-27-11 15:54 #904
Posts: 40USD V Soles
I find it much easier and cheaper to pay in Soles. Dollars are easily converted to Soles with the cambio guys on the street in Miraflores. Bring only fresh unmarked bills with not even the slightest tear or mark or the cambio will not accept them.
The best exchange rates that I have found are in the casinos. They will give you a slightly better exchange than the cambo guys. If you are in a casino get a couple of hundred exchanged. I have a slightly more secure feeling there than on the street where passerbys can witness the exchange.
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04-27-11 05:46 #903
Posts: 159USD vs SOLES?
In general, do people want to paid in USD or Soles?
If USD, what are good denominations to bring singles, fives?
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04-25-11 22:47 #902
Posts: 329Thanks David, might give that a go for my next trip.
Originally Posted by David_33 [View Original Post]
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04-25-11 01:49 #901
Posts: 3074Language School
There was an article on this place in today's Sunday paper here in Lima. Once in awhile forum members ask about intensive Spanish classes, this seems to be an interesting alternative. Plus the Director, Kathy Mujica, is a babe: http://www.hispanaidiomas.com/
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04-08-11 15:57 #900
Posts: 9Originally Posted by Lima Busy [View Original Post]
Send me PM if anyone wants to meet and find some workaround for those 3 days!
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04-07-11 21:41 #899
Posts: 1233Dry weekend
I was having drinks down at the "old pub" with 10-12 guys who are currently in town and only a few of us were aware of "Ley Seca". As this is an election weekend all bars will be shut down and liquor sales are banned. Forewarned is forearmed!