General Info

[Surfer]

worried you were on a binge celbrating the return of Alan!!!! Bet you NEVER thought you'd welcome his return so warmly LOL! Lesser of two evils was never so true, eh? But don't give up hope. Thee is still some chance Fujimori will flee house arrest and mount a coup LOL!

[Samu Ray]

The mugging took place at the Central Market in downtown Lima. Yes, I
reported it to police.

[Screwed Up]

Don`t carry money on you. Few days ago I had been walking around the central market, four bastards jumped on me. It was so sudden that I did not
have time to react. My front shirt poket was ripped off. I lost my ID, SS card and Health insurance card, Also, 90 soles.

Did this happen in Parque Kennedy? Did you report it? There are supposed to be camera´s monitoring the park.

[NJ Dude II]

It's the Parque Kennedy (yeah good old JFK)...

[Samu Ray]

At the end of Arequipa Av, going out of downtown Lima, Arequipa Av ends at a park that I don`t know the name of. There is another Av that borders the
park on the right side going down to the beach, I think. There is a golden arch
es (Macdonald`s) on the first block. A few doors past Macdonald`s, down as if you were going to the beach, there is an internet cafe on the second floor. I think it costs "two soles" an hour. They have a DVD reader for those who need it.

Don`t carry money on you. Few days ago I had been walking around the central market, four bastards jumped on me. It was so sudden that I did not
have time to react. My front shirt poket was ripped off. I lost my ID, SS card and Health insurance card, Also, 90 soles.

[Hoof Hunter]

HH,
The elections are on the 4th of June. Last Sunday everyone was watching the (joke), I mean the debate.

Last two days the weather has sucked, looks like winter has arrived on schedule.

Lot's of girls around as nobody is going to the beach. The election "ain't no big thing". Either way were screwed so "lets get the party started" is the attitude.

LB

I'm not sure if your joke is worse than ours. In 2 yrs (2008), the USA will be involving in similar debate. Who could possibly erase this debacle of a government (executive and legislative) for the last 7 yrs and reconcile the USA with the reality of the rest of the world? Oh yeah, and maybe the US Constitution might mean something again too.

And it seems like Garcia appears to be in a comfortable lead at the moment. Great for those who favor a high exchange rate, either way.

Re: weather. Last time I was down there, end-April, airport fog was a big issue. My flight down to Lima was in a holding pattern for 30 mins. They almost made us land in Ecuador to wait it out. On the return flight, we were delayed 3 hours, as the plane did get grounded in Guayaquil under weather permitted. It was brutal in the airport. Almost made a run to Las Cucuardas.

Is fog a big part of the winter down there? Does this type of weather maintain throughout the winter there?

[Lima Busy]

HH,
The elections are on the 4th of June. Last Sunday everyone was watching the (joke), I mean the debate.

Last two days the weather has sucked, looks like winter has arrived on schedule.

Lot's of girls around as nobody is going to the beach. The election "ain't no big thing". Either way were screwed so "lets get the party started" is the attitude.

LB

[Hoof Hunter]

Any info on the elections? Aren't they supposed to be this weekend?

How are things going down there in prep for that? Fewer chicas? Anxiety by the locals? Resigned to a weekend of prohibition?

[Screwed Up]

To get a ***** from these places you have to pay bar-fine, have to buy
drinks for the *****, on top of that the ***** will ask for $100, one hour,
you will spend close to $200. Is it worth?

Nope. High-end chicks usually give lousy service. YMMV

I heard on the radio, someone complaining, about young *****s on Iquitos and Raimondi. This is close to Grau Av which is closed due to some work.
I wasn`t looking for this place, I was just trying to find a way to cross Grau.
Yeah! there were about five *****s inviting me to go to screw. This was
about noon.

Were they cute? How much did they ask you?

Maybe better post about this in the Lima thread.

[Samu Ray]

To get a ***** from these places you have to pay bar-fine, have to buy
drinks for the *****, on top of that the ***** will ask for $100, one hour,
you will spend close to $200. Is it worth?

I heard on the radio, someone complaining, about young *****s on Iquitos
and Raimondi. This is close to Grau Av which is closed due to some work.
I wasn`t looking for this place, I was just trying to find a way to cross Grau.
Yeah! there were about five *****s inviting me to go to screw. This was
about noon.

[Surfer]

How much longer you hanging?

Looking forward to your Africa reports.

Cucaradas closed at midnight the night I flew back to US (at 1am).

[Lima Busy]

Anybody think US$4000 would be enough to live in Peru for a family of three (kid in elementary school) ? This would be per month, including the kids tuition, my fun on the side once a week, taxis, (no car) for me and the crew, about US$1000 for the rent of a 150 sq meter apartment, maid, and occasional travel around the country? Also, eating out 2-3 times a week. Nothing lavish. But nice.This would be in Miraflores.

TRuant

Truant,
Not a problem at all. Your child is going to have a long commute to school though!
Lb

[Truant]

Anybody think US$4000 would be enough to live in Peru for a family of three (kid in elementary school) ? This would be per month, including the kids tuition, my fun on the side once a week, taxis, (no car) for me and the crew, about US$1000 for the rent of a 150 sq meter apartment, maid, and occasional travel around the country? Also, eating out 2-3 times a week. Nothing lavish. But nice.This would be in Miraflores.

TRuant

[Pinga]

LIM-JNB-BKK is 24,720 miles, RT.

LIM-LAX-HKG-BKK is 24,920 miles, RT.

LIM-LAX-TPE-BKK is 24,980 miles, RT.

So not a heck of a lot of difference between them, mileage wise. Having less stops is good, so I guess it depends on the pricing, and flight times. It would be nice if you could build a stopover into the Africa leg.

If there were a direct LIM-BKK flight it would be 24,400 miles RT.

There is a new website that gives you a lot of info on cheapest flights.
http://www.farecompare.com

Right now, either the destination or origin have to be in NA, but it has powerful info, on coach, business class and first class seats. It's still a new site, but it looks like it will become one of the best sites. I scored a RT ticket to Cyprus in Biz class for $33 because of the guy who runs this site.

Jaimito, I tried the link and I get a blank page.

[Pinga]

I agree that with the likelyhood that Humala and Garcia will go to the second round makes it hard to choose between the lesser evil which in this case would be Garcia. He was a big disappointment his first time around when everyone expected him to be the new Messiah and instead left the country in economic shambles. Will he be better this time; he can't possibly do worse. On a lighter note, am I the only one who has the hots for Humala's wife? There is something about her that turns me on and I get a boner each time I see her on TV.