General Info

[Surfer]

Just skip the sleep, go to Tequila in Miraflores, then a love motel. Be back at airport at 6am no problem. Store your bags at airport, of course.

[IamLookin]

and I leave the next day around 7am. anyone have any suggestions?

thanks

[XXL]

Are there any places near the airport?

Actually Trocadero (in Callao) is not far from the airport but it opens from 4pm until 10pm so it depends on what you mean by "overnight".

[IamLookin]

I will be going to see my girlfriend in Moquegua but will be in Lima overnight waiting for the next flight. Are there any places near the airport?


thanks

[Lima Busy]

imlookin, IMHO the only time your bed will be shaking in Moquega is during one of the frequent earthquakes. I passed thru about 2 months ago and did not see any places. But I could be wrong, let us know what you find out!

LB

[IamLookin]

I have a girl friend there and she wants me to stay with her there. Wondering if any extra curricular activities around that area?

thanks

[Screwed Up]

I am interested in the San Martin http://www.sanmartinhotel.com/ which lists rooms from $70, or the Nido for about $50. I can see some price drop, but would they really bargain to half price?

Thanks

I´m staying in the Nido right now for $35/night. If you have a laptop, the internet is top-notch. And there is a good restaurant on the corner with menu´s for 6 soles.
At first I had the $30 rate, but there seemed to be some "misunderstanding", so now I´m paying $35.
Make sure you have them write down $30 and don´t rely on verbal agreements. $35 is no problem at all though.

I´ll write a full report on the nido in the hotel section in 2 weeks.

[Lima Busy]

Miraflores disrict restricts the attention of bars

The "teniente alcalde" (municipality's lieutenant) of Miraflores Municipality Jorge Muñoz Wells, has announced that the norm 212 has been published the in the official newspaper “El Peruano”. With this norm it is decreed that all
establishments located in the passages San Ramon and Figari, more known
as "La calle de las pizzas" can be open only until one in the early morning
from Sunday to Thursday, and until two in the early morning from Friday to
Saturday and also in the eve of a holiday.

This limitation applies to the bars and restaurants located in the
blocks 3 and 4 in Av.Oscar Benavides; blocks 1, 2 and 3 in Berlin and blocks 1 and 2 in Bellavista. The bar's administrations which do not respect the norm will be fined with 3.300 soles, and if they repeat the fault, the license to have a bar will be revoked for good.

Jorge Muñoz said that this norm regulates the attention schedule because the neighbors protest against the noise and the insecurity generated by these commercial establishments in the area.

The owners of the restaurants, pubs and discotheques from this area
announced that they will open their business until 3 in the early morning
from Sunday to Thursday, and until the 5 in the early morning on week ends,
as they have been doing for the last 25 years.

[Jaimito Cartero]

If I wanted to bring a few gift items, what kind of gifts would be appreciated by Peruvian chicas? Perfum, underwear? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

All the ones I meet only want cash.

[Lima Busy]

Put me down for underwear (boxers) a bottle of JD and if you could bring a some (MiracleGro) for my garden it would be appreciated.

If you are talking about normal girls wait till you meet them.
LB

[Fun Pete]

If I wanted to bring a few gift items, what kind of gifts would be appreciated by Peruvian chicas? Perfum, underwear? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Lima Busy]

Peru's Fugitive Ex-Leader Trying to Regain Presidency


By JAMES BROOKE
Published: October 25, 2005

TOKYO, Oct. 24 - He has a new passport. He has a political party preparing his next presidential bid. He rides near the top of public opinion polls.

The only thing standing between Alberto Fujimori and a real run for the top office in Peru is about 10,000 miles of Pacific Ocean - that and a worldwide Interpol arrest warrant. He is wanted on 4 charges of human rights violations and 18 charges of corruption, stemming from his tenure as Peru's president from 1990 to 2000.

Without direct flights between Tokyo and Lima, Mr. Fujimori would have to change planes somewhere, probably in Dallas or Los Angeles, where he would run the risk of arrest. A private plane would be expensive, and any planes available in Japan would have to stop at least once for refueling, executives at rental companies said.

"Submarino?" Mr. Fujimori joked in an interview on Monday, offering in Spanish an alternative means of crossing the Pacific.

But before Peruvians start patrolling their beaches for the stealthy return of their fugitive president, Mr. Fujimori wants the world to know that he is preparing for a traditional Latin American homecoming, through the front door.

After five years of self-exile in Japan, the land of his ancestors, Mr. Fujimori promises to fly back to Peru within six months. On Monday he sent Luis Delgado Aparicio, general secretary of Sí Cumple, the party the former president formed in 2003, to Lima to prepare for his return. Mr. Delgado's orders are to cement an alliance with two other parties Mr. Fujimori founded and hold a unified nominating convention by Dec. 10.

Ticking off election deadlines from a Web site printout, Mr. Fujimori said his party would register him as a presidential candidate by Jan. 9 and a full list of candidates for Peru's 120-seat Congress by Feb. 8. The first round of elections is to be held on April 9.

In public opinion polls this fall, Mr. Fujimori generally comes in second, winning 15 to 20 percent of the vote. Lourdes Flores Naño, a conservative, scores 20 to 24 percent in the race to succeed President Alejandro Toledo, whose support languishes in the single digits.

"The other groups are trying to capture the Fujimori vote, so they are saying that Fujimori will not return," said the former president, who calls himself a "candidato virtual" as he campaigns through his trilingual Web site.

In 1990, as a dark-horse candidate, Mr. Fujimori soared on word-of-mouth support in street markets to win the presidency. Today he keeps up with his working-class fans through weekly talks on three national radio networks, up from only one network a year ago.

When reminded that the Peruvian Congress voted in 2000 to ban him from holding public office until 2011, Mr. Fujimori said the ban was unconstitutional because it could come only after a criminal conviction, not an indictment.

After years of ignoring the mountain of charges against him, Mr. Fujimori hired a Lima law firm last February. Last week, his legal team won a small victory. Peru's Supreme Court dropped one corruption charge, leaving 18. So he could fly to Peru, Mr. Fujimori said he hoped his lawyers would negotiate a waiver with Washington to allow him to switch planes without arrest.

His opponents say he is welcome to go home to Peru, whenever he chooses.

"He is welcome to buy a ticket home," Javier Ciurlizza, special international legal adviser to the Foreign Ministry, said Saturday from New York, where he was asking American human rights groups to appeal to Japan to act on Peru's 27-month-old extradition demand. "He will be met at the airport by a judge." Japan has declined to act, noting that Mr. Fujimori has Japanese citizenship and that it has no extradition treaty with Peru.

The former president says he is not worried about facing a judge.

"The charges are groundless," Mr. Fujimori said. "To arrest Fujimori would be to set off a political earthquake."

Although Peruvian journalists and politicians accuse Mr. Fujimori of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, facts are hard to come by. Two years ago Peru's government received a report on Mr. Fujimori's finances from the risk consulting company Kroll Inc. Although the government paid $350,000 for the work, the report has never been released.

But with Lima newspapers stating that the report failed to uncover any secret bank accounts controlled by the former president, Mr. Fujimori's supporters have been demanding this fall that it be made public.

"To all these charges - my answer is zero - there is absolutely not a single proof of misappropriation of funds," Mr. Fujimori said Monday. "I basically live off the lectures." He gives "three or four" paid lectures a month, which makes ends meet largely, he says, because "I have virtually no expenditures."

"I shop for my own food," the 67-year-old former president said. "I cook my own meals. I drive my own car." He also gets free office and living space in a Tokyo hotel, compliments of the hotel owner, Satomi Kataoka, his 38-year-old girlfriend.

Mr. Ciurlizza, his legal nemesis, said he was not moved by accounts of Mr. Fujimori's low-key lifestyle here. "Kroll had a very hard time finding the smoking gun," he said by telephone. "Fujimori is not just another Latin American president who is in trouble. We are in front of a mafia, the leader of a mafia."

Asked about that characterization, Mr. Fujimori smiled and replied evenly, "I am a leader - of the Peruvian popular masses."

With the political clock ticking, millions of Peruvians are trying to guess his next step. Few people seem to believe that the former president, calculating by nature and an engineer by training, will try a dramatic return, by land, air or submarine.

"I don't think that he has the courage to try an adventure of this type," Mr. Ciurlizza said. "But if he does, welcome! He has to be arrested immediately."

Some analysts say Mr. Fujimori may campaign only offshore. In this political chess game, he would offer the new president congressional votes in return for amnesty.

Uneasy about such a scenario, Mr. Ciurlizza sighed and said: "Fujimori is not stupid. He has a strategy devised to return to Peru to get an amnesty."

[Fun Pete]

[QUOTE=XXL]I also think it may not be a good idea to scrounge on the hotel price right on arrival when you have to fend for yourself in a totally new country. If you can pay 70 dollars, or at bit over 50, I would recommend Residencial Las Américas, very near Pizza Street :

Thanks, that's exactly how I feel, I will probably let the Hotel arrange for my pickup. Lets touch the waters first , I am sure after a few days I will find exactly what I like.

Thanks!

[XXL]

This is my first time, so for the first few days I woudn't mind staying at a good Hotel; once I am in Lima, I will check out what other options there are.

I also think it may not be a good idea to scrounge on the hotel price right on arrival when you have to fend for yourself in a totally new country. If you can pay 70 dollars, or at bit over 50, I would recommend Residencial Las Américas, very near Pizza Street :

http://www.hoteleslasamericas.com/ho...s.asp?codigo=4

All Las Américas hotels in Lima are good value for money, even more so if you book a long-stay. Remember that if you only book two days, then say you want to stay two weeks, they will probably only give you the long-stay rate for the remainder of your stay, not for the first two days. I would also recommend to book the airport transfer, if only for your peace of mind (The time between the airport and the hotel is the worse time to get robbed). Lima taxis are no worse than other big cities' but they look awfully unofficial and it is reassuring to read your name on a board when you emerge from the airport.

On the whole, I think the price/quality ratio of accomodation in Lima is very good, in fact nearly as good as SE Asia.

[Surfer]

Long layover in DF BOTH WAYS and no miles (at least in programs I care about) are drawbacks, but that price is hard to beat.