Lima

[Polvo]

....August 19th through August 24, 2007.....Please advice about the situation in Miraflores and in Lima. Should we cancel our trip?John.

They still have running water and flush toilets (not that the Peruanas do that, though). There may be small aftershocks - but the seal has been popped and you will be OK - more biggies highly unlikely. No known reason not to carry on with your plans.

Suerte!

Polvo

[Yujin]

Please advice about the situation in Miraflores and in Lima. Should we cancel our trip?

John,

Go! From what I've been read, there was no or very minimal damage in Miraflores and the rest of Lima. Most of the severe damage & fatalities were south of Lima closer to the epicenter. The quake was 25 miles deep so the damage was more isolated to areas closer to the epicenter. Nevertheless, a devastating disaster if you lost your home or love one.

[John]

Hey guyz,

Please let us know your opinion three of us friends have planned a trip to Lima from August 19th through August 24, 2007.

Please advice about the situation in Miraflores and in Lima. Should we cancel our trip?

Regards,

John.

[ChicagoDancer]

On the lighter side this is a photo taken near Ica (near epicenter off the coast).

I understand from friends that the palm trees are still standing.....but the girl fell down!

Please oh Please tell me how i can see her. Will she be in LIMA? Does she have a sister? Does want to marry me?

Thanks! for the photo

[Lima Busy]

On the lighter side this is a photo taken near Ica (near epicenter off the coast).
I understand from friends that the palm trees are still standing.....but the girl fell down!

[Lima Busy]

LB, how did your penthouse fare? I recall Rosita being freaked out about being in an earthquake in it.

Funny, you should mention it! There is a crack (8ft long) in the living room wall.
They use bricks for the walls between rooms and channel the electric wires into them. In this case the plaster came off where the cable ran and it will be repaired and the whole place repainted (manana).

The guys in it at the time were "freaked" and I got them hotel rooms on a low floor. Ian was going to rent Rosita's bachelor pad for the month, but he just got upgraded to the Penthouse (I suspect a party this weekend) and the Penthouse guys will move over to rosita's tommorow after the guys in there now leave tonight.

The next group for the penthouse (Arab's) cancelled this morning, So if you want to come down later this month (I will give you a deal)ja ja.

You are right about Rosita, the whole reason we started renting it out was because she freaks! Currently we live on the Malecon (1st floor) and my medical prescriptions bills are about to go through the roof.

Now more fodder for the "P Putz" to talk to himself about.
regards,
LB

[ChicagoDancer]

Since I'm not sure where to post this message I will start here.

I have many clothes I can bring to Lima. Please let me know if anyone has family or friends in need and I can bring them to Lima and would hopefully assist in anyway.
Much love.

Chitown

[Jaimito Cartero]

Glad everyone is doing okay so far. I've only been through mid 5.x earthquakes, and those were bad enough, so I'm sure it scared the shit out of everyone. Hopefully no more big 6-7 magnitude ones!

LB, how did your penthouse fare? I recall Rosita being freaked out about being in an earthquake in it.

[Polvo]

All:

If you are trying to get out on Skype you can't!! Ref:

"UPDATED 16 August, 2007 14:02 GMT: Some of you [no shit - try all!!] may be having problems logging in to Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it’s a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon as the issue is resolved, you will be logged in. We apologize for the inconvenience."

Polvo

[Artisttyp]

Im glad to hear everyone is safe. My first trip to peru was traveling on a bus south from lima towards arequipa. I visited all of those towns mentioned in the quake. My heart goes out to the people.
I emailed 2 girls I know in lima and only one has answered. She lives in san miguel and said everything was fine. How is the centro doing ?
Im thinking of coming down for a month in mid september. Now I dont know if its the right time to do it. Ill wait and see.

[Latina Passion]

Good to know for the most part everyone is OK!

[Lima Busy]

LB: No doubt they had already planned an alternate location and time?? :-)

Good to hear you are all OK. Bet the bar bill and shagging goes up exponentially in the next few days!

Suerte!

Polvo

Definetly on both counts! Jim sends his regards after 8 days of trying to get evac'd out of North India's monsoons he runs into this! Ian was scheduled to get back from Bolivia today, but who knows! Haco slept thru it!
LB

[Polvo]

.......The earthquake hit at 6:40 pm, interestingly enough, I was scheduled to go to a seminar at the S.A.E. at 7 pm on earthquake preparedness! ..LB

LB: No doubt they had already planned an alternate location and time?? :-)

Good to hear you are all OK. Bet the bar bill and shagging goes up exponentially in the next few days!

Suerte!

Polvo

[Lima Busy]

For your kind words and especially Polvo for your kind offer. Sitting in Zeta now and the aftershocks are rolling thru every few minutes about 300 so far. 337 dead so far is the last official number but we expect it to be alot higher when they get thru the rubble.

The earthquake hit at 6:40 pm, interestingly enough, I was scheduled to go to a seminar at the S.A.E. at 7 pm on earthquake preparedness!

regards,
LB

[Xxxgoat]

goat - the (mobile) text service is ok and not as congested as the other circuits. suggest you do that to make contact.

also, for those overseas, do not speed dial. do the full number entry and you will probably get through.

i can get in through the back door (so to speak) so if anyone wants me to act as a relay, i am happy to help.

polvo

good advice as always and much appreciated.

goat