Lima

[Pinche Gringo]

Things have changed. Iquitos is not what it used to be.

Jack Jericho gives you good advice. I was in Cusco and Machu Picchu in April and it is definitely a must see! Shop around for prices as there are many agents looking to overcharge. I paid S /1,200 for two people on short notice. Then there is the flight and hotel, but Peruvian Air offers cheap flights.

I have been told by a friend that Iquitos is a "target rich environment", so I plan to see that for myself next visit.

The Badoo app can also be fun for meeting women and there is also Latin American Cupid too, but you must buy a membership there to communicate with women.

[Guerinto]

Hi guys! I'm coming to Lima alone for 10 days on June 15th. I will be staying in Miraflores apartment. What would you think is best to do. I think 10 days in Lima might bee too boring because the traffic and nothing much to see there. What options are there? Macchu Picchu and sightseeing, do you recommend that? Or to go see othere cities? A lot of traveling maybe, but should be safe? I have read about local buses being robbed there by gunmen.

What are the options for girls? Where to find local "guides"? I have been to Lima once last year for a week I was hanging out in Lima with a friend and didn't go elsewhere so nothing much happened in terms of girls. That's all I have seen of Lima, Mireflores and Barranco. I just visited Calle Pizzas once and found a girl in one of the bars.

I know Tinder but what is the SA mentioned here sometimes?

Jack Jericho gives you good advice. I was in Cusco and Machu Picchu in April and it is definitely a must see! Shop around for prices as there are many agents looking to overcharge. I paid S /1,200 for two people on short notice. Then there is the flight and hotel, but Peruvian Air offers cheap flights.

I have been told by a friend that Iquitos is a "target rich environment", so I plan to see that for myself next visit.

The Badoo app can also be fun for meeting women and there is also Latin American Cupid too, but you must buy a membership there to communicate with women.

[Jack Jericho]

What would you think is best to do. I think 10 days in Lima might be too boring because the traffic and nothing much to see there. What options are there? Macchu Picchu and sightseeing, do you recommend that? Or to go see othere cities? A lot of traveling maybe, but should be safe? I have read about local buses being robbed there by gunmen.

Let's see.

Mr Enternational is right, Machu Picchu is one of the seven wonders of the modern world, If you come to Peru and don't visit Machu Picchu, you've missed a great opportunity. Unless you plan to do it later in better circumstances.

However, Machu Picchu is half of what is to be seen in Cuzco, so three days is the absolute minimum, 5 days is best, and if you are to be only 10 days in Peru, Cusco Machu Picchu and Lima it is. No time for more. Girl-wise, Cusco is not the best place. True it is full of bricheras (a word derived from breeches) hunting for a rich gringo, but they are a bad deal in any case. There is a friend of mine, whom I met at Sly One's parties, who owns a bar in Cusco and tells me most of the bar's hostess are open to invitations from generous tourists, so that might be safer; I've met a couple of those girls who came to visit Lima and they are not burning-hot chicks but they are okay (6.5 to 7.5 out of 10) and very willing to please in bed.

There are other options, depending on what you like, You can go to Chiclayo to see the Senor de Sipan or to Trujillo to see Chan Chan if that is the kind of tourism you like (you can google "Senor de Sipan" or "Chan Chan" and get an idea of what is it like). Or you can go to Iquitos to get a taste of jungle (and a taste of the horniest girls in Peru).

Bus travel is generally safe; just have the common sense of spending in a bus ticket from a serious bus company like Oltursa, Ormeno, Itsa or Cruz del Sur. More informal buses that don't make security controls of their passengers, are not tracked in real time via GPS, are not monitored by real time video, and pick up passengers halfway, are the ones prone to be assaulted. True, the ticket at a more serious bus company can cost you two or three times more, but we are still talking of a 15 - 20 dollars difference so that is not too much money to spend in your own safety.

What are the options for girls? Where to find local "guides"? I have been to Lima once last year for a week I was hanging out in Lima with a friend and didn't go elsewhere so nothing much happened in terms of girls. That's all I have seen of Lima, Miraflores and Barranco. I just visited Calle Pizzas once and found a girl in one of the bars.

I know Tinder but what is the SA mentioned here sometimes?

There are a lot of girls offering to be local "guides", you just have to look; I'm afraid I cannot help you there, all the girls I know are working girls or students and don't have enough free time to act as guides. Maybe Jockey16 can, you'll have to ask him. There is also this girl MissK who offers precisely that kind of service, you can PM her at this very forum.

And, by the way, SA stands for Seeking Arrangement; it is a Sugar Daddy / Sugar Baby dating site, lots of girls there, you can easily find it with Google.

Have a nice time in Peru.

[Mr Enternational]

What would you think is best to do. I think 10 days in Lima might bee too boring because the traffic and nothing much to see there. What options are there? Macchu Picchu and sightseeing, do you recommend that?

Do not miss out on MP. Second best thing I have seen on the planet above water.

[Pekkakoo]

Hi guys! I'm coming to Lima alone for 10 days on June 15th. I will be staying in Miraflores apartment. What would you think is best to do. I think 10 days in Lima might bee too boring because the traffic and nothing much to see there. What options are there? Macchu Picchu and sightseeing, do you recommend that? Or to go see othere cities? A lot of traveling maybe, but should be safe? I have read about local buses being robbed there by gunmen.

What are the options for girls? Where to find local "guides"? I have been to Lima once last year for a week I was hanging out in Lima with a friend and didn't go elsewhere so nothing much happened in terms of girls. That's all I have seen of Lima, Mireflores and Barranco. I just visited Calle Pizzas once and found a girl in one of the bars.

I know Tinder but what is the SA mentioned here sometimes?

[Sky Ryder]

Hi Sky Ryder,

I wrote you with the info you asked for, but your Inbox if full.

I can do nothing until you clear it a little.

All the best.

Jack Jericho.

Thanks, I just noticed that myself. I apologize for the trouble.

[Jack Jericho]

Hi Sky Ryder,

I wrote you with the info you asked for, but your Inbox if full.

I can do nothing until you clear it a little.

All the best.

Jack Jericho.

[Mr Enternational]

So, when I came back to Lima two days later I walked out of the airport through the pedestrian door, walked half a block to the bus stop and called an Uber. The predicted fee to San Isidro was 23 soles. I took it, the driver was there in a minute and a half (it was one of the cars waiting outside the airport) and took me to San Isidro. For 23 soles! Bingo! There IS a substantial difference between an Uber to / from inside the airport and an Uber to/from outside the airport. And, being an Uber, it is as safe as it can be.

Nothing new here. I have been saying this about regular taxis forever. But for the most part people are scared to leave the confines of the airport unless it is in a plane or car. (And for a regular taxi most of the time you do not have to leave the airport; you just have to cross 50 feet over to the median.) In addition, they are afraid to bargain with a normal taxi driver. A normal taxi from the same place to your residence would have been no more than 15 soles. Don't know why you think Uber is safer than anything else. Where I am from they have been rapping and killing the same as any other human is capable of doing.

P.S. In Bogota they also have the airport tax.

[TomJackin]

Do they start that early at 1 pm?

I am sure he meant 1 am.

[Pinga]

FYI, I stopped by Tequila Rock and it was dead, only 4-6 girls, rated 4-5, on the other hand Sabor Peruano, was very good, the best girls arrive around 1 pm.

Do they start that early at 1 pm?

[Jack Jericho]

I'll share here what's happened to me just this week.

I had to fly to Piura last Monday for a two-day business trip and decided to leave my car at my brother's house in San Isidro instead of in the long-term parking lot at the airport, so I called an Uber from San Isidro to the airport. The predicted cost was 34 soles which I accepted. When we arrived to the airport, there was a line of cars, a block long, waiting to enter so I told the driver to drive a couple blocks past the airport, make a you-turn and drop me at the pedestrian entrance since that was going to be a lot faster for me. The surprise came when the amount due showing in the driver's cell was. 22 soles!

Later, while I was flying to Piura I tried to figure the thing out. Was there maybe a difference in the taxi fee to "inside" the airport vs. "outside" the airport?

So, when I came back to Lima two days later I walked out of the airport through the pedestrian door, walked half a block to the bus stop and called an Uber. The predicted fee to San Isidro was 23 soles. I took it, the driver was there in a minute and a half (it was one of the cars waiting outside the airport) and took me to San Isidro. For 23 soles! Bingo! There IS a substantial difference between an Uber to / from inside the airport and an Uber to / from outside the airport. And, being an Uber, it is as safe as it can be.

So there it is guys. It is up to you to do the same or not. Of course, I was in a business trip, so I only had a small cabin bag; I don't think I'd take all that trouble for just 4. 5 dollars if I was coming on vacation trip with a big heavy bag and my cabing bag and my laptop or camera and my coat. But that's me.

[Texan4]

Is there still a cover charge for Tequila Rock? I know there was before.

When I was in Lima last August, Sabor Peruano did not have a cover charge; I liked the place!

Headed back the end of July.

It seems there is no cover Monday and Tuesday, but charge around 30-40 soles other days of the week.

Sabor Peruano, no cover and it was packed, with nice girls.

[TomJackin]

FYI, I stopped by Tequila Rock and it was dead, only 4-6 girls, rated 4-5, on the other hand Sabor Peruano, was very good, the best girls arrive around 1 pm.

Is there still a cover charge for Tequila Rock? I know there was before.

When I was in Lima last August, Sabor Peruano did not have a cover charge; I liked the place!

Headed back the end of July.

[Guerinto]

FYI, I stopped by Tequila Rock and it was dead, only 4-6 girls, rated 4-5, on the other hand Sabor Peruano, was very good, the best girls arrive around 1 pm.

Great! Sabor Peruano was pretty packed by midnight when I was there in March / April. I am not surprised Tequila Rocks was dead, since it was closed a while and the ladies likely found other ways to meet guys. It normally does not liven up until around midnight, but I have always found hotties there in the past. Some delusional about pricing, but you could get realistic pricing later in the night.

[Texan4]

Thank you, I will check Sabor Peruano as well.

FYI, I stopped by Tequila Rock and it was dead, only 4-6 girls, rated 4-5, on the other hand Sabor Peruano, was very good, the best girls arrive around 1 pm.