Trujillo or Iquitos/Tarapoto?
I like girls and also sights, love the city and love the jungle.
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Trujillo or Iquitos/Tarapoto?
I like girls and also sights, love the city and love the jungle.
Alberto is a good option if English speaking is a plus. Nice older guy, retired ex-Navy, who's back to work to support 3 grandsons after his son died of cancer. Alberto knows the city well and is happy to suggest the do's & don'ts of Lima and is available for trips in his well traveled Toyota sedan. He can be reached on his cell at 988-15-3088.
Well here's the story guys. I'm a 40 year old guy who's finishing up college for the 2nd time. I've been given an opportunity, by a company interested in hiring me when I leave college, to spend up to 10 weeks in a Spanish speaking country learning to speak the language. I'm moving into petroleum production, and they have a lot of interests in South America and would like to have me understanding some Spanish when I get there.
So here's the requirements. I need to present them with a proposal as to how much a 10 week stay would cost. Of course I have secondary motives for wanting to spend an extended period in an exotic land, and so I come to you.
I need to find out why you think Peru is the place to go to spend time with the chicas. Really what I'd like is more semi or non pro action, particularly since I'll be there a while. I'd prefer to stay in a city away from the gringo occupied areas. I am supposed to be learning Spanish remember, so if everyone speaks English, I'll not make much progress. I'd also like any input you might have on how much a small house or apartment might cost for the 10 weeks.
Really I'm interested in any insight you might think would be useful to someone in my position. Incidentally, I do speak a small amount of Spanish already. I'm a middle class, average looking, middle aged white guy, who doesn't mind leaving suburban America to live in less the US standard accommodations.
I hope Jackson doesn't mind, but I'm thinking of posting this in quite a few different forums to get responses from each, but feel free to offer advice on any other countries you might think appropriate as well.
Hopefully come June of next year I'll be running a blog on how things are going, and chasing as much tail as I was during my fist stint in college. In the meantime, I hope to hear from all of you as to where I should spend my 10 week mid life crisis.
Oh. And learn Spanish too. Really.
Anyone that does not have residency should be aware of the $178.50 per ticket surcharge on Lan Peru base fare tickets (for domestic travel only)as of Sept 1st.
For years guys have always bought their tickets (in Peru) or by using friends here to make the reservations. LAN has closed this loop hole.
[QUOTE=RobbyPump]Well here's the story guys. I'm a 40 year old guy who's finishing up college for the 2nd time. I've been given an opportunity, by a company interested in hiring me when I leave college, to spend up to 10 weeks in a Spanish speaking country learning to speak the language. I'm moving into petroleum production, and they have a lot of interests in South America and would like to have me understanding some Spanish when I get there.
So here's the requirements. I need to present them with a proposal as to how much a 10 week stay would cost. Of course I have secondary motives for wanting to spend an extended period in an exotic land, and so I come to you.
I need to find out why you think Peru is the place to go to spend time with the chicas. Really what I'd like is more semi or non pro action, particularly since I'll be there a while. I'd prefer to stay in a city away from the gringo occupied areas. I am supposed to be learning Spanish remember, so if everyone speaks English, I'll not make much progress. I'd also like any input you might have on how much a small house or apartment might cost for the 10 weeks.
Really I'm interested in any insight you might think would be useful to someone in my position. Incidentally, I do speak a small amount of Spanish already. I'm a middle class, average looking, middle aged white guy, who doesn't mind leaving suburban America to live in less the US standard accommodations.
I hope Jackson doesn't mind, but I'm thinking of posting this in quite a few different forums to get responses from each, but feel free to offer advice on any other countries you might think appropriate as well.
Hopefully come June of next year I'll be running a blog on how things are going, and chasing as much tail as I was during my fist stint in college. In the meantime, I hope to hear from all of you as to where I should spend my 10 week mid life crisis.
Oh. And learn Spanish too. Really.[/QUOTE]
I just did an immersion program at the El Sol school in Lima. It's in Miraflores. I would recommended it. They also have a business spanish course as well.
This is my first trip to peru. On this forum I have read many reports mentioning Coca leaves. I don't partake but I am curious. Is it legal to buy and chew coca leaves? Has anyone ever tried this? My fear is that I will pick up a lonely chica, we will head for my room only to be busted because she has a stash of coca leaves. Any comments?
How widely accepted are US dollars in Peru?
For instance, could you pay for your drinks in a bar or your food in a restaurant with dollars?
[QUOTE=Josechung]How widely accepted are US dollars in Peru?
For instance, could you pay for your drinks in a bar or your food in a restaurant with dollars?[/QUOTE]
In some places you can,but you will not get a good exchange rate. It is much better to change money in the street or get Soles from an ATM.
Are the ATM open certain time only and what US bank branches are in Lima ?
When you say street you actually mean a guy walking up and down the street in Miraflores area doing the exchange...
Atlantic Casino is it still a good place to exchange
3:1 Sole to dollar ?
Anybody else NOT get the fax about the upcoming "idiots convention"?
[QUOTE=RobbyPump]Well here's the story guys. I'm a 40 year old guy who's finishing up college for the 2nd time. I've been given an opportunity, by a company interested in hiring me when I leave college, to spend up to 10 weeks in a Spanish speaking country learning to speak the language. I'm moving into petroleum production, and they have a lot of interests in South America and would like to have me understanding some Spanish when I get there.
So here's the requirements. I need to present them with a proposal as to how much a 10 week stay would cost. Of course I have secondary motives for wanting to spend an extended period in an exotic land, and so I come to you.
I need to find out why you think Peru is the place to go to spend time with the chicas. Really what I'd like is more semi or non pro action, particularly since I'll be there a while. I'd prefer to stay in a city away from the gringo occupied areas. I am supposed to be learning Spanish remember, so if everyone speaks English, I'll not make much progress. I'd also like any input you might have on how much a small house or apartment might cost for the 10 weeks.
Really I'm interested in any insight you might think would be useful to someone in my position. Incidentally, I do speak a small amount of Spanish already. I'm a middle class, average looking, middle aged white guy, who doesn't mind leaving suburban America to live in less the US standard accommodations.
I hope Jackson doesn't mind, but I'm thinking of posting this in quite a few different forums to get responses from each, but feel free to offer advice on any other countries you might think appropriate as well.
Hopefully come June of next year I'll be running a blog on how things are going, and chasing as much tail as I was during my fist stint in college. In the meantime, I hope to hear from all of you as to where I should spend my 10 week mid life crisis.
Oh. And learn Spanish too. Really.[/QUOTE]
Check out my response to your question on the DR board
PLC f/k/a Slippery
[QUOTE=Sound7]Are the ATM open certain time only and what US bank branches are in Lima ?
When you say street you actually mean a guy walking up and down the street in Miraflores area doing the exchange...
Atlantic Casino is it still a good place to exchange
3:1 Sole to dollar ?[/QUOTE]
The rate is now less than 3 for 1.
Yes guys walking up and down the street in Miraflores,give decent rates.
i have seen no US banks but have no problem using ATM in Lima.I go in the daytime to the ATM. That is the safest way to do it.
most casinos give good rates.
[QUOTE=Hotrod10]This is my first trip to peru. On this forum I have read many reports mentioning Coca leaves. I don't partake but I am curious. Is it legal to buy and chew coca leaves? Has anyone ever tried this? My fear is that I will pick up a lonely chica, we will head for my room only to be busted because she has a stash of coca leaves. Any comments?[/QUOTE]
Coca leaves and coca tea are both legal in Perú (and in Bolivia as well). You will not "run into a chica with a stash of them." Coca leaf use is predominantly found in the highlands. I chewed the leaf when I was in Cuzco and was glad I did. I bought them at a market place near Sagsaywaiman or however you spell it. It doesn't get you high. It just helps with the altitude. Also it suppresses your appetite and is said to reduce thirst, although I did not notice this last effect. The other people I was with refused to chew the leaves and they got very sick at 9-10,000 feet and I did not. They're kinda nasty. I wouldn't chew them just for fun.
Again, [b]coca leaf use is not drug use[/b]. I had a t-shirt that read "La Hoja de Coca No Es Droga" but I gave it to a hooker in Amsterdam.
So put this on your list of shit not to worry about. Try the tea.
[QUOTE=Dickhead]Coca leaves and coca tea are both legal in Perú ( Try the tea.[/QUOTE]
Remember, the leafs do nothing without a alkaline catalyst sold with the Coca leafs. Its like chalk and you buy it separately. Be beware that someone who has chewed coca leaves or taken mate de coca may test positive for cocaine about a week after you return home.
Anyone know if there is any action in Aguas Calientes?