next week i will be in Peru and i will stay for 2 months.For now all i have is 2 weeks booked in Lima, i dont like to travel with a fixed itinerary as ive found often that the key to a great trip is flexibility.If you have been to Peru before i would love to hear what you have to say. Recommendations, tips, destinations.My favorite activities when travelling are hiking, eating local food and sampling the local culture (not the tourist trap kind, but real experiences if possible)Thank you in advance for your time!Also if you are in lima the first two weeks of october let me know and maybe we can meet.
Been three times, it's an easy flight from Miami and cheap especially because you don't need A/C in Punta Hermosa. Most of the coast except the far North is a bleak desert. There are a couple river valleys where the bottom third/quarter are irrigated/farmed and therefore green.Surfing in Punta Hermosa mostly sucks. The wind doesn't go offshore much and the people are insanely competitive and complete kooks. They'll hassle for priority like crazy, and if they lose the paddle battle, they'll burn you. They won't do shit though, I took a piss on the solo locales graffiti at La Isla in broad daylight and then paddled out and nobody said a word. If you just want to learn and don't mind mild wetsuit water it could be good. The camps make it brainless and painless.There is a river, I forget if it's called the Cañete or Lunahuana but it's a few hours South of Lima and was fun to raft.I'm sure some people on here have been to Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Lima, Mancora, etc and can expand on it.
>>2911550do you only go for the surfing?
I worked with a blonde autist manlet in Wyoming who fell in love with a Peruvian girl working on a J-1 visa. He ended up traveling to Peru to stay with her for a while. Supposedly Peruvian girls like white guys even if they are not tall suave Chads...I'll be flying down there in November on an ultra discount one-way ticket. Looks like a (refundable) return ticket is needed to enter the country...but I intend to depart overland, probably into Bolivia.
>>2911567Apparently, and the moron missed Chicama
>>2911540>For now all i have is 2 weeks booked in LimaWhy? Lima is by far the worst Latin American capital-city.
>>2911594The tourist part of Lima is really beautiful and well kept and safe. It has all the green coast, kinda like a central park on a cliff by the sea. Its really good for morning or evening walks.
>>2911567Yes>>2911591Chicama requires a big swell and is a little mushburger most of the time, a long ass way from Lima, and Puerto Malabrigo was not as nice as it is now when I went for more than a three day trip back in 2004 and 2006. And in 2004 I went in Jan-Feb so it was likely dead flat, and I could barely afford ticket and $36/day.These days there are pay boats and tow foils etc there. No thanks Punta Rocas in Punta Hermosa has much more size and more power with way lower chance of skunkage.>>2911594If worst is a pure safety question I'd take the tourist areas of Lima over Tegucigalpa, Managua, Guatemala City, Caracas, and quite possibly Bogota, Santo Domingo, and maybe even Quito these days.
>>2911613If you are only planning on walking in Miraflores I guess, maybe you can go to Barranco,but that's pretty much it (if you don't want to go donwtown, that is), two weeks it's too much time though.>>2911725I don't think Lima is less safe that any of those cities you mentioned, but I kinda agree is silghlty better. The thing is, Peru has other zones that are way more interesting. IMO Lima in comparison is a complete let down.
>>2911594There are worse places in Central America. But I concede two weeks is excessive. If that's already booked, I'd use it as a base. You could use 1 to 3d to Ica. 1d Barranca. 1d somewhere to hike in the mountains. You have a week there.I'd honestly try to book some time in Cusco. Check the website if you want to go to Machu Picchu. You no longer can buy tickets in town, and if you could, it's gambling you're not getting scammed.
went there with my peruvian gf in march.lima has awesome food, nice beaches (went to the private ones because gf family is rich), ocean will be cold af in october. museo larco is kino.list of restaurants:la marla preferidacantarranitamaidomeritoindio pizzael jardin de jazmintomocountry club (for the drinks)even random places will be really good, except the tourist traps in cercado de lima. go to a market and buy exotic fruits (or guinea pig if you dare). use cabify to get around, do not take unlicensed cabs (they can rob you). consider carrying around a cheap burner phone and leave your main one at the hotel.we went to paracas (shithole, but surrounded by cool nature stuff) and tarapoto (awesome place, feels like SEA). ica department (paracas + ballestas islands + nazca lines + huacachina) is good for 3-5 days. one disadvantage of peru is that everything is far as fuck. you can easily do 2+ weeks in different places in the amazon if you do the more hardcore activities like hiring a guide to camp in the forest, not sure if it would get samey after a while.even as an autist you will have an easy time getting laid, as long as you're white and speak a little spanish.i'm going back to lima and cuzco next march
>>2911550 >Piss on their sign>Surprised they don't like me/aren't friendly.The food in Peru is amazing.Lima has the worst traffic I've ever seen and besides one rich coastal area can feel pretty sketchy Cuzco and Machu Pichu are great. Machu Pichu was actually more impressive than I expected and the train ride through the valleys we took after was also very cool - it had skylights and there was a huge thunder and lightning storm.Cuzco had the best coffee I've ever had at 3 monkeys cafe.Also some of the best chocolate I've ever had (I like it dark) that I bought in a tourist spot near the salt mines of Maras.
>>2915076>The food in Peru is amazingAbsolutely, I for one cannot get enough of hamsters and fried ric- I mean chaufa, a truly authentic and 100% original Peruvian dish!
>>2911591Chicama is uber overrated and you being rude about makes you look even more retarded
>>2915080Yum, I want to eat a hamster
>>2911540I have been to Peru. But it was in the south near a volcano. Was there for 2 weeks because I was running away from my parents. Didn't like the food as I ate something and it made me sick. I did however love the canyons and the climate. I recommend traveling Peru by train.Additionally I was taken by Peruvian and Iranian girls which to me was awesome because I was a virgin in America. Sadly I haven't been back in many years and thus no pussy since.
>>2911570i´m from south america and yeah, brown indigenous women love mid white men
>>2915272I'm interested in hamsters and rats, but Peru is really for the meaty varieties of guinea pigs. Tastes like pork, and the best way to eat them is deep fried. Actually fried under a rock, but it's the same effect. >>2916683Arequipa, and the south in general is its own thing.
So did OP ever go to Peru? Guess I will be hijacking this thread in a couple days to mark three full years of travel/work balance.
>>29198863 years of working shit jobs or moving thru shitty areas while living in shit accommodations or behind a dumpster eating shitty street food, hey but at least you dont have to suffer a nice home or family
No entry stamp given by Peru immigration. He didn't even tell me how long I could stay. I went back to another agent and he told me 90 days but still refused to give me a date. Hopefully they don't claim an overstay and try to squeeze me for money when I depart. Airport ATMs won't let you type in a cash amount; you can only pre-select from a menu. Likewise the new terminal at Lima is very inconvenient and unwalkable; the old terminal has a bunch of cheap hostels and hotels in the neighborhood right outside, but it closed last year. Yes there are buses going to downtown Lima 24 hours a day, but I wanted to see the sea at Callao first.>>2919897My family took one roadtrip vacation a year and quarrelled endlessly the whole time. Solo travel is so much more peaceful.
To be safe I will hold onto my boarding pass as proof of entry. Usually I throw it away after leaving the airport. 5 AM arrival leaves me plenty of time to relax in arrivals before finding a room. Arajet served absolutely nothing on either flight, not even a cup of water. I wanted to buy their 2 for $8 in-flight beers, but the flight attendants were extremely lazy and ignored everyone.
Peru has a special racism report hotline. Call 1817 if you have been the victim or witness of racism.
>>2920316Is this real? I experienced it when I was in Peru. I was asking about various temples I saw on the map I wanted to visit and the people I asked kept making strange faces and pinching their noses. I'm not even black and people kept saying "n*gro" all the time around me.
The neighborhood outside the old airport terminal. The city is Callao, not Lima proper. Few tourists stop here any more, because the new terminal is 5 km away behind several layers of security fence. Police will stop you if you try to walk out of the airport and force you to take one of the airport buses for 3 soles ($1). I checked into this room at 7 AM and got a substantial discount as a single traveler staying 2 nights. 40 soles per night is less than $12. No change for a crisp 100 from the ATM; he promised to bring me 20 soles later. There were some nice restaurants on the boulevard opening for breakfast, as well as several food stalls selling bolillo rolls stuffed with various meats, veggies, omelet, etc. Peru definitely looks a lot rougher than Costa Rica, with dogs running wild in the streets. But I'm ready to dive in.
Not bad for such a low priceBefore I leave I want to visit the old city of Callao built on a point jutting into the sea.
Seafood here is amazing. This fried fish platter cost only S22 or $6.30 USD. That's a price on par with India, and you get more with your plate here. A table of four dudes ordered a set of triple seafood platters which looked even more delectable. And they open at 7 AM, so if you are hungry in the morning you don't have to wait until noon before you can eat anything. No wait to check in either. But Peruvians are not given to smiles or warmth. They wear quite a dour facial expression in public. They also seem quite hungry for money, so I wouldn't trust any "friends" you make here. Police are hardasses, you can almost feel the residue of past civil unrest in the air that resulted in three presidents in a row being thrown out of office. The current prez is a Japanese Peruvian whose dad was one of Peru's strongest leaders. Drinking beer in the street is illegal here. Bodegas price an Asian-sized 650 mL bottle at S7 or $2, while in the nice seafood restaurant you'll pay S11 or $3. There are godzillions of bodegas here, all with their merchandise behind bars. A 2.5 liter bottle of water cost S3.5 or $1.
S15 for the lunch menu is $4.30 USD. Compare to Costa Rica where a similar lunch plate in a similar restaurant cost ¢4500 or $10 USD.
Callao is a lovely seaside city and a crime-ridden shithole ghetto at the same time. Hard to believe I arrived here this morning after an all-night trip. Took a brief morning nap and woke up like it was a new day, all ready to explore. Drinking a beer in a nearby restaurant I noticed a bus to La Punta going by, so I hopped on board and headed down to the old city out on the peninsula. The calm harbor was full of boats which were all lit up as we circled in for a landing.
This seawall creates a big ugly backwater which is nonetheless incredibly rich in marine life and refuge for countless bird species. Huge red crabs cover the rocks; even when waves wash over them, they don't lose their grip. Lots of romantic couples on a Monday afternoon. I noticed that Peruvian women get quite frisky with guys they like, slapping them playfully and pushing them around. Security presence was extremely heavy. Literally everywhere I looked there was some kind of police or security guard. Evidently the Callao waterfront used to be a robbery hotspot, and the only way to keep the scum away is to have security akin to a VIP event. There were even road checkpoints and beach guards who watch people's stuff while they swim.
The investment in public infrastructure throughout Callao is impressive. Bicycle paths along main roads, pleasant parks in every neighborhood, sports courts, a waterfront fitness path...the city for all its ugly decrepitude feels so much better developed than Asian cities which lack expansive public spaces and even walkways. Riding a local bus in mid-afternoon is all right, but by evening the major junctions come to a standstill. Extremely aggressive driving behavior is common. There are no flyovers and very few genuine expressways here, everything is a grade crossing.
There are more thru roads than in the typical Indian city, but that doesn't stop certain junctions around the airport from becoming intolerably congested. Overall I am glad to have come here. The value for price is very good, though cleanliness and safety are concerns. Druggie beggars walk into the bar and ask money; the staff shoo them away but still let them ask everybody before moving on. Beer sellers don't waive the bottle deposit if you promise to bring it back like they always did in Costa Rica. The street dogs are much worse off here too, filthy and often deranged. In Costa Rica most of the street dogs were actually people's pets roaming freely.
These crabs were so big that the seagulls didn't even try to eat them. Molesting the wildlife in this area is strictly prohibited, so nobody tries to catch them even though many Peruvians do experience hunger on a regular basis.
Enjoying the lovely barrio view and sea breeze from the living room of my guesthouse. Breakfast at 1 PM...after three all-night trips in a nine day period, it feels good to relax. Interior room means no street noise. Having forgotten to buy earplugs in the USA, I am down to only two pairs, and dogs bark a LOT here.
>>2920600You could use this in a marketing campaign to show how grim your life will be if you are lazy and dont get a skill
>>2920602It looks even better from the hostel rooftop. But compared to the heat and humidity and infinity motorcycles of Southeast Asia, it's awfully comfy here.
This is a red light district of Lima, located across the boulevard from the Plaza Norte shopping center. Of course not much is going on at noon on the various bars and clubs, but the gazillions of love hotels advertising hourly rates and tantric sex couches make it clear that a lot of hookups happen here. A few girls were lootering outside the hotel entrances; some were quite petite and not bad-looking, but they had such lifeless expressions.
I also climbed up into a gnarly hillside slum with staircases and rubbly paths for streets. Furious scruffy poodles growled and lunged at me. There was hardly anybody around.
Yesterday I took a trip to an extremely impoverished and desolate part of the coast here in Callao. It looked like it had been leveled in a war and rebuilt as a shantytown. There were plenty of unsavory characters in the neighborhoods, though heavy police presence meant they didn't dare do anything. Still I feel very much on guard should somebody jump out of a doorway with a weapon. I don't leave any cash in my room because I don't trust the hotelkeeper's son...and my window doesn't lock, anyone can climb in from the staircase adjacent.
Strangest looking "coconuts" I've ever seenHotel WiFi is down so I had to beg a connection from a friendly local restaurant owner. For some reason I decided to stay four days here. The peaceful setting, perhaps? Supposedly it is one of the most peaceful barrios in the city.
The big fort of Callao is surrounded by blighted ghetto. Peru just might be the most ghetto place I've ever been. But everyone says there is majestic beauty beyond the cities...
The big bus terminal is really modern and well-built, with dozens of staffed ticket windows offering trips to far-flung cities. My first trip will be shorter...I think I will go up the coast to Huacho, 130 km away. The seafood and comfy climate along the coast is superb, as is the marine wildlife.
There are indigents who live in the dirt next to a towering mall wall, but they don't bother anybody. The dog was very upset because he thought the passed-out guy in the grass was dead. Dogs are very temperamental here, quick to start trouble for no valid reason.
A general overview of Callao. Here, bike lanes, sidewalks and crosswalks are more important development priorities than luxury apartments and gated communities. It's lideral gommunism, and I like it.Genuinely beautiful women are rare here; girls overall are more shy than sassy. They smile if they like you, otherwise they remain expressionless. Dating is as simple as embracing on the sidewalk or canoodling on a park bench. Very unlike Asian cities where the girls all act like princesses being given special treatment and acting like a public hug is lideral raep.
This chick had a policeman standing guard so some ghetto punks didn't try to steal her drone. Ignore the stupid tourists who say "Peru is safe, USA is more dangerous". They don't go anywhere apart from the tourist traps with hundreds of security guards posted up, so their opinion on the state of the country is irrelevant. Crime (delinquencia) is just as big a concern for the locals here as it is in Colombia. But also like Colombia, nobody really fucks with a white loner in Peru. You're always roaming around, always watchful, and they sense that you won't hand any money over voluntarily because your money is all you have.
The coastal access road looked post-apocalyptic. I really don't know what happened to Callao. By all measures it should be an uber-wealthy vacation destination full of expats and dorkers. But it's the complete opposite.
late to the thread but just a heads up for anyone pllaning to go to perubring as much sunscreen as you canit was difficult to find more and the pervian sun is intense. it won't be hot but you will still burn in 5 minutes if you aren't very dark skinned. I went in the winter and still got burned on my nostrils on the second day
>>2920850High altitude and low latitude really maximizes UV radiation. Bolivia recorded the highest UV index of all time up in the Andes. Sun also burns more in cool weather as skin bloodflow is constricted.
>>2920732>I really don't know what happened to CallaoLmao, you really cant figure out why smart people dont want to live in a violent remote shithole full of desperatepoors like yourself?
callao is horrible dude i just got back from a 2 month stay in peru, underrated spot if you like the jungle without bugs is oxapampa, 12 hour bus ride from lima. if you want a good district go to chorrillos, you can rent a place 20 dollars a night that is a 5 minute mototaxi ride from the beach and its not touristy but you wont die like in callao>>2920725>Peru just might be the most ghetto place I've ever beenyoure not wrong, i live in detroit and callao looks like detroit went through a war
minor interesting thing in callao is if you go to the military history museum in one of the halls that have the weapons displayed, there's a portrait of oscar benavides, the exact same one used if you play as peru in hoi4. if your spanish is good enough, ask about the group tours for 5 soles each, without having a tour its not nearly worth it. >>2920730>Ignore the stupid tourists who say "Peru is safe, USA is more dangerous". They don't go anywhere apart from the tourist traps with hundreds of security guards posted up, so their opinion on the state of the country is irrelevantyeah its true miraflores and barranco are mostly as safe as usa with a handful of others like san isidro, san borja also being very nice but half of the city is for sure way more dangerous than people would describe
Today I visited the beach in Ventanilla. The whole area looked like a bomb went off, leaving only barren rubble and blown-out structures. Some dogs joined me for a walk along the rubbish-strewn beach. Here he sniffs a dead rotted dolphin before delightfully rubbing his head on it.
Prime beachfront lodging available for free!
Violent breakers crashed into several ships wrecked on the beach.
A lonely person sits on a washed-up tire contemplating the filth and futility of life as a humanoid in modern civilization.
Ventanilla town proper was lively and very well-planned, with a zone of pedestrian streets encompassing numerous pleasant parks full of kids along with countless newly built restaurants and snack shops. Peru is truly glutted with good food; the flavors served here are much more agreeable to a European palate than Asian food, IMO. Hills of sand and rubble rise on every side, their flanks often covered by slum development but otherwise completely devoid of plant life. Briefly I saw some boys cavorting around high up on a ridge. The climb was grueling, and I gave up a third of the way to the top.
Dark heavy clouds have been bringing rain to the typically rainless hills above the city. Flooding hit the southern part of Lima last night, with water flowing through the streets (and houses) due to a complete lack of storm drainage channels. A TV poll revealed that 95% of residents blamed the government for not building storm drainage channels.
>>2920923>>2920926>why dont rich people want to live here?She would give anything to have your opportunities and yet you are choosing to live that way out of spite
Peruvian street dogs are very temperamental. Some are timid, others are mean as hell. This pair just wanted to accompany me on a walk, chase birds, sniff everything that washed up, splash in the marsh and roll in the vegetation. I treat dogs just like humans, very ambivalently. Some are utter assholes, others are all right.
>>2920929I'm drinking beer on the rooftop of this (deserted) hostel as planes take off periodically from the airport next door. It's 25° C and breezy, same as every day. I have a wallet absolutely STUFFED with small bills I got at the bank, because nobody can make change here. At this rate I can live for eleven months before having to pillage my CD account. Plan is to live for six months and then return to the US for a full season of work in 2027 with an eco-friendly nonprofit which offers very low pay, even lower COL, and a relaxing workplace environment.
Ventanilla has so many rentals available. Rooms, studios, apartments. Call the number on the poster and get a place to live for IDK, $150/month or so. With low COL and plenty of nubile young women, it is a very good geomaxxing base. Walking around today I saw a few white guys who had gone native with petite Peruvian wives. They all had kids.
>>2920931You are living in a filthy favela surrounded by criminals and vicious barking dogs according to you, all because you are too spiteful to work. Lmao, then you get to wage some shit job all as your body breaks down rapidly from the stress and shit food to be able to do it again
This dish is called the trio marino. Raw fish ceviche, breaded fried fish, and fried rice with all sorts of seafood - shellfish, shrimp, squid, etc. It is what Peruvians eat when they want to treat themselves. It came with an amazingly refreshing passionfruit drink, and was so filling that I couldn't eat another meal. S35 or $10 for three seafood entrees is cheaper than you'd pay near the coast in Thailand.
>>2920934I like it here. It's a lot less annoying and filthy/polluted than India, while being only a little more expensive. Drinking tap water even with purification tablets is not a good idea, however. Just pay the $1 for a 2.5 L bottle of spring water and save yourself the inevitable loose bowel movements.
>>2920937>I like it here. It's a lot less annoying and filthy/polluted than India,Sure you don't thats why you were crying about the barking dogs and needing earplugs
>>2920946>>2920934>>2920931>>2920929The exchanges in these threads are so amusing.The board is nearly dead but occasionally there's some nice bits.
The Río Rimac flowing through the heart of Lima is as filthy, neglected and rubbish-laden as any Indian river. It is also the main source of tap water here. I added purification tablets but still got mild diarrhea after drinking a few liters of it. Nonetheless, the beautiful public spaces and walking infrastructure here utterly mog anything in India and all other Asian countries I've been to - even Taiwan didn't come close. The climate also mogs anywhere in Asia for tourist comfort. I find Lima to be safer and more relaxing than Bogotá. The food is so much better tasting, full of savory flavors with salsa on the side if you want spicy. Snacks start at 1 sol, barely $0.30 USD. Today I moved to a hostel on a back street behind the stadium. It's a peaceful pleasant location with cooing doves in the plaza trees and the usual open-air rooftop lounge area. The owner welcomed me as soon as he saw me walk up to the property. Dorms range from $8-11 per night. >>2920946I know how to pick quiet rooms which are also affordable. Sometimes quiet is more important than fresh air, so I choose an interior room. If you get around by foot in any Third World country - even the Balkans - you will have to deal with mean dogs.
>>2921095I think about the river of trash as I drift off to sleep, my tummy rumbling from impending diarrhea, I dread getting up to shit again as my asshole is raw and bleeding and Pedro who is in the bunk above me stole my socks earlier. The mattress isn't clean, but I saved $1 by not having sheets, only a few bloodstains but no biggie. Can't wait until tomorrow stuffed in a poorly maintained bus for 3 hours for the 20 mile trip to the next town where hostels are a bit cheaper
400 soles is $114 USD per month. Most rental ads do not lead with the price like this one.
Lima downtown was amazingly lively. I was astonished how many streets were closed to vehicle traffic. The polar opposite of every US city I visited, where downtown was all cars and hardly any people.
Down at the river park at sunset, putrid shit smells coming over the 7 foot high wall that blocks off the river from the well-manicured park. Twenty Amtrak/Caltrain coaches donated to Peru by the Biden administration sit in a parking lot for a railway service that has yet to materialize. The high barren cerro (hill) in the background with slums oozing from its flank like a disease makes me want to climb it tomorrow.
Most girls pay me little mind, though my height does catch the attention of a few. Then they see my autist looking face and lose interest. Girls here want a romancer. The young ones get really frisky with guys they like. I saw a girl walking with her boyfriend holding his pointer finger in one hand and pinching his ass cheek with the other. Older women are much more reserved.
These aguaje palm fruits are amazingly delicious, like lemon berry flavored sweet potato gum that peels off a huge pit. There are so many fruits cultivated in South America that grow nowhere else on Earth.
Typical executive lunch in Lima...this one is lomo saltado. Cost S16 or $4.50, including the amazingly savory beef bone soup. All the flavors here are so damn delectable, like mom's home cooking. Nothing like the additive-laden grease slop that passes for food in Asian countries. Meat portion size is much more generous as well. And restaurants always have flooring, napkins, bathrooms, handwash station, etc. Can't say the same for Thailand, where I often ate over a filthy concrete floor with no running water available because all the indoor options were bucoo expensive glass window A/C establishments.
Perubro, I wouldn't mind visiting Peru for 1-3 months, but I'm not really interested in Lima.I'd be much more interested in touring Machu Picchu and other Inca ruins and snorkeling/scuba-diving on the coast. Do you have any suggestions there?I'd want to get an apartment for cost savings. Month in the mountains, month on the coast.Also, I have to take a shitload of medications -- cholesterol, blood pressure, anti-depressants, sleeping pills, etc... (I'm old.) How crooked is customs? Do I need to worry about them shaking me down for having prescriptions?
All around good crowds here. A few beggars, that's it. Lima centro definitely feels so much safer than the gritty barrios of Callao next door. And it's so stinking cheap! I had a 16 oz cold beer with dinner; the ultra-simple pan braised chicken sandwich was $2, and the beer was only $1.40 - the restaurant had a convenience store attached, so they sold beer at zero markup. I will definitely be returning there. Yes the sandwich was bland, but the lack of spice means zero indigestion when you eat late at night.
>>2921164I don't think they give two shits about what you bring into the country. Peru's crime fighting policy is basically having gazillions of cops standing around doing nothing. Their mere presence deters brazen criminality.Cusco is the most touristy city in the country. You can absolutely arrange tours of Inca sites once you get situated there. Don't expect $10 tours though; they are expensive.
Some Peruvian singer was performing for a packed stadium in the park near my hostel. Like a loser I loitered near the trash can to watch the crowd after hearing their applause on the way back to my hostel. Some event staff angrily signaled for me to get lost, but I was outside the barrier and they couldn't do shit.
The putrid river that Lima was built around.
Lastly, I almost stepped on these yellow sparrows in the park. Never seen yellow sparrows before...
>>2921165indios ugly af
>>2921172Europeans built lima and have been ethnically cleansed. Beautiful buildings just derelict it would be million $ real estate but its full of subhumans like op
Slumbodian is the Nietzschean concept of eternal reoccurrence personified. If it is worth walking down a smelly, dusty alley full of ugly brown people one time, then hypothetically it therefore must be worth doing an infinite amount of times."What if a demon were to creep after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more...' Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth... or would you answer: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine'?"Truly riveting stuff.
>>2920730>But also like Colombia, nobody really fucks with a white loner in Peru. You're always roaming around, always watchful, and they sense that you won't hand any money over voluntarily because your money is all you have.Lmao, if they pulled a.gun you'd shit your pants, you just avoid the densely populated areas where they usually are
>>2920730>"Peru is safe, USA is more dangerous"If you're doing and going to the more tourist areas. But you must compare that place with Baltimore. I'm a local, and Callao is one place you go only if you need to go. There's La Punta and the museums around Real Felipe, but you're posting Los Barracones which is the gold standard of roughness in Peru.>>2920732Port cities tend to be pretty dangerous.
>>2921172There are virtually no indios or whites left here in Lima. It's all mestizos. The story of muttmerica...>>2921193They've done a great job developing the city for pedestrian and bicycle access, providing plenty of low-cost spaces for people to live and do business. This is how cities should be. Seeing how many people were calleando last night was refreshing. Walking the lovely streets to get exercise and socialize with no expectation of consumption. Tons of young lovers enjoying each other's company in the street, something you never see in the US anymore. Also a far cry from Asia where city life is all about parking your motorbike on the sidewalk to shop and dine and take showoff selfies. >>2921220Things have changed. The new president is in league with El Salvador's Bukele; the streets aren't ruled by thugs any more here. Funny the same thing happened in Guaymas. Mexican marines rolled in a day after I arrived and sent all the cartel cowards scuttling for cover. Thereafter I could walk any street I wanted without fearing robbery.
Today I learned to always order from the lunch special menu if you want a good, filling budget meal. Due to sluggish business, nearly every restaurant in the Lima metropolitan area advertises discount-priced lunch specials for S10-18 ($3-5). These specials include soup or appetizer, choice of entree with starch/salad, and refreshing fruit-based beverage. Pesto spaghetti with pork chop was one of the items on the menu ejecutivo for S16. But I was focused on the wall menu, where pesto spaghetti with beef steak cost S32. No soup or salad came with the "platoso crillísimo" option. Only after ordering did I see the menu del día. The huancaína sauce was delicious, and the beefsteak was tender and great quality, but I was a little disgruntled at paying double. Yes, the portion size was somewhat bigger, but the set lunch also provides plenty of food and a good-sized hunk of protein as well. The provided drink has a very vague banana flavor, not the intoxicating tropical sweetness of the typical refresco.They rang it up at a slightly discounted S28; I handed over 20 + 10, but they literally didn't have a single coin to make change. No wonder the owner's cute daughter seemed mad at me. First she had to run down to the supermarket to buy a beefsteak, then afterwards she had to run around outside asking people for change. I recommend to always walk around with a pocket full of coins here.Laundry was done at an American style laundromat for S21 or $6 US. I didn't feel like waiting a day plus for clean clothes. Not really digging the hostel life when the dorm is so full. This place is rated 4.8/5, but the shitter and shower stalls are ridiculously small. The owning family is very hospitable, but as is the norm in 2026, guests hardly talk to each other beyond "Hola".
There's a fucking HUGE concert playing at the National Stadium right outside my hostel. Thousands of Lima's young hoes hurried in to cheer and sing along with their favorite boytoy performer. Definitely more girls than guys attending. Police and event security presence was absurdly heavy; they erected barricades and corridors for blocks around the venue. I had the luck of grabbing a beer at a restaurant right along the entrance route, from where I could stand on the sidewalk watching Lima's privileged young females hurrying to the entrance, everything jiggling with the unaccustomed exertion. Some even outright ran toward the entrance when the doors opened and the lines began moving. There's not much of a gym culture here; toned tummies are rare.
Here was a full on posse of petite sluts runway walking toward the entrance. I saw more short little firecrackers strutting down the street today than in the past three years.
There are definitely cuter girls than these here, but they sure do get plump when they start making enough money to indulge in beer and late-night fast food. Only the newly minted señoritas are beguilingly slender, and they know it too. Many of them walk around in daringly short tops, with boys inevitably mooning after them trying to get some necking in. A pretty typical sight in Latin America. Sometimes they are feeling extra naughty and give older men flirty stares in passing, but usually they are shy.
For today's outing I climbed up to the hilltop with the cross featured in yesterday's park pics. Due to gridlock, the 4 km bus ride took over an hour, and it was dark by the time I began my climb. People warned me about the danger, but the hillside slums I've visited are always very quiet, as if everyone is either out working or passed out sleeping at home. There were a few vagrants around a rubbish fire off to the side of the staircase, but they didn't come after me. Some of the alley dogs are insanely protective, it feels necessary to pick up a stone to dissuade them from trying to bite me as I pass by.
The deserted overlook was a little spooky. You see a vast metropolis spread out before you, but you feel marooned on a desolate rocky hilltop with the cool damp wind of the Peruvian coast blowing. Only one pair of young lovers was canoodling on a Saturday evening. Go to any other city and such an overlook would be packed with people. But not in Lima. The downtown and market streets are bursting with pedestrians, but they are all too afraid to climb up through the slum.
Trash blowing in circles on the overlook platform. The fresh breeze helps keep air quality decent here, and eliminates any need for A/C this time of year...no jacket needed either. Latin America has some of the most remarkably comfortable climates in the world. All the young fans in the stadium continue singing hours after the concert kicked off. You hardly even hear the singer, he just stands there and lets all the girls sing to him. So much energy among the privileged youth enjoying their weekend, but so much tiredness among the working classes in the street. Peru is not a country to visit if you struggle with alcoholism. All day drinking is socially acceptable here. Everywhere you go there is beer for sale. It's supposedly illegal to drink in public, but I have not seen the police care. Tres Cruces - brewed by Heineken - is both cheap and very clean, a triple filtered lager. Pilsen is gross skunky corn beer. Cusqueño has a rich complex flavor, but doesn't sit well in the belly for daily drinking. Cristal is pretty clean, but less widely available.
Various lines of people waiting for the stadium doors to open half a km from the stadium itself. Vendors went around selling many cold beers. Evidently it is a whole ass music festival. Forget about sleeping tonight. Tomorrow I intend to go somewhere else. Closer to the privileged part of the beach, perhaps. With months of travel ahead, there is no hurry to move on just yet.
Why haven't you tried to meet a single person on your travels besides chance encounters with Indian incel men? It seems boring to be alone 24/7
>>2921355The whole reason he does this is because one time in Laos he went to a random hotel and the receptionist asked if she could sell her pussy to him. He is scared to talk to girls and scared to mong unless the girl proposes first. So for 7 years the way he structures his entire life is designed around recreating that one chance encounter with a Laotian whore again.
>>2921355I meet people all the time, but our conversations are cookie-cutter travel talk. Once they realize how unemotive I am, they lose interest in further conversation. This hostel has several other white guys who are non-social, basically phone zombies. >>2921370You can be fined for sexual harassment in public spaces in Peru, or toward staff in businesses. Besides it's not my personality to hustle women on the street. I've hardly ever succeeded in manipulating women to do what I want them to do - i.e. feel attracted to me when they don't actually feel such an attraction at first glance. So I've basically given up trying.
The beach at Miraflores, an uber-gentrified wealthy neighborhood of Lima. It's mainly a surfing beach. Goddamn is this area ritzy. You can't find an ordinary restaurant anywhere; it's all artisan gourmet atmospheric dining, with prices to match. Hostels are posted at S45 or $13/night for a bunk, but if you book online you pay only S30 for some reason. Ironically making this the cheapest stay so far.There are a few attractive girls here, but many of them are California tier never-smiling snobbish princesses, born into privilege and thus incapable of being satisfied by anything. One just walked past me in a fashionable summer top with no bra, her little titties dancing against the loose fabric. Rare to see the good Catholic peruanas walk around with no bra, but Euro tourist girls sometimes do. To most foreigners, Miraflores is the Lima experience. They would never think of walking through the barrio, let alone staying in one. But I like being able to eat a good savory filling meal for $5 or less. Here the restaurants don't have menus del día or menus ejecutivos.
The top of the bluff is a beautiful irrigated garden park on the edge of the neighborhood, but the face is hideous bare mud and rocks covered in anti-landslide netting, and the coastal strip is honestly quite ugly with the road crammed up against the beach walkway. Waves are so loud you hardly even notice the traffic.
Barranco out by the coastal outcropping is even more exclusive; no poorfag hostels are found out there. I'd like to go climb the hill tomorrow. But the prospect of staying longer in this privilege bubble is not attractive. Of course there are many buses from the poorer parts of the city used by the workers.
>>2911550cuzco is really cool.
>>2921416Lmao lazy poors seethe about 'privilege ' aka hard work, dont want to be around hard working rich because they see the life they could have if they put in the effort Better flee back to the favela slumbro
>>2921418A good percentage of the rich girls of Miraflores have tight bodies, so they do work out and watch their eating. For the first time in years some of them were tantalizing enough to make me think of [redacted]. These two girls sitting on the curb by the flagpole on the bluff, one of them wearing a lacy lingerie top that left her perfectly rounded tits hanging in plain view. Jeezus. What are all these teenage girls in revealing apparel loitering around on the touristy promenade with no man in sight? It must be bait. They want to entrap the numerous lonely dorkers, hostelfags and other male incels who came here thinking that Perivian women are easy.
The devrlopment of Miraflores and the coast is genuinely impressive even for someone who hates gentrification. This mall with negative floors hanging off the coastal bluff (ground floor, -1 floor, -2 floor) offered some spectacular views on an unexpectedly sunny afternoon. A handsome young man with a very plain-looking, acne-marred teenage girl approached me for a chat, but I engaged only with him. Maybe he was trying to pimp her out? She was extremely submissive to him. IDK. Given a choice between social risk and being safely bored as fuck alone with some beers on the hostel rooftop, I will always choose the former. Very rarely has my pecker gotten me into awkward or dangerous situations in the course of my travels. Why, a wank is straightforward and risk-free for the most part. Leave your putrid jizz splattered all over the hostel shower stall and go to bed.
Redditors got very butthurt by me saying Peru is more affordable than Thailand. But I paid only S13 or $3.70 for this delectable artisan pizza. So I stand by my assertion, because a 100 baht pizza in TH is garbage.
God dammiy. I meant I will always choose the latter. Disengagement and safe solitude. Here I could buy 4 pint cans of beer for S10 or $2.85. That's as much as they charge for a single empañada here.
>>2921478Apologize for my dirty hands I was rummaging through the trash cans of Miraflores for goodies. Stupid white tourists throw lots of useful stuff away I can trade for a swig of beer at the hostel.
>>2921418>just work hard broMeanwhile connections is how nearly everything is really determined.Grinding can help increase your odds of making it, but is certainly no guarantee nor is it more determining of a factor than connections and politics.
>>2921479Freudian slip
>>2921477>A handsome young man with a very plain-looking, acne-marred teenage girl approached me for a chat, but I engaged only with him. Maybe he was trying to pimp her out? She was extremely submissive to him. IDK. Given a choice between social risk and being safely bored as fuck alone with some beers on the hostel rooftop, I will always choose the former. Very rarely has my pecker gotten me into awkward or dangerous situations in the course of my travels. Why, a wank is straightforward and risk-free for the most part. Leave your putrid jizz splattered all over the hostel shower stall and go to bed.Sounds Diogenes-esque.He still visited brothels though when he could scrape together enough coin.
>>2921479>Disengagement and safe solitudeOk no. Diogenes, while solitary, was more in-your-face when anyone crossed his path or he wanted to correct someone.
>>2921478Unedited version
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>>2921504Sitting here on the side of a Tea house cracking up and annoying the people sitting next to me
>>2921504>>2921500>>2921478Here's the original.
Last night I met some friends in the street who took me to a club of pussies supposedly to celebrate one of their birthdays. The plan was to get me inside agreeing to pay for drinks, then hit me with an outrageous bill. I insisted on paying entry for me and the supposed birthday guy (who was really an old tired dad driving a rideshare car and distributing personal use baggies of cocaine for a living). The club felt like a trap...no name, heavy steel door, industrial area with hardly anybody around. But it did have pussies. They tried to charge me $120 to enter before adjusting it to $40. Eventually I walked away from all of their entreaties and trudged the 6 km back to my hostel, passing a public masturbator playing with his limp dick and a well-dressed gay man outside the main park at 2:30 AM saying "sweet fuck you I love gringos"
They shared some bumps of Peruvian coke, which is bad for scamming as it makes me feel argumentative and ready for anything. I posted the full story on reddit.
>>2921161the famous fag making fruit from the peruvian amazon, men in the other parts of peru tend to avoid eating them too much
>>2921558>They tried to charge me $120 to enter before adjusting it to $40. Eventually I walked away from all of their entreaties and trudged the 6 km back to my hostel, passing a public masturbator playing with his limp dick and a well-dressed gay man outside the main park at 2:30 AM saying "sweet fuck you I love gringos"Is PeRu ThE NeXt ThAiLanD?
THC vapes are legal in Peru; ironically, selling and smoking natural marijuana flower is illegal. A disposable vape costs about $70 USD; a distillate cart is slightly cheaper at around $50.
One week in Peru is complete! Here are the numbers.Total spend: $217 or $31 per dayLodging: $73 or $10.50 per night - at 33.5% of spending it's the lowest percentage of any country I've visitedFood: $87 or $12.50 per day - pretty happy with flavor and quality and selection and cleanlinessTransport: $9.70 for 114 km of riding around the metro area on busesBeer: $37.15 for daily drinking - sometimes on the terrace, sometimes in an establishmentHaircut: $4.30Laundry: $6 at autoservicio with complimentary detergent and proper clothes dryer usage
>>2921495Lol no sooner did I finish writing that than I'm hopping in a car with three coked-up randoms to go to the pussy club
>>2921569Be safe, anon.
>>2921564Is studying legal and what are the rates
Woke up with a sore ass and scraped knees and a crumpled 10 Sol note stuffed in my shirt pocket that I dont remember having. Not really sure what happened after I got to the park. I had sat down on a bench for a rest and was offered a half drank beer. After that nothing. Sure am glad I avoided that scam last night. Today I eat good off that 10 Sol note. Another day in the bag of not working and getting screwed by the man.
>>2921578Plaza Norte seems to be the red light district...specifically the other side of the boulevard Tomas Valle from the Plaza Norte mall and market. It's very close to the big intercity bus terminal with connections all over Peru. You will see godzillions of hospedajes de amor all advertising Netflix! YouTube! Tantric sex chair! $8 special rate! It's a dirty grungy area for sure. Lots of clubs and restaurants. I'm really in love with the good life here in Miraflores, though. Girls here are genuinely pretty because they can afford all the luxury skincare and cosmetic products. Poor girls who drink and whore and eat fast food every night usually have blotchy pockmarked faces and an unattractive droopy belly.I do so want a soft, quiet little peruana to walk with for hours and wrap my arms around on a park bench. But not one of those cheap whores with a blank eyed thousand-cock stare. You'll probably get a gringo price of 100 soles ($27) for a low value dark-skinned hooker working in the open; if she's desperate, you can undoubtedly squeeze her for a lower rate. The premium pale girls who work in the indoor clubs will probably cost 200+, and that's not counting what the club will brazenly try to extort from you over the course of your visit - as my recent experience has revealed. These are guesstimates. Hide your USD cash and charge card in your main hotel room. Take off any key tag so they don't know where you are staying. Tap to pay is the devil because they can intimidate you into paying (or even steal it from you when you're incapacitated) and charge hundreds of dollars to it with a simple tap.
>>2921579Screwed by the man? No thanks. Screwed by a BBC ladyboy with aids on park bench high on scopolamine? Yes please.
Took a walk and got an 2 empanadas from a chubby mestizo with a dirty cart. Lots of flies but I was hungry. Only 3 Sol. Washed it down with some free water and a shared cup hanging by a rusty wire. Strolled and lollygagged looking at graffiti and litter. Sat lazily on a curb tor 2 hours thinking how lucky I am to be free. Had a sudden urge and ducked in an alley and shit explosively wiped with some cardboard and a food wrapper. I always examine it. More bloody than usual with a few worms. Need to take more PREP. Headed back to my hostel dreading the smell but I cant bear being outside anymore.
Somehow you can feel like you're on a deserted coast in the middle of nowhere while being in a metro area of ten million.
It's actually not deserted. Past the squalid slums of Chorrillos is a very rocky stretch of coast with violent waves, then an isolated beach village surrounded by high bare hills. Mountain biking galore. You can wander, hike, breathe the cool air, feel free. All an easy bus ride from where I'm staying. Just extended for three more nights.
>>2921632Quick, run down to the nearest artisanal cafe and drink some herba mate from an expired rusty paint can. The carcinogens will kill off all the parasites in your body
Christ the Redeemer presides over an especially dilapidated patch of shacks piled up on a hillside. Piss, beercans and obscene graffiti on the statue's base reveal that many of Peru's youth have no respect for Jesucristo. Human diarrhea and a very well-formed turd with no toilet paper was also scattered around the area.
The contrast between Chorrillos and affluent Barranco / Miraflores in the background is very noticeable.
>>2921635Are you going to go east into the forested areas? The striking difference in climate seems like an appealing part of the country.
Chickenshit foreigners never go to these places near the barrio, so I can enjoy them at my leisure without being ear-raped by ""Deiz Schvartz Eichwarshenfartschen"" balding 36 year old German men with their horse-faced girlfriends speaking Nazi to each other.There were a few exhibits about the Guerra del Pacifico, where invading Chileans killed 6000 brave but poorly equipped Peruvian soldiers and captured Lima, forcing Peru to sign a treaty handing over its southernmost provinces - because the longest goddamn country in the world was somehow not long enough.
>>2921640That would require more money because there aren't enough trashcans to litter leftover tacos out of in the jungle
>>2921640In between here and the misty Amazonian slopes are range after range of some of the most rugged mountains on Earth. Food will get much less appetizing in the dry highlands, where the sun blazes down with the world's most extreme UV indices. I think I will dally along the coast until summer heat and humidity arrives. Today was particularly cool and cloudy here, with morning drizzle mist wetting everything.
>>2921643Damn cuh, this looks dope.
>>2921644What is the travel infrastructure like? ny railroads or is it all buses?
>>2921646Traveling down the Peruvian coastline—following the iconic Pan-American Highway (Ruta 001)—is one of South America's classic road journeys. The coast spans roughly 2,400 km (1,500 miles), offering a dramatic contrast between giant coastal sand dunes, marine wildlife reserves, pre-Inca ruins, world-class surf breaks, and fresh seafood. 1. Transportation OptionsA. Express Bus Services (Most Recommended)Peru has a robust long-distance luxury bus system. Buses are far more comfortable and safer than local transport for long stretches along the coast.Top Companies: Cruz del Sur, Oltursa, Civa (Excluciva class), and Movil Bus.What to expect: Multi-level buses with 160° or 180° reclining seats ("cama" or "super cama"), onboard restrooms, Wi-Fi, meals, and security tracking.Booking: Book directly online through company websites or platforms like RedBus.pe or Busbud.B. Hop-On / Hop-Off Tourist BusesPeru Hop: A popular service designed specifically for foreigners, especially along the Lima to Arequipa/Cusco corridor.Benefits: Door-to-door hostel/hotel pickups (saving you from sketchy bus terminals), bilingual guides on board, built-in stops at hidden gems, and flexible scheduling.C. Car RentalDriving yourself is feasible along the main Pan-American Highway, but not generally recommended for first-timers due to aggressive traffic in cities (especially Lima), erratic driving, toll stops, and long empty stretches of desert without cell signal.
>>2921648I can confirm traffic gets very aggressive on certain roads here. Everyone gunning it in little bursts trying to get ahead in the jam, honking angrily, squeezing in with inches to spare. India traffic flows smoothly like water compared to traffic here, everyone steadily creeping forward and adjusting for each other. It's definitely easier to walk through car gridlock with few motorbikes. Saw a city bus gets its left mirror smashed by another bus today. Buses pulling out into traffic expect you to either move over or slam on your brakes if you can't. No need to book buses online. Walk into the station and tell the ticket agents where you want to go.
What a hike today on this ancient trail running along the coast and then over a natural gap in the rocky hill. Furious waves pounded the rocks on a whim only a couple meters from where I was walking. There was nobody else on the entire trail when I returned. Such awe-inspiring desolation right on the edge of a megalopolis is hard to comprehend. Peru is a land where something wonderful and sometimes also horrible awaits you everywhere you explore.
That hole in the foreground of the last picture is Hell. Literally. One slip and you are stuck in the bottom of a 30 meter deep slimy hole in the rock that opens to the violent sea.
Here is the timeless cleft in the rock which allows passage along the coast past the flank of the imposing Cerro Marcavilca. Wind has blown a giant sand dune up the flank of the hill.
A lonely old man from the nearby slum walks aimlessly across the desolate expanse. The reek of human shit filled the air for a kilometer downwind; evidently when you flush your toilet in the slum, the diarrhea pours down the hillside along with your household trash.
In most other countries, the top of this coastal hill would be prime oceanfront real estate. But Peru is a world unto its own. Development patterns here are uniquely Peruvian.
These sleeping seabirds didn't hear me approach until my hand was about a foot away from petting him. I could see the mites crawling in his feathers. He mildly startled, watched me for a second and then flew away.
Here is the other side of the cleft which allows passage. Many parts of the path had been eaten away by the sea, making it feel very primitive. Only one section with three rocks jutting into the trail at waist level was downright treacherous, as it was eroded into a steep dropoff. A fatso would probably be unable to pass without being pushed off balance. I passed two and almost fell off the trail after the third one hit me in the side. Thankfully the gravel here is extremely grippy. Slipping seems to never happen, because everything is caked in sticky salt mist.
This black cave next to the trail had been turned into a home of sorts. Rotting seabird carcasses strewn everywhere along the coast sent up a powerful stench. I don't know why so many seabirds were dead. Do the old ones die after completing their migration?
Playa Herradura had a desolate blown-out look, with the welcome sign painted on this vast abandoned building that might've been a fish market in better times, when the area was planned as a tourist village. Piss and shit everywhere inside sending up a horrible reek. The piss puddles never dry due to high humidity and never get diluted or washed away due to rainlessness.
A fat girl celebrating her quinceañera sits with her back to the unpredictable waves of the Pacific, right in the splash zone dampened with sea spray. Her male relatives were exceptionally short and wide. The restaurant near this popular tourist spot charges high prices for a grungy kind of fine dining experience. Playa Herradura had more eateries across the street from the dilapidated oceanfront walkway, but when everything looks so unpatronized, I can't trust the freshness of the food. On the trail I saw a guy pull a dead octopus out of the water from a crevice between two boulders. How much can we sell it for? Very fresh!
Beef rib set lunch for $4 was so delicious, filling and economical. Look at the size of that avocado chunk in the green salad! The eatery is all about maximizing volume, so they give minimal customer attention. Very well-run and best quality for price; the whole family staffs the place. Despite three other similar restaurants nearby, I intend to return daily and keep trying their different dishes.
All in all, it was a really noteworthy outing. Total cost? 5 soles for bus fare, about $1.50Yes I am alert to robbers while venturing alone in the Peruvian landscape. But all I saw were a couple guys smoking joints and relaxing. They barely even glanced at me. Peruvians are definitely not nosy people by nature.
