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I will go to (Lima) peru next week , on a conference , need tips? |
Travel Info I will stay there 3 days during official conference. Then I am planning to stay 2 extra days on my own cost just to move around, and get some idea on the country/city. Where should I go and what I should eat. ( I am a Bangladesh, stayiong at New York) and I dont /cant spend more than 200 US $ for those extra days. (better if it is less than 200$). I need tips, please? Travel Tips Lima is a big city so you can find most things there. There is no malaria in Lima. Miraflores is nice and relatively safe but I reccommend being wary anywhere you go. If you want to try salsa there is a fantastic club called Son de Cuba in Miraflores - I really reccommend it. Peru as a country is quite dangerous (although maybe not compared to Bangladesh :) ) so dont flash money around and dont take a wallet with you (easy for pickpockets to spot). There are plenty of western resteraunts there but food in Peru is generally not too bad. If you are going to just stay in Lima (the limited timeframe suggests you are) then there are plenty of sights to see, there is alot of history and culture there. If you wanted to try and get out of the city then I reccommend finding a small out of the way place and getting to know the locals, some of the warmest people you will likely meet. Others I've heard the whores down the way are relatively pricey, be sure to use the promo code "rich american" while your down there travelocity.com I have visited China twice and had a rule of thumb to follow, like when in doubt eat from places like American and American-style fast food outlets (Quick Service Restaurants) where you know for sure that the food quality are 'standardized'. International chains of McDonald's and Burger King, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Pizza Hut are safe bet for travelers in exotic places where sometimes 'kosher' and/or 'halal' foods are served, you need to ask for it. About sight-seeing and moving around the city when you are in Peru, I think that you may like to be with the crowd of participants in the conference and you would find that many among them are interested to avail that kind of opportunities. Sometimes the event management staffs would be glad to help you in such matters. In any case, your personal hygiene and safety should be paramount as it would be real difficult when you get sick or get involved in any police case even though you are innocent. Enjoy your visit and write back your story suitably! take Malaria pills before, during and after-you don't want to get sick on your trip don't eat anything off the street (meaning local vendors-there is a different standard of clean down there) drink only bottled water-or at a restaurant where you know where it came from go on a canopy walk trade kids clothes and brand new one dollar bills with the locals see the city of Lima could travel to Iquitos(may be too pricey though) Have fun going there on vacation in a few weeks I've read these answers with much dismay!!! Lima is not a place where you'll find whores who are waiting for rich gringos, and it's not a place where you'll catch malaria!!!!! There isn't any malaria in Peru at all!!! Lima is such a cultural city with so much to see. If you compared Lima with any capital of the world, you'll find that there are some poor areas (as any place will have) but it's an upscale city with trendy restaurants, discos, pubs and shopping malls. Your conference is in Lima and you'll probably stay in a very nice and upscale hotel like Marriot or Melia. Ask for a city tour of historic downtown Lima and you won't be disappointed. If you have a couple of days off, you can probably go to visit suburbs like Miraflores or San Isidro. There is a wonderful place called LarcoMar, in Miraflores just in front of Marriot hotel, which is like an open air mall built on a cliff overlooking the Pacific ocean. There are restaurants, shopd, movie theatres, cafes, etc. You'll have a great time there. For a night move, go to Barranco, a suburb near Miraflores with lots of bohemian restaurants and pubs. If you want to see real nice peruvian/international food (but very pricy too) go to eat at night at places like "Astri y Gaston" or "Rafael" both in Miraflores and considered the best restaurants in latin America. Astrid and Gaston have recenly opened in Mexico, Colombia and Chile. Another thing, people here don't trade children's clothes for dollar bills!!! This is not a forsaken poor country who waits for tourists to give them money. I have always drank water from the tap!!!! Come and visit Peru and you'll see that it's a wonderful place to visit with a very rich historical background and great places to see and nothing to be afraid of. |
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