Ryan and Rosa in Bogota
SUMMARY: I had some unpublished pictures from when my brother and a Peruvian ex-girlfriend visited. Not much story to tell, except for a quick dittie on me taking my brother to a brothel for the first time. And previously unpublished pics.
My brother helped me move here. We met Damien and went to a club the first night. Not much story to tell.
Damien also knew an American guy in Bogota. We met him and his friends the next night at one of the hottest clubs in Bogota – Penthouse. Damien’s buddy and all his buddies were Fulbright Scholars teaching at Universidad Los Andes. We got drunk off beer and aguardiente on the roof.
My brother and I’d been drinking for almost two weeks by that Sunday and Ryan was scheduled to fly out early Tuesday morning. So we took it easy Sunday and then get drunk all night Monday until his flight. He planned to get so drunk that’d he be able to sleep on the planes all the way back to STL. … Read more
Lima City Rocks
SUMMARY: Profile of and stories about Lima, Peru (finally) after one week in the city of 8 million – also my last week in Peru. Sections include La Molina, Magdalena, Larco Museum, Miraflores: #1 Gringo Destination, Chorrillos: The Beach, Callao: Gangsta!, Water Park, Lima Nightlife, or Other Pics.
Due to Arequipa hometown pride and dislike / jealousy of Lima, I had only heard that Lima was big, congested, gray, and dangerous. The only good thing Arequipeños say about Lima is that the food is better. However, I found Lima to be a great city. Of all the things people say about Lima, nobody ever says that it is beautiful. Which is a shame, because it is a beautiful city! Read more
My Favorite Bar in AQP
While La Tradición is up there, I don’t go there enough to justify calling it my favorite bar in Arequipa. And while I go to Deja Vu a lot, I don’t like it. El Balde would be my favorite bar in AQP. It’s on San Francisco near Forum, Deja Vu, etc. The music is funky, anything from Led Zepellin to The Gorillaz can be spinning. The art deco is killer. They make huge cocktails served in buckets – 1 litre or 3 litres! The Torito is Red Bull and pisco (which is disgusting), so I get one litre of Red Bull and cheap gin for S/. 18 (about $5 USD). That’s a whole can of Red Bull and a lot of gin!
The Cusco Incident
SUMMARY: I go to Cusco and get in trouble. The police may be looking for me. Long but interesting story with pictures.
EXCERPT: I think I need to try another run at sobriety. I feel that, one of these days, I’m not going to come out on top… Read more
Camaná Round Two
SUMMARY: I spent another weekend in Camaná. Not much to tell compared to the last time. I’ll keep it short.
Damien and I arrived around 6pm Saturday and there was a huge concert that weekend, so there were no rooms anywhere. We dropped our bags in the lobby of our old friends’ hotel and went out with no plan.
I got really drunk and ran into Rosa, my ex-girlfriend. I told her I missed her. I told her I still think about her. I tried to kiss her. She kept saying that I wasn’t her boyfriend anymore. But she smiled while she said it. I don’t remember saying goodbye. … Read more
Camaná: Bender at the Beach
SUMMARY: I go to an Arequipa beach town, Camaná, for rest and relaxation. Instead, I become a drunk idiot and violate women.
Camaná is a small beach town two hours from Arequipa. It’s only sunny at the beach in the middle of summer (January and February in the Southern Hemisphere). So this small beach town is a seasonal hotspot from now until March. Our bus was set to leave at 9am. Damien and I missed it. We took a taxi for, ironically, the same price. And the taxi arrived faster.
Damien and I rolled into the town plaza around 1pm and booked a hostel. We had ceviche at a place named Don Arturo. The ceviche at the beach is, as one would imagine, unequivocally better than that in the city because the fish is fresher. Still drunk from the night before, I started drinking again. … Read more
