On Saturday I decided to bite the bullet and check out Emmanuelle. Took a cab from Parque Kennedy for s/10. I got there around 8pm and it was closed. Now I've checked out the website and I see it opens at 9, but I didn't know that at the time.

My taxi driver suggested a blace in barranco. Against my better judgement I said what the hell. It turned out to be Suites de Barranco. Entrada was s/100 and I think included some drinks. I noticed a board with posted room rates, the cheapest was s/200. Prices seemed on the high side for a place I hadn't intended to go and hadn't done research on.

So I get inside and it is completely empty. The guy told me there were girls and sure enough one came out of the shadows of the club. One girl. And she was a 4 at best, on the old side, too much makeup, etc. So I convinced him to give me my s/100 back and I left. I assume it was too early since by the time I left it was only around 9pm, but with the high prices I wasn't interested in waiting or going back another time. Perhaps I should have given it a chance, but I wasn't in a good mood and honestly was starting to think Lima wasn't a good destination for me.

Now I need to confess, I was overly sensitive about costs during this trip. I had a bit of a cash flow problem since I was expecting some big payments from clients to come in before my trip and they were late. So between my limited time and limited liquid assets I was not in the best state of mind.

Even the high-end places are cheaper than, for example Bomboa in São Paulo where I've had my best mongering experiences ever. So in better times I may have given the high-end lima venues more of a chance.

Being very picky, I think Emmanuelle might have been a great place for me, and I will try it when I return to Lima.