My flight landed at 9:30 local time. First, I checked into the hotel:
NAME: Hotel & Suites Las Americas
ADDRESS: Av. Benavides 415, Miraflores
PHONE: 241-2820 and 447-7272
GPS: S12°07.465' W077°01.755'
WEB: http://www.hoteleslasamericas.com
RATE: I paid $60 via one of the millions of hotel booking web sites (southamericahotels.net); the posted rack rate is in the $150s.
CHICA-FRIENDLY?: Yes. There is no chica policy here. When you get to the hotel, you just get on the elevator and go to your room.
AMENITIES: Free breakfast, plenty of hot water, I am up on the 20th floor, so street noise should not be a problem. Gym, sauna, steam room, pool, jacuzzi, comfy chairs in the lobby.
QUALITY: Very good. The bed is firm, the view is nice, the front desk and a couple of other staff people speak good English. The outlets in the room only have two holes, so finding somewhere to plug in and charge my computer may be a challenge. UPDATE: When I asked at the front desk, they gave me an adapter, so I'm good to go.
Two room pictures (the sitting area and the bed area):
NOTES: There are six different places in the Las Americas Chain. This one is abut 4 blocks from the Parque Central/Pizza Alley area.
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Then, I went to a casino, and lost money:
NAME: Casino Miraflores
ADDRESS: One half block from the Larco Mar mall
GPS: S12°07.896' W077°01.755'
TYPE OF GAMES: Blackjack, Roulette, and one strange table game that I will have to investigate further. And of course, slot machines.
MINIMUMS: Blackjack was $2. The penny slots were everywhere.
NOTES: Free drinks, raffle tickets when you get a blackjack, live band (it was Saturday night), clean.
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Then, I went er, shopping:
NAME OF GIRL: I *think* she said Kathy, but I'm not certain
LOCATED VIA: She picked me up in Pizza Alley (one of the places that women who are looking for tourist-type men with money go a-huntin'), after I walked through the Larco Mar complex, and ogled all the regular girlies going out on their big Saturday night. FWIW, Pizza Alley was teeming with available women.
AGE: 25, she said. Seemed about right.
LOOKS: Nice face, push up bra doing the right thing, body was neither thin nor thick. Long straight hair
Two Kathy pictures:
Photos: Kathy 01 02
FRENCH: Limited.
DATY: Yes. She moaned a lot, but who can be sure?
DFK: No
LFK: Yes
GREEK: Don't know, but I guess no.
ATTITUDE: Good. Willing to comply. Five positions.
PERFORMANCE: Average. All the right moves, but nothing spectacular.
REPEAT?: No. There's too many choices here.
COST: She stayed all night, with round 2 in the morning, when I woke up. I overpaid at the agreed rate of $100, plus a $20 propina.
NOTES: We got to know each other at one of the restaurants in Pizza Alley. I got the whole spiel: she's a student, but has a lot of bills to pay for her house, her mother, her daughter, etc. She made one lame attempt at asking for more money in the morning, but I think she realized that she was getting plenty and gave up quickly.