Summary: With its picturesque colonial streets, opportunities for adventure travel, world-class food & drink, and relative abundance of poosy, Arequipa serves RooshV warriors as Peru’s top alternative to Lima.
The Devil’s Advocate: In reading through the Peru threads, it pains me to see that this forum has developed a general anti-Peru bias. We praise the Phils as a great place for personal development and laying obscene amounts of 6's, yet hypocritically discount Peru simply because there are better looking women in other South American countries. I think this stems from the constant comparisons of Lima to Medellin, Buenos Aires, and Rio. But top shelf is top shelf, and it thus boils down to: with what relative ease can we pull it on a short visit or mid-term stay? When we aim for the best of what South America has to offer, we must navigate through the Argentine bitch-shields, Brazilian obsession with social proof, and ramifications of Colombian sex tourism. Why not check out Peru to avoid it all?
In view of the multiple recent newbie “Where should I go with 2K USD” threads, I will only claim the following: if you are seeking an educated, ambitious Latina with model looks and face time constraints, Peru may very well be your best bet. There is plenty of solid data on Lima, hence I am writing this sheet to make a case for Peru’s second city: Arequipa, both insofar as Lima-based veterans and first-time Lat Am travelers are concerned.
Getting there: From Lima, catch a cheap domestic flight (1.5 hrs). Otherwise, you will most likely be getting in by bus from Cusco (aprox 10 hrs) or Puno (aprox 6 hrs).
Logistics: Arequipa has very well preserved colonial streets and architecture. El Misti volcano provide an extremely pleasant mountainous backdrop. If you stay in the center (highly recommended), you will most likely be living in a structure dating back to the Spanish occupation. Arequipa's Plaza de Armas is among the most impressive I’ve seen to date. Calle San Francisco is the epicenter of Arequipa nightlife; arrange accommodations accordingly. If you’re a light sleeper, I would suggest staying a few blocks away, ideally towards the Plaza.
Adventure travel: Biking down Chachani and/or Misti Volcanoes (highly recommended); whitewater rafting (rio chili); volcano ascents and trekking (Colca Valley). Adventure junkies can stay here for months and not get bored.
Food & Drink: Having visited nearly every country in Latin America, Arequipa’s food & drink scene is in my view top-tier. Zig Zag, Chicha (por Gaston Acurio), and Paladar restaurants provide fine dining and exceptional service at a fraction of first-world costs. The unique Pisco concoctions at Casa del Pisco and Museo del Pisco are mind-blowing. The food & drink venues are so satisfying that you could care less about laying your dinner date.
Work/biz opportunities: There has been a recent regional mining boom, which has caused substantial price hikes across the general local economy, with the city center most affected. According to my sources, high-school educated miners start at about 7k USD monthly, albeit working dangerous roles and long hours. Peruvian-trained engineers, they say, sit around from 9-5 and start at 10k a month. I could only imagine the sort of cash the expat engineers are rolling in here. The tourism sector and associated offerings are hugely disorganized, so I believe there may be some opportunity. Construction/real estate looks quite promising, though the center is all bought up. Do not come here to teach English if you want to bank. Go to Asia or the Middle East.
Las Arequipeñas: You may be surprised to find quite a few fair-skinned, green-eyed beauties roaming Arequipa’s well-kept streets. In colonial times, Arequipa was home to Peru’s largest concentration of Spanish settlers. This left Arequipa with comparatively high white (European) and mestizo populations. As elsewhere in Latin America, there is a rough correlation between fair skin and social class as well as attractiveness. If you’re shooting for top shelf, you’re most likely going to be chasing the European or fairer mestizas.
But you shouldn’t completely discount darker-skinned cholas, who can have tremendous bodies and will almost invariably tear you apart between the sheets. The ROI on cholas is extremely high. I invited one out for a drink. She ordered a gin & tonic, drank it in under a minute, and said, “let’s go do crazy things.”
A girl is a brichera if she is bedding you for the sole purpose of extracting economic benefit and quite often, out of the desire to leave Peru. A girl who loves to lay foreigners is not prima facie brichera. It can be difficult to tell whether a very receptive chola is indeed a brichera, especially since many like to mess around with younger guys and go into full brichera mode when in the presence of an older well-to-do gentleman.
The extreme bricheras are easy tells. They sit around scantily-clad, in groups of 3-5 and overtly eye-fuck any foreigner that walks by. They move in groups, and many have come into Arequipa from Cusco. Several are known to be HIV-positive, but will fuck anyways. Some will put sleeping pills in your drink, lead you to your place, and will then rob it clean. In short, avoid bricheras. If you have a fetish for darker skin, go for the well-intentioned cholas.
Not saying anything novel here: to score top shelf, approach fearlessly, be different, and use social proof to the greatest extent possible. Roll in style to distinguish yourself from the backpacker hordes. The tighter your salsa game the better. When everything about you screams confidence, you’ll make even the bricheras apprehensive.
I rolled with one of my most solid wings, a local and ivy-league trained physician. He focused on European backpacker girls while I chased the locals, and it worked beautifully. If you’re coming in solo, I actually encourage you to be befriend a local brichero to create a similar symbiotic arrangement, whereby you introduce him to the white girls you wouldn’t in a million light years approach and he would give you a hand on a chola or two.
Where to game:
Daytime – I liked to run approaches in the Plaza de Armas, specifically at Calle Mercaderes across McDonald’s, though most of my dates were set up through Tinder. I recommend Capriccio Café on av. Cayma and Cusco Coffee near Plaza de Armas for getting work done and coffee shop game.
Elite girls – The highest concentration of top shelf poosy is at Aura, (weekends) at the top floor of Real Plaza shopping mall, to which you would need to take a cab from the center. If rolling solo, take a place at the bar adjacent to the dance floor. If your salsa game is tight, invite a girl to dance. Otherwise, invite her for a drink. Elite Arequipeñas love to talk about their studies or work, the books they are reading, and on occasion, classical music and art. They love to dance salsa and will commit to you quite strongly once you demonstrate your value.
Salsa game - Latino Salsa Club (Forum), Calle San Francisco. You will find some stunners here Thurs-Sat. Many stand by themselves or dance with their girlfriends in anticipation of being invited for a dance. You will most likely be approached by a promoter with a free entry before midnight pass, if not, seek one out. Within Forum, which is a small nightlife complex on Calle San Francisco there are also some pretty good places to check out, including Zero, a rock bar.
Hail mary – If at 3am you absolutely need to get laid, head to Circus (next to Le Foyer Hostal on Calle San Francisco). As an extreme last resort, check out Déjà Vu, though be forewarned that it is the brichera hot spot.
A brief note on security: Use caution when taking taxis, to Aura or otherwise. There have been numerous instances of express kidnappings, whereby you get into a taxi and another one follows you. Your taxi pulls up in an isolated area and 2-3 delincuentes rush in, rough you up a bit, and strip you of all your possessions. Use the Easy Taxi app to eliminate this risk, and don’t be surprised when a girl asks you to accompany her to her home post-bang. There’s also quite a bit of fighting on the streets, especially in the morning hours. As always, don’t fuck with the locals.
I look forward to a productive discussion of this destination and am happy to answer any in-thread questions or PMs. I’m hoping this data was of interest to some of our Lima-based members, whom I hope to meet in the very near future.
The Devil’s Advocate: In reading through the Peru threads, it pains me to see that this forum has developed a general anti-Peru bias. We praise the Phils as a great place for personal development and laying obscene amounts of 6's, yet hypocritically discount Peru simply because there are better looking women in other South American countries. I think this stems from the constant comparisons of Lima to Medellin, Buenos Aires, and Rio. But top shelf is top shelf, and it thus boils down to: with what relative ease can we pull it on a short visit or mid-term stay? When we aim for the best of what South America has to offer, we must navigate through the Argentine bitch-shields, Brazilian obsession with social proof, and ramifications of Colombian sex tourism. Why not check out Peru to avoid it all?
In view of the multiple recent newbie “Where should I go with 2K USD” threads, I will only claim the following: if you are seeking an educated, ambitious Latina with model looks and face time constraints, Peru may very well be your best bet. There is plenty of solid data on Lima, hence I am writing this sheet to make a case for Peru’s second city: Arequipa, both insofar as Lima-based veterans and first-time Lat Am travelers are concerned.
Getting there: From Lima, catch a cheap domestic flight (1.5 hrs). Otherwise, you will most likely be getting in by bus from Cusco (aprox 10 hrs) or Puno (aprox 6 hrs).
Logistics: Arequipa has very well preserved colonial streets and architecture. El Misti volcano provide an extremely pleasant mountainous backdrop. If you stay in the center (highly recommended), you will most likely be living in a structure dating back to the Spanish occupation. Arequipa's Plaza de Armas is among the most impressive I’ve seen to date. Calle San Francisco is the epicenter of Arequipa nightlife; arrange accommodations accordingly. If you’re a light sleeper, I would suggest staying a few blocks away, ideally towards the Plaza.
Adventure travel: Biking down Chachani and/or Misti Volcanoes (highly recommended); whitewater rafting (rio chili); volcano ascents and trekking (Colca Valley). Adventure junkies can stay here for months and not get bored.
Food & Drink: Having visited nearly every country in Latin America, Arequipa’s food & drink scene is in my view top-tier. Zig Zag, Chicha (por Gaston Acurio), and Paladar restaurants provide fine dining and exceptional service at a fraction of first-world costs. The unique Pisco concoctions at Casa del Pisco and Museo del Pisco are mind-blowing. The food & drink venues are so satisfying that you could care less about laying your dinner date.
Work/biz opportunities: There has been a recent regional mining boom, which has caused substantial price hikes across the general local economy, with the city center most affected. According to my sources, high-school educated miners start at about 7k USD monthly, albeit working dangerous roles and long hours. Peruvian-trained engineers, they say, sit around from 9-5 and start at 10k a month. I could only imagine the sort of cash the expat engineers are rolling in here. The tourism sector and associated offerings are hugely disorganized, so I believe there may be some opportunity. Construction/real estate looks quite promising, though the center is all bought up. Do not come here to teach English if you want to bank. Go to Asia or the Middle East.
Las Arequipeñas: You may be surprised to find quite a few fair-skinned, green-eyed beauties roaming Arequipa’s well-kept streets. In colonial times, Arequipa was home to Peru’s largest concentration of Spanish settlers. This left Arequipa with comparatively high white (European) and mestizo populations. As elsewhere in Latin America, there is a rough correlation between fair skin and social class as well as attractiveness. If you’re shooting for top shelf, you’re most likely going to be chasing the European or fairer mestizas.
But you shouldn’t completely discount darker-skinned cholas, who can have tremendous bodies and will almost invariably tear you apart between the sheets. The ROI on cholas is extremely high. I invited one out for a drink. She ordered a gin & tonic, drank it in under a minute, and said, “let’s go do crazy things.”
A girl is a brichera if she is bedding you for the sole purpose of extracting economic benefit and quite often, out of the desire to leave Peru. A girl who loves to lay foreigners is not prima facie brichera. It can be difficult to tell whether a very receptive chola is indeed a brichera, especially since many like to mess around with younger guys and go into full brichera mode when in the presence of an older well-to-do gentleman.
The extreme bricheras are easy tells. They sit around scantily-clad, in groups of 3-5 and overtly eye-fuck any foreigner that walks by. They move in groups, and many have come into Arequipa from Cusco. Several are known to be HIV-positive, but will fuck anyways. Some will put sleeping pills in your drink, lead you to your place, and will then rob it clean. In short, avoid bricheras. If you have a fetish for darker skin, go for the well-intentioned cholas.
Not saying anything novel here: to score top shelf, approach fearlessly, be different, and use social proof to the greatest extent possible. Roll in style to distinguish yourself from the backpacker hordes. The tighter your salsa game the better. When everything about you screams confidence, you’ll make even the bricheras apprehensive.
I rolled with one of my most solid wings, a local and ivy-league trained physician. He focused on European backpacker girls while I chased the locals, and it worked beautifully. If you’re coming in solo, I actually encourage you to be befriend a local brichero to create a similar symbiotic arrangement, whereby you introduce him to the white girls you wouldn’t in a million light years approach and he would give you a hand on a chola or two.
Where to game:
Daytime – I liked to run approaches in the Plaza de Armas, specifically at Calle Mercaderes across McDonald’s, though most of my dates were set up through Tinder. I recommend Capriccio Café on av. Cayma and Cusco Coffee near Plaza de Armas for getting work done and coffee shop game.
Elite girls – The highest concentration of top shelf poosy is at Aura, (weekends) at the top floor of Real Plaza shopping mall, to which you would need to take a cab from the center. If rolling solo, take a place at the bar adjacent to the dance floor. If your salsa game is tight, invite a girl to dance. Otherwise, invite her for a drink. Elite Arequipeñas love to talk about their studies or work, the books they are reading, and on occasion, classical music and art. They love to dance salsa and will commit to you quite strongly once you demonstrate your value.
Salsa game - Latino Salsa Club (Forum), Calle San Francisco. You will find some stunners here Thurs-Sat. Many stand by themselves or dance with their girlfriends in anticipation of being invited for a dance. You will most likely be approached by a promoter with a free entry before midnight pass, if not, seek one out. Within Forum, which is a small nightlife complex on Calle San Francisco there are also some pretty good places to check out, including Zero, a rock bar.
Hail mary – If at 3am you absolutely need to get laid, head to Circus (next to Le Foyer Hostal on Calle San Francisco). As an extreme last resort, check out Déjà Vu, though be forewarned that it is the brichera hot spot.
A brief note on security: Use caution when taking taxis, to Aura or otherwise. There have been numerous instances of express kidnappings, whereby you get into a taxi and another one follows you. Your taxi pulls up in an isolated area and 2-3 delincuentes rush in, rough you up a bit, and strip you of all your possessions. Use the Easy Taxi app to eliminate this risk, and don’t be surprised when a girl asks you to accompany her to her home post-bang. There’s also quite a bit of fighting on the streets, especially in the morning hours. As always, don’t fuck with the locals.
I look forward to a productive discussion of this destination and am happy to answer any in-thread questions or PMs. I’m hoping this data was of interest to some of our Lima-based members, whom I hope to meet in the very near future.
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