Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!

[JimmySTLOUIS]

Well i wont actually get there until Wednesday but I leave tomorrow for Lima Peru. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am all packed and ready to go. I have all the basics clothes, passport, gifts, money, chocolates (and gummy bears).

I am very excited about this trip. This is my first time being a gringo. I have never been to SA or even Mexico. This could be the best ten days of my life or the longest if things go sour.

I appreciate all the help and inspiration provided by this board.
I really dig this girl that I am going to see. She is super sweet, young, and cute. Her family seems really nice too. I dont think we would be anywhere near as far along in our realtionship if it wasnt for the fact that she speaks good english. I have been teaching tons of slang terms too like "Whats Up" - "See you later Aligator" - "Hang Loose" etc.

We are going to get away from the city for a few days in Pisco at the Hotel Paracus. I also plan on taking her to dinner at Rosa Nautica. I am a little bit chicken about the city of Lima.

Does anyone have any last minute advice? I dont think I will be able to sleep tonight!

I am ready to roll!

jim

[Pete E]

... in response to Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!, posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Nov 24, 2003

Jimmy,
I hope it all works out or you.
I really do.I hope to hear she is everything you have immagined and you are also for  her.
But your expectations with a woman you have never met are sky high.Lots of room for it to be less than expected.
Good luck buddy,you need it.
I like your attitude.I hope its rewarded.

Pete

[Bueller]

... in response to Re: Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!, posted by Pete E on Nov 25, 2003

[This message has been edited by Bueller]

 Jimmy, I wish you the best, but like Pete said your expectations with a woman you have never met are sky high. I hope I'm wrong, but you could wind up seriously disappointed within the first ten minutes of *actually meeting her in person*-- with several days of your visit still stretching out ahead of you, knowing you're going to waste all that time with someone you already know isn't right for you. This feeling is compounded by the fact that you spent weeks or months building up a fantasy in your mind of how it was going to be, and you feel like you met a completely different person than the one you "knew" virtually.

I speak from experience, my friend...

 It's always better to be able to say, "I was only planning on spending [a day or whatever] with you, but I'm digging you so much I now want to stay [another week or whatever] instead"...than to try to think of a nice way to say the opposite.

 Really, Jimmy, good luck; all the best; go get 'em, Tiger! But dang you're sticking your neck out here.

[cancunhound]

... in response to Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!, posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Nov 24, 2003

Pack light, travel quick.  Have a great trip and please give us a full report upon your return.

[H2Oh]

... in response to Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!, posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Nov 24, 2003

Good luck and watch out for the taxi drivers. They will take you on a wild goose chase just to get more money.

H2-Oh

[surfscum]

... in response to Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!, posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Nov 24, 2003

Hi Jimmy and all. The weather is getting better here: the weekend was sunny and almost hot, but today it was hazy and around 70 degrees. Jimmy, do NOT be afraid of Lima, there are some great museums here you really should see and there is nothing to do in Pisco after 2 days. Also, you really should see the downtown´s colonial buildings and the catacombs. As I mentioned before, we could hook up and go to LarcoMar or wherever.

Have a great trip!

[Red Clay]

... in response to Greetings from Lima!, posted by surfscum on Nov 24, 2003

Progress/trip reports please as time permits.

[zack]

... in response to Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!!, posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Nov 24, 2003

Have a great time Jimmy!

You said that you are bringing gifts. Are they wrapped? The inspectors at customs may need to unwrap and open gifts. Not always the case, but it does happen.

Good luck and give us a trip report.

Zack