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Lima
A perpetual fog envelops concrete facades. Broad thoroughfares are stuffed full of horn-
tooting vans and hollering street vendors. It can take imagination to get beyond the grit of
Lima's first impression. Rising above a long coastline of crumbling cliffs, this sprawling
metropolis is the second-driest world capital after Cairo. The best way to enjoy it? Embrace
the chaos. Lima has high-rise condos, pre-Columbian temples, high-end malls and religious
processions that date back to the 18th century. Think one part southern California doused
with a heavy dose of
América Latina
.
But the city's a sophisticate, too. Stately museums display sublime pottery, galleries debut
edgy art, and crowded restaurants serve up the latest in Andean fusion - part of a gastro-
nomic revolution more than 400 years in the making.
Lima is a city shrouded in history, gloriously messy and full of aesthetic delights. Don't
even think of missing it.
