Lima today is no longer the wealthy, beautiful colonial settlement and most important city in the Americas like it used to be during colonial times. The once lovely capital of independent Peru with nice haciendas, fishing villages and lots of green surrounding it, has made place to todays Lima with its over 8 million inhabitants, shantytowns, sometimes tatty facades and noisy traffic. But Limas first appearance to its visitors is deceptive. Lima is one of the most interesting and challenging cities in South America with a huge archaeological, historical and cultural past...