Lima, the Peruvian capital, today is not only the 32nd largest city in the world but as well among the 30 most populous metropolitan areas. How could the once beautiful City of Kings and most important city in the Americas during colonial times and later the lovely capital of independent Peru with nice haciendas, fishing villages and lots of green surrounding it develop into an uncontrolled grown, sprawling, chaotic and loud megacity?

Even though over the past 20 years the Municipality of Lima took significant efforts to remove beggars from the streets, it's a common thing to see many of them hanging around; especially in the areas where tourist are.

Lima's Jorge Chávez International Airport, Peru's gateway to the world, is located in Callao about 13 km (8 miles) west of Lima's historic city center and approx. 20 km (12.5 miles) northwest of the district of Miraflores. The airport is named after the Peruvian aviation icon Jorge Chávez Dartnell and is one of the largest, busiest and most modern airports in Latin America.