The last stop – Nostalgia Street

Public transport in Lima used to be orderly, clean, efficient and safe. Bus routes ran across the city in an organised way, drivers and ticket sellers were gentlemanly and vehicles were uniform and spacious. This all changed with the Presidency and quasi-dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s, something that the old-timers of the transport industry lament.

February 12, 2009 | Commentary/Opinion, Lima City Guide, Modern Peru

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Lima of yesteryear – 1920s to 1970s

The Lima of two periods of time are both equally well known; the colonial and modern Lima that is still visible in the area around the city’s plaza, and the modern noisy metropolis that extends for kilometres.

But what about the time in between?

February 6, 2009 | Lima City Guide, Modern Peru

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