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In the wealthy barrios of Miraflores and Barranco, fancy stores, pricey restaurants and oversized supermarkets abound. Locals walk the streets doing their thing constantly yet daily life feels reserved, as though it is lived mostly behind closed doors.
To catch a glimpse of the colorful daily lives of Limenos, el Centro de Lima is where it’s at. Taking a taxi or bus, it is immediately apparent that Lima runs at a different pace – the traffic, frustrating to anyone, combined with the crazy-ass, zig-zagging, light-skipping driving skills of Limenos is enough to drive anyone insane.
An introduction of Lima Centro begins at the photogenic Plaza San Martin, with a walk up ….. to Plaza Mayor. On …., colonial architecture, once built as homes for the well-off, now house cheap boutiques, greasy food joints and tattoo parlors. Hustlers dot the car-free street: artists selling their crafts; tattooed men advertising their parlors; ice-cream shops vying for attention; vendors selling everything from quinoa bars to rosary beads, street meat to cell phones. On the corners are a few men wearing bright yellow vests at the ready to publicly exchange your dollars or euros to soles.
The madness seems to lessen the closer it gets to Plaza Mayor.
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