Salvador's "Low Town" (Cidade Baixa) and Elevador Lacerda Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-01-03-a-low-town/20050103_001_2003 2005-01-03-a-low-town/20050103_003_2346 2005-01-03-a-low-town/20050103_011_2337 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-01-03-a-low-town/20050103_006_6030 2005-01-03-c-looking-down/20050103_020_1628 2005-01-03-c-looking-down/20050103_028_3936 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Salvador, one of the oldest cities in Brazil, has it's old downtown perched on top of a cliff, overlooking the sea 85 meters below. The strip of land between the cliff and the sea is known as the "Low Town." One can get from Low Town to High Town by Elevador Lacerda, which costs 10 centavos (about 4 cents) - so cheap even by Brazilian standards that it makes me wonder why they bother charging money. (You need to stand in line to buy those 10 centavos tickets. But Bahia is all about waiting.) On both sides of the elevator one can see old buildings, with their backs to the cliff, mostly in appalling condition. Despite the fact that the building look like they might collapse any day, it appears that someone lives in them. Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Don't put anything here Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
