PicsArt Monthly January 2014 Issue | Page 70

Travel to Peru Exploring the Country through a Photo Walk Say the name “Peru” to most people, and their minds fill with images of Mayan ruins and the famous Inca Trail, popular with all types of travellers the world over and dramatic in its intensity as well as its beauty. But, for the photographer especially, Peru is a place of great interest even outside of its Mayan heritage. In fact, you’ll be so busy soaking in this amazing country, that you won’t even know where to lay your camera while you enjoy you pisco sour with a bowl of ceviche. Miraflores, Lima To the uninitiated, Miraflores provides a fantastic introduction to the beautiful madness of South America, as you can still munch on cooked Guinea Pig, the country’s best delicacy, and hunt for bargains in a dusty mercado, but after a long day on a photography tour around the neighborhood you can also splash out on a good bottle of pisco with a nice meal at the end of the day too. Oh, and it’s covered in cats, if you like that sort of thing. 70 | PicsArt Monthly @stephaniesosa20 The most striking thing about the Miraflores district in Peru’s capital city of Lima is just how un-Peruvian it seems. With its clean, wide streets and modern architecture, cafes, wine bars, modern buses, and oodles of amazing street art, Miraflores wouldn’t look out of place in Berlin, Bilbao or Barcelona–and yet it’s only a short bus ride away from Lima’s most bustling (and most Latin American) market and even a (admittedly much longer) bus ride away from some actual ruins just outside the city. In Miraflores, you’ll get some of the most un-Peruvian pictures of Peru.