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.
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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.