Graffiti and Street Art in Lima, Peru

Talk about Peru with any traveler and they’ll mention Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines, and ayahuasca ceremonies in the Amazon. But tell them you are going to stay in Lima for a week and you can expect a strange look.

It’s true that Lima doesn’t have a reputation as a magnificent city, but I’m not in Peru for hiking trails like regular tourists.

I’m on a mission to take graffiti pictures for the website Bombing Science. Yes, it’s my job (awesome, no?).

And since I won’t find these graffitis and murals in the Andes, Lima for a week it will be!

It’s true that Lima is not a postcard city, but it’s far from being boring.

It’s a bustling South American metropolis with over 10 million people living in and around the city, so you can expect a lot of action, a lot of things to do, and a lot of delicious things to taste.

But more importantly, for my goal for this trip, you can see a lot of street-art in most of the neighborhoods.

The first thing I like to do when I arrive in a…