workin' hard for the money

I’d already been in Lima a few days, and it wasn’t until I was about to leave that I finally pulled out my camera. I guess I wasn’t that inspired by the Miraflores neighborhood I was staying in, or was tired of the hassle of carrying around a huge DSLR everywhere I went, but I’m glad that I got the chance to relax on a “direct” bus to Ica where it was as easy to just stick the camera out the window and snap what I saw. In America, you’ve got the bums washing your windows with newspaper and soapy water, but in Lima you get about four or five kids together, do a quick tumbling routine and then refuse to move until you’ve collected enough money. Shrewd but effective.