A website devoted solely to candid photos and videos of weird things seen in Peru. It’s a simple premise and it’s what makes Peru Fail my go-to site when I need a good laugh. The Peruvian talent for improvising solutions out of anything at hand, the proliferation of blatant product knockoffs (bamba), hilarious misspellings: it’s all on display on this long-running web site, run by a Peruvian journalist with a sly sense of humor. Readers send in images from around Lima and the provinces, and the editor posts several times a day, so there’s a wide range of material to amuse.
Understanding Peruvian slang and politics is essential to getting a lot of it, but you don’t need to know any Spanish to get this joke. Yes, it’s a real fitness center. Their tag line? “They light your fire.”
“Rock and health can go hand in hand!: New fitness techniques. Gym Morrison. Light your fire. Body, mind and spirit in one place!” Photo courtesy Perufail.com
