Peru Day: A photo from Wall St and a photo from Peru

 mmmm...pretty logos...we like pretty logos....image is important...mmmmm

Hoorah! Today is 'Peru Day' over at the NYSE, so if you haven't heard already here's the official EngLang blurb from Peru's state news agency, Andina:

"New York City, Mar. 11 (ANDINA). Government officials and business executives from Peru will gather Friday at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to participate in the first annual Peru Day. The event, hosted by the Peruvian Business Council and sponsored by BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Financial Times and NYSE Euronext, will provide an opportunity for Peruvian officials and corporate leaders to share insight into Peru’s capital market, economic outlook, investment opportunities and business environment.
"Peru’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Ismael Benavides, will ring the NYSE Closing Bell on Friday to commemorate Peru Day..." CONTINUES HERE

All happy happy media exposure thrusting new economy stuff and a pretty new logo to boot (got Nazca lines flavours and combos the national flag colours well) to get stuck on future promo campaigns and exports. However, IKN would also like to feature the following photo from Peru website PeruFail this morning that shows the real amount of planning and foresight that is used on a daily basis in the country:

In case of fire, break paving stones. This is the real Peru. Pisco sours served, the end.

IKN recommends: Peru Fail

A superduper new link on the list over at the right of the page, Peru Fail takes after Failblog but is:

1) Strictly concerned with fail photos/texts/videos situations etc from Peru

2) In Spanish

3) Funny (unlike failblog, which has lost its charm)

 If you know your Cholosubculture you'll love it from the first minute. If you want to learn more about the real Peru (not the fake one presented for foreigners) it can't be recommended highly enough. So go see Peru Fail cos we heart Peru Fail. Here's an example:

Here's another (local knowledge needed for this one)

And wonderfully, this one labelled "Fridge transport" that needs no explanation

Before you ask, yes it really is like this.