
This street doesn't look like much but I was told that it is in fact the most dangerous street in South America. More muggings and attacks happen here than any other street. I was told this when I was walking down it at 3am with a mate. We picked up the pace a bit and made it home. Just after I took this pic I saw the cops putting a crack head into the back of a cop ute. They have hooks that they handcuff people to so they don't jump out.

I was invited by my mate Roman to paint at a festival in Quito. I thought it would be in a big park or something but it turned out to be in an outer suburb of Quito on a really busy road with big trucks and buses going by constantly.

For the first time in my life I painted on scaffolding. so I decided to go big. They also gave each everyone 30 cans of really bad paint to use. It was pretty funny because pretty much everyone used roller paint and kept the paint for themselves.



It was more of a street art thing than a writers day. I think the organizer wanted me to do something a bit more streetarty but whatever. I had a great day and met a bunch of cool guys from Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Peru.

Afterwards I painted a quick piece with some guys from Peru to use up some of the cans. Unfortunately I left before they finished so I don't have any flicks. This guy started picking up cans and doing a piece too. He was having a laugh but taking it really seriously. I also saw a guy grab a can of paint and start toughing up his car. It was totally the wrong colour but he didn't seem to mind.
