Country Info
- La Paz /Sucre
- Capital
- Boliviano (BOB)
- Currency
- 8,300,463
- Population
- BO
- Country Code
Potosi Slideshow
Potosi
Travel Blogs from Potosi, Bolivia
Nicolaus day in Potosi, highest town in the world
From La Paz we had a long drive to Potosi (eleveation 4090 m)the highest city in the world and once one of the richest in Colonial South America. In the days of the spanish colonilasation the mining in Cerro Rica - a mountain, brought great wealth to ...
Altitude!
... for the majority of the trip :) We arrived at the bus station and took another long bus journey 6 hours to Potosi. In Bolivia, and South America for that matter, these journeys are considered short, and these places are considered close. However, for an ...
Potosi the Highest (& Drunkest?) City in the World
... . But, due to privatized (mostly American) companies, the Spanish conquest and poor government choices in the past, Bolivia is also the poorest country in South America. Pretty maddening, really. Anyways, Potosi`s main tourist attraction is the ...
La vida de otros
La vida de otros (The Life of Others) 15,827 feet above sea level Potosi, Bolivia is the highest city on earth. It was during Spanish rule the richest and largest in terms of population, at more that 200,000 people. The mountain Cerro de Potosi ...
Rudarjenje
... . Nas pelje do stojnice, kjer je zenica prodajala, cokolade, brezalkoholne pijace, 100% alkohol - ki mu domacini pravino" potosi whiskey" (pol si lahko predstavljate za kaj ga uporabljajo), vzigalne vrvice, detonator, dinamit, kokine liste, cigarete, ...
worlds highest city, silver mine
1/11/10 this morning at 8.30 i met 5 other backpackers at ´the real deal´ tour company office where we began our tour of potosi´s silver mine. first we went and got changed into our protective gear - helmets with headlamps, gumboots, pants and jacket, ...
POTOSI POTOSI POTOSI!
... of the place. Time passed quickly with a random guy we met on the street and was a book full of information about the indigenous culture of Potosi. Before we knew it it was time to catch the bus to Sucre. ...
True Bolivia
... the streets. In the afternoon we had to head back to Potosi. The 3-hour bus ride was the best I´ve had so far in Bolivia. The driver playedcumbia all this time and observing the locals was a real pleasre. There was a puppy stuffed on the luggage shelf, ...
Potosi - City with a bad past and uncertain future
... to both sides.Enough of my ramblings now ... I just hope it isn´t too self-indulgent... So when you think something at your work turns to shyte or the coffee you order isn´t hot enough, spare a thought for the miners of Potosi, Bolivia. ...
