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De duivelse mijn van Potosi
Hoewel het mijnstadje Potosi zeker op ons wensenlijstje van bestemmingen in Bolivia stond, zijn we er op een bijzondere manier via vele omzwervingen en op een heel ander moment dan gepland aangekomen. Oorspronkelijk wilden we na Copacabana doorreizen naar La Paz om vanaf daar een mountainbike- & jungletour richting het Noordoosten van Bolivia …
Sky diving on mountain bikes
... went about 2km into the mountain but it was hard to breath and half the time the tunnels were only 3 to 4ft high. All the work is done through manual labour and the local minors shovel everything into carts that carry about 1tn and push them out of the mine. Their working conditions were quite terrible yet a diet of coca leaves, fizzy pop and 96% alcohol seemed to get them through a working day. It was quite the experience and after only about 2hrs in the mine most ...
Humpeldipumpel...
... beliebt sind natürlich Coca-Blätter, Zigaretten (ohne Filter...ist ja eh schon Wurscht), Wasser und natürlich DYNAMIT. Ich lass es mir natürlich nicht nehmen ne Stange Dynamit zu kaufen mit Zündschnur und Ammoniumnitrat. Das ganze Paket. Wann kommt man denn schonmal dazu? Bevor es in die Mine geht machen wir noch Fotos vor dem Berg (ich zerstöre die Kamera von Mittouris, fallengelassen) und besuchen Mineralienanreicherungsanlagen mit jeder Menge ungesunder Chemikalien. Kurz darauf ...
Mine The Gap
... I contemplate complaining about my working hours in a few months time.
The next morning I woke up with some sort of allergic reaction to one of the many toxic substances we came across in the mines. I became quite concerned when even a dermatologist couldn't tell me what was wrong. Anyway, I decided to forget about it for the time-being and we visited a famous silver museum in town before going to the bus station to head over to Sucre.
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Silver Mine Tour
... days that Róisín would be walking around with a bag full of dynamite on her back but that is exactly what happened!
We continued onwards to one of the processing plants, firstly handing out some coca leaves to the workers at the entrance. Efrain explained the process to us and then took us on a tour of the plant. Many toxic chemicals are used to help separate the minerals from the useless part of the stone. It's certainly the first time that we have been in a ...
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