Potosi mines tour! Potosi is the highest city in the world and once the wealthiest - that was when the silver mines were the big thing - they seem to be a bit of a tourist trap at the moment. With Alma sick in bed I was free to head off with a shovel and a pick hi hoe hi hoe hi hoe hi hoe. We started our tour in the markets where we bought synam...

We arrived in Potosi around 530 am feeling pretty average after the mountain biking onslaught the day before. Potosi is the highest city of its kind in the world. Today we had a chance to check out one of the local silver mines where working conditions are incredibly poor but due to a much needed sleep in i missed the chance. Nothing much doing ...

09/11/2008 (SUN) My bus to Potosi leaves at 10am. I woke up, had my breakfast at the hostel and then went to the post office to send my postcards. Then I went to the bus company's office to load my backpack and board the bus. The ride was terrible! My seat was not adjustable, so I had to sit up straight for the whole 6hrs, not to mention that it...

so as the title of this blog si}uggests, today wasa longdrive adn i was dehydrated and quitesickly so had to sit upfront with the driver where it was less bumpy. absolutely beautifuldrive though, massive mountains and colourful hills, little villages with stones holding the ceilings down. womensat in colourful shawls by the road selling coca col...

After two days of watching demonstrations in La Paz the road blockades were lifted which allowed us to take an overnight bus to Potosi - long bus journeys having become much better after the discovery of over the counter sleeping tablets. On our way to visit the mines in Potosi we stopped in a miners shop to buy the usual gifts for miners of fiz...

Potosi located at the base of the Cerro Rico mountain (Rich Mountain) looked like it's glory days from silver mining were but a distant memory. It's believed that the mountains veins were so rich with silver that a bridge made entirely of silver could have been built from here all the way to Madrid. Ramshackle and dusty with narrow lanes and car...

The highest city in the world, Potosi is a hilly, busy, dirty and smelly place. Our hostel was equally dirty and smelly and **** too so we did not feel like staying too long. We went to the silvermines that the city is known for and that made it one of the wealthiest cities in south America at one stage. We went on a tour that started out in the...

Tue 23.9.08: Bolivia, Potosi: PERSONAL: Upon arriving in Potosi, didn't waste any time as always wanted to go into a mine! First stop was a visit to the Miners' Market to buy gifts for them (like coca leaves, cigarettes or dynamite). We walk and crawl through the mine for about 3hours. The miners gave a demonstration of dynamic explosions (both ...

10. sept 2008 Tok bussen fra Uyuni til Potosi kl 10. Turen var ok, jeg horte paa lydbok paa iPod´en...ganske behagelig. da vi var fremme traff vi et par som skulle til et hostel som heter Koala. Siden vi (selvfoelgelig) ikke hadde lagt noen planer ang hvor vi skulle sove slo vi foelge med dem. Det viste seg aa vaere en smart ting aa gjøre...det ...

Highest city in the world? Depends on how you define city I suppose, but Potosi is certainly high at almost 16,000'. It sits at the base of the world's largest silver mine, which I visited one afternoon. Everyone in my group was given a hard hat with light, as well as a jacket, pants, and boots to protect our clothing. On the way to the mine we ...