Cima Argentum Potosi

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Pottering in Potosi

A travel blog entry by becca_john2011

... morning wandering around the small city which was all ready for the Christmas period ....... The plaza was decorated with snowman and christmas lights. The church had a nativity display outside. The houses and buildings had Christmas reefs and swags. The city did feel cold which I think was due to the altitude. We had a coffee and a cheese toastie at a lovely (but very slow) coffee shop which had tall ceilings ...

The mountain of madness

A travel blog entry by thedeepersouth

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... lined roads. The price for all this prosperity was the inestimable number of lives lost, blood spilled. While the Spanish benefited from this tremendous wealth, slaves, many from Africa, mined the hellish interior of this devil’s mountain. It’s estimated that 8 million men died.

Today, Cerro Rico’s silver deposits have been depleted, leaving behind a huge city, the highest of its size in the world, with very few outlets for survival. As ...

Sucre to Uyuni via Petosi

A travel blog entry by petemacleod

... disease. Its a miseable experience and I donīt see why anyone would want to see that for a day. Its not as if you would visit sweat shops in China...

Anyway, I definitely felt the altitude straight away so v glad I didnt spend more than 30 minutes there. We got our bus to Uyuni which was fine. The conductor guy even gave everyone a free Coke during the journey- not sure about the economics of that!


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Potosi

A travel blog entry by esteban.y.inga

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... en praatten met verschillende groepjes mijnwerkers. Hun getuigenissen waren soms echt choquerend. Enkele van hen waren slechts 16 jaar, en werkten al 4 jaar in de mijn. Ze werken soms tot 24u, zonder eten, en met enkel coca-bladeren, alcohol en frisdrank die ze krijgen van de toeristen. Een enthousiaste mijnwerker schudde de hand met een meisje uit onze groep. Net daarna legde onze gids uit dat er geen water is in de mijn, en dat ze hun handen wassen door er op te urineren. ...

Down into the mines!!!!

A travel blog entry by irishandmonkey

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... s the way the nuns would do penance by wearing garments with spikes. These were in a little room under the stairs. Not surprisingly, they looked well hidden! Michael said that they apparently still practice this in Brazil. Eeek!

That evening we go a place for food on recommendation. Oh dear. Michael has since been on trip advisor and slated the place! He ordered a "speciality" which ended up being beef, a chicken leg, ...

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