Potosi's main sqaure

April 9th 2008
Potosi is a mining city standing at 4070m above sea level. We arrived here by bus, surprisingly only half an hour late (its a 3hr journey that the GAP year students we met got stuck on for 9 hours) and immediately noticed the change in altitude. Neither of us have ever been at altitude before and so didn't know if we'd get it, but we probably deserved it as we had flown straight to 2700m and then ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

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Nicki Goh

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This travel blog will contain short diary entries and as many photos as possible over the 7 months that I am travelling. I will be starting off in Mont Tremblant and Montreal in Canada where I will be improving my skiing and learning some funny Quebecois French. In February I head off to South America to do a whistlestop tour of 6 countries before venturing North to Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. I will be back sometime in June but don't even want to think about booking the return flight for the time being! Sorry if the blog is quite boring - i can't be both... full info

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