The dusty depths of Level 4
I know this looks like a photo of San Francisco in the fog, but if you look very closely you can make out the form of one of the driller's on the left hand side. T'was a mite dusty down on level 4!!!
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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 ... [read more]
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 ... [read more] Blog: Next time I have a bad day at work, i'm going to remind myself that it'll have still been better than the silver miner's of Cerro Rico!!!
Date: April 5th 2006
A slighty belated report of my time in Potosi coming up. Potosi is touted as being the highest city in the world, 3,977 of your finest metres according to the guidebook. (Although I have seen this claim caveated (sorry, been reading my word of the day toilet paper again) with the fact that its the highest city of its size in the world). Anyway, its quite high. High enough so that anything more ... read more
Date: April 5th 2006
A slighty belated report of my time in Potosi coming up. Potosi is touted as being the highest city in the world, 3,977 of your finest metres according to the guidebook. (Although I have seen this claim caveated (sorry, been reading my word of the day toilet paper again) with the fact that its the highest city of its size in the world). Anyway, its quite high. High enough so that anything more ... read more
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Having graduated from University of Nottingham I started travelling and absolutely loved it. I did one trip around the world, then a second major trip through Latin America.
Unfortunately I'm back in the real world these days with one of those job things, but the wanderlust hasn't left and I still try to get away as often as possible.
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