So Many Mines

Potosi

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January 26th 2006
After Ayuni we arrived in a mining town called Potosi. Potosi is the highest city in the world and you can definately feel it. It´s a strange place but you have to love it because of that. The first evening in Potosi we went out to a restaurant as a group and i had Llama and chips. It didn´t really taste of anything at all. Something like a flavourless cross between lamb and pork. That was a fi ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi

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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 1... ... read more