Emerging alive!

Potosi miners

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November 17th 2006
So where were we... Ok, so we left Uyuni for Bolivia, you may think it is one of the smaller South American countries, but just to put it into perspective it is the same size as France and Spain combined (this is from a reliable source). Anyway so we arrived in Potosi. Potosi is officially the world's highest city at 4,090m absl. Fortunately we had at this point been ´at altitude´ for some ... 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