Background: 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 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, and waging an anticorruption campaign.
May 21st 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi
At 4070 metres above sea level I'm fairly sure Potosi is the world's highest city. After the cold dorm rooms of the salt flat tour we decided to treat ourselves to a nice room, with such luxuries ... 14 photos[full story]
July 14th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi I got to Potosi mid-day after a horrible bus ride and settled into highest city of its size in the world. The main attraction of Potosi is its silver mine and to be able to tour it. On sunday morning ... 4 photos[full story]
June 15th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi Potosi is an exhausting place to be - the altitude makes any form of exercise hugely tiring, and the intense heat in the sun followed by the bitter cold at night makes it impossible to acclimatize. T ... [full story]
June 6th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi Day 251 - Wednesday 28 May
After breakfast we headed over to the bus station to take the bus to Potosi. Its only 4 hours away but at 4070m high its the highest city in the world. The temperatures ... 13 photos[full story]
June 4th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi Zoals beloofd mijn Sandboard filmpje. Helaas ging ik niet zo snel voor de camera. Ik had een te ruw stuk duin uitgezocht. Hopelijk kan ik wat spectaculaire surf opnames toevoegen als ik in Mancorra a ... 21 photos[full story]
May 25th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi La route entre Uyuni est une route non goudronnee et qui dure pres de 6 heures an car. Le car en lui-meme n´etait pas trop mal mais la route est longue et tres chahutee. Des gens se tenaient debout en ... 67 photos[full story]
April 30th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi More to come on this one folks, but just have to create these entries in order!
Got some great pics too, as soon as I can find an internet place with DVD capabilities because most of our pics are o ... [full story]
May 28th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi After we learned how to ask for a takeaway Pizza we had a quiet night in our warm hotel room drinking wine and flicking between the 2 English movie channels.
After a great nights sleep we boarded our ... [full story]
May 9th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi Never heard of Potosi? Well, neither had we - but supposedly it was the largest city in the entire world during the 1600´s. The reason? Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain), which contained ore of silver conten ... [full story]
May 16th 2008South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi
As I wrote in the last blog entry, the spaniards never found El Dorado (the city of gold) but they got Potosi instead. The city is named after the mountain, which it's situated below. In Quechua t ... 72 photos[full story]
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