Dynamite, nitro glycerene and gringos
May 26th 2007 After Uyuni, we drove up to Potosi, supposedly the highest city in the world. Yep, its pretty high. And cold.
Cerro Rico, the silver mountain, dominates the city of Potosi and has been its fortune and curse for 462 years. By some estimates 8 million people (mostly indigenous people and slaves from Africa) have died working in the mines, either from cave ins or through long term inhalation of t
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