Potosi mines

Potosi - respiring asbestos in high altitude air is not my idea of fun!

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July 27th 2007
From Uyuni I took a six hour chicken bus to Potosi, the highest city in the world - great, another cold destination. I wanted to visit the infamous silver mines that the Spanish had ruthlessly exploited 500 years ago enabling Potosi to become one of the richest cities on the planet at the time. A far cry from today - Potosi, heavily reliant on the dwindling mineral mining industry, and one of the ... 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