the Silver Mines of Potosi, Bolivia
March 29th 2008 Potosi lays claim to being the highest city in the world at an altitude of around 4000m, but in itself is not an overly impressive town, although at one stage in history (when the mining industry was booming) it was larger than both Paris and New York. Which brings me to the reason for going to Potosi, to enter a still active mine. A tour of the mine is not really for the faint hearted as the co
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