The Water at the Bottom of the Gold Mine in Ouro Preto

The tour guide invited us to swim in it, but when he mentioned "arsenic," we felt it would be pretty selfish to take a dip, given all the money we owe to the folks back home.

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April 5th 2006
On the bus ride from Ouro Preto to the gold mines I saw a sign for "Funny Night Club." I'll have to check that out on my next time through. The tour guide at 315 meters below the earth's surface told us we were welcome to swim in the water before us. We were barely able to catch all the Portuguese he was throwing at us (and by "us" of course I mean "Eden who actually knows some Portuguese and ... read more

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