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Erm, are those live bombs????  
   

Erm, are those live bombs????

Guide - "Don't worry they're two minute fuses." Me - "Hmmmmmm"
Next time I have a bad day at work, i'm going to remind myself that it'll have still been better than the silver miner's of Cerro Rico!!!

April 5th 2006
A slighty belated report of my time in Potosi coming up. Potosi is touted as being the highest city in the world, 3,977 of your finest metres according to the guidebook. (Although I have seen this claim caveated (sorry, been reading my word of the day toilet paper again) with the fact that its the highest city of its size in the world). Anyway, its quite high. High enough so that anything more ... read more
South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi

Bolivian Flag 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
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