Potosi - Sucre - La Paz
May 28th 2009 Potosi
A late night bus and a close encounter with a petrol tanker, we arrived safely in PotosÃ, the highest city in the world. Set at a mere 4200m (about 14,000ft) above sea level, Potosi was, in its pomp, a city to rival London and larger than Madrid. Also, it contains one of only three Spanish colonial mints (the others were in Lima and Mexico City, fact fans!).
A new city meant
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