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Potosi

In the mines
Sucre and Potosi

December 24th 2009
So I after the jungle I headed straight to Sucre a very pretty colonial town in Bolivia. I spent a couple of days wandering around the town admiring all the white buildings and relaxing in the park and then I went to Potosi - the highest city in the world (4090m)! Potosi was founded in 1545 after the discovery of silver ore deposits in the mountain Cerro Rico. The main industry here is still mini ... read more
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