POTOSÍ

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Potosí is the highest city of its size on earth sitting at over 4000m above sea level, It was declared a World Heritage Site in the late 1980's in recognition as a silver mining centre during the time of Spanish colonization.

Here we were invited to take a trip underground into the mines and deliver gifts for the workers, some of which boys only 15 years old. Working conditions for miners were appalling but was an eye opening experience, sometimes distressing and uncomfortable because of the harsh working conditions which have not changed much since years ago.

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