Beneath Cerro Rico


Advertisement
South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi
June 28th 2006
Published: September 28th 2006
Edit Blog Post

Hazardous to your health, mining in Potosi: the colonial way or is it the Bolivian way? As you may notice this entry is long overdue - essentially dropped the ball on Potosi, but then again no love lost there on either side. It is a fascinating historic town but essentially located beside what looks like the surface of the Moon, a landscape of bleak rock over 4000 metres (12000 ft) high, where bas... Read Full Entry



Photos are below
Photos: 33, Displayed: 21


Advertisement

oops, ouch...oops, ouch...
oops, ouch...

attempting to take a self portrait - while running over to sit next to my man i tripped over onto the ground which is why you see Sean looking back to see what the thunk was about...
Ojo del Inca - water very warm!Ojo del Inca - water very warm!
Ojo del Inca - water very warm!

about 30 your only allowed in if you know how to swim because it is bottomless but there is a slight ledge around the circumfrence of the pool
huh...cafe where we atehuh...cafe where we ate
huh...cafe where we ate

lunch that day- like being in someones home kitchen but the cooks where on the other side of the drapped windows.



Tot: 0.049s; Tpl: 0.009s; cc: 8; qc: 20; dbt: 0.0277s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb