Potosí, Bolivia
19° 35' S 65° 45' W
Feb 01, 2005 16:22
Distance 249km

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Highest city in the world

hey, so after the scariest bus ride from hell upto the highest city in the world (ask Dan how fun the ride was) we arrived safe and sound (barely). We did some massive shopping for woolen clothes (llama wool) due to the cold temperature here at 4100 meters above sea level. We then did a mine tour into a still functional co-op mine that has been in use for over 400 years. Theres no real way to fully explain the woring conditions that these men go through. The place was dark, hot, cramped and dusty. A place you never want to go back again, yet they are there 6 days a week for almost no pay. It is a weird feeling crawling on your knees through a tight space of rock 4 levels down in a rundown mine. It was really mind opening and worth the freakyness.
We are now off to the capital of Laz Paz before our jungle tour and our hook up with the big Jay Young.
peace.
p.s. none of us will ever complain about working again.

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the refined minerals... file`n`ship`r boys Off to work we go...with dynamite and coca leaves (no 96% booze tho) The miners market... where you can pick up cheap dynamite The refinery they use flotation to separate the minerals out, but they get a mixture of zinc, silver, and lead. Goin down in the mines Potosi Cerro Rico where all the silver is at Beware all ye who enter here Couple boys with a fresh batch o rocks comin out The miners museum inside the mine El Tio (the uncle) or el diablo (the devil)... when you´re getting plastered in the mines, make sure you pour a bit out for this guy, otherwise he will be vengeful... Haulin up some minerals from the bottom floor Hanging out near the 2nd floor Imagine this was your day job... this guy is here for 6 to 20 hours a day, 6 days a week, depending on how much money he needs... Straight up... 50m shaft. More haulin, all done manually Tommy, in the basement (100m down) claustrophobia learning how to make dynamite extra explosive the finished product... can blow apart a cubic meter of rock why not stick the lighted dynamite in our drawers? whoops, how´d that get there or in the cleavage? hang on to your schlong billy
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