Potosí, Bolivia
19° 35' S 65° 45' W
Feb 17, 2006 23:33
Distance 740km

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The Richest City in the World

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...at least it used to be. i arrived here today after 21 hours on three different buses,that makes more than 150 hours of busrides since my departure from quito.

potosi is, or better was, famous for the biggest silver mine in the world. therefore it was exploited for almost 500 years. what we europeans don't know, is that about eight million slaves died, working to death for the european need for silver. at least i had no clue and never heard anything about that. a link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3740134.stm

 

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buying presents for the miners roberta, our guide to the mines dynamite! on top of potosi, before entering the mines esmee in the mine esmee, hanging around the miners the miners trying hard to be miner exchanging coca potosi dynamite old woman on the street, potosi yes. the most stupid symbol of a city... i thought it was the way to the cashmachine but after twenty minutes of following the signs, i realized that the bank sponsored the oneway signs... esmee waiting for the bus to uyuni
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