Travelogues Potosí

as up to 8 million miners have died here in the last 450 years (due to accidents and long-term effects). I've done some really crazy things before, but this was going to...

Now we headed to Potosí, a city that holds great historical significance for Bolivia. The journey was unremarkable by intercity bus, but the mountain views were quite nice....

After the days spent in the Bolivian rainforest and the Pampas, it was finally time to head to Potosi with a brief stop in La Paz, hopefully this time without any road blockades...

6.12. Let's go to Potosi. The three hours are only marred by a bus accident that happened on a mountain road. We suspect bad tires or driver error as the cause, because the...

The mining town of Potosi was once the richest city in the world, as it is home to the Silver Mountain. Today, the city has 170,000 inhabitants, but a planned mine visit...