Potosi Historic Vacations

Historic Trip Blogs

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  Mining in Potosi | Nov 15 06'

  by AwayFromTheOffice a 36 year old male from Toronto, on vacation in Potosi

  "mmm...asbestos....and SILVER!"

  Stayed at the Kaola Den, a fine hostel that also arranged our main activity for the day, a tour of the Cerro Rico Mine, the main purpose of my trip... Continue reading »

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  Mining for silver!!!! | Jun 03 06'

  by Crystalo a 23 year old female traveling as a couple, on vacation in Potosi

  "Potosi has a really interesting as well as sad history"

  Potosi is a town of 120,000 ppl at an elevation of 4090m, which means it is still really really cold up here! Our hostel actually had heaters in Po... Continue reading »

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  Potosi | May 13 07'

  by go_girl a real traveler from Australia, on vacation in Potosi

  "Moral dilemmas and amusing Spanglish"

  The main reason for visiting Potosi is the mine that has been the main employer for hundreds of years. It was originally a silver mine, but now i... Continue reading »

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  Potosi | Dec 03 06'

  by Ivan and Sarah a traveling as a couple from Dublin, on vacation in Potosi

  Potosi was founded by the Spanish in the mid 16th century when they discovered indigenous mining activity there. The highest city of it´s... Continue reading »

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  Mineville | Nov 06 06'

  by Colin O a 29 year old male from London, on vacation in Potosi

  After the Santa Cruz flight episode we finally landed in Sucre a day later than expected.  We had to cut down our time in Sucre and Potosi bec... Continue reading »