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The Tragic Tale of Potosí
Hotels in Potosi Set at 4090 meters (13420 ft) above sea level, Potosí is the highest city in the world and once was its most wealthy, thanks to the silver mines of Cerro Rico. Remnants of Potosí’s...
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Drinking with the Devil in Potosí’s Mines
Mining Books By far the most popular tourist activity in Potosí is a visit to the mines of Cerro Rico. They’re still active, so a tour entails walking past soot-covered miners hard at work in...
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The Casa de la Moneda in Potosí
Heralded as Bolivia’s best museum, the Casa de la Moneda offers a fascinating look back at a time when Potosí was the center of the Spanish Empire’s wealth. This mammoth building in the center of the...
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Potosí’s Convent of Santa Teresa
Our Visit to a Convent in Valencia, Spain Disillusioned by the horrors of Cerro Rico’s mines and the callous greed of their families, a number of Potosí’s young women renounced the world by entering...
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K’alaphurka – A Potosino Specialty
Henry, the guide for our 3-day hike around Sucre, was originally from Potosí. We told him that we had plans to visit his hometown, and he enthusiastically rattled off a number of recommendations....
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Our Final Images from Potosí
– Rich Potosí We expected to have an incredible time in Potosí, and the highest city in the world didn’t disappoint. Potosí has a rich history, still evident in its plentiful churches, but today is...
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The Road to Uyuni – Pictures
Buy Bus Tickets and Tours Online At 6am, we were out on Sucre’s streets, desperately searching for a taxi to take us to the station for our bus to Uyuni. But there were no taxis. There wasn’t even any...
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Incahuasi – Home of the Incas
Buy Cactus Seeds Online More from Our 3-Day Uyuni Trip:Train Cemetery | Salar de Uyuni | Perspective Photos | Chiguana Desert | Laguna Colorada | Snow Storm | Final Thoughts Also called the Isla del...
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Three Great Places to Stay in Bolivia
If you’re looking for a cheap and cool place to stay, here are three Bolivian hostels and hostals we can recommend in some of the country’s coolest cities: La Paz, Potosí and Sucre. (Hostals are kind...
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Simon Patiño’s Cochabamba Palace
Cochabamba, with its wide streets and western-style restaurants, feels like a city awash in money. Although that’s not the case at all, at least one spot in town does exude wealth and genteel living:...
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