Toilet paper in loos and hot showers are rare in Bolivia. Checking in a proper Hotel 3am we expected those luxuries are included. In the morning Petra made the bitter experience of a freezing cold shower at 4070m altitude (maybe 3m more, we were in the 1st floor). Well she should have looked at the shower head first, a button attached to it to switch from cold to hot.
In Potosi we visited the mines in Cerro Rico. We met miners from the age of 12 working under medieval conditions. We were crawling on all 4, being exposed to asbestos and various other toxins and were offered to drink 90% alcohol. The highlight for Phil was buying dynamite on the market before the tour and detonating it outside the mines which caused a colossal explosion. Where else would you experience all that if not in Bolivia.
In Potosi we visited the mines in Cerro Rico. We met miners from the age of 12 working under medieval conditions. We were crawling on all 4, being exposed to asbestos and various other toxins and were offered to drink 90% alcohol. The highlight for Phil was buying dynamite on the market before the tour and detonating it outside the mines which caused a colossal explosion. Where else would you experience all that if not in Bolivia.
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