| Potosi: Outside of the Mines |
| Here are just a few photos of us preparing to enter the mines, having a good time with our guide, AND OF COURSE: MAKING BOMBS! (come on now, at a dollar a stick and as easy to get as if it were sold at 7/11 how can you blame us for wanting to blow some stuff up!!) |
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| They call this mountain "Sierra Rica" (rich earth) because of the vast amounts of silver that it contained. However, the mines have a less than nice history: it is said that you could build a bridge from Potosi all the way to Spain using the bones of the men who died mining the silver that the Spanish exported to make their currency |
| Dynamite Fun!! |
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| 2: Outside of the mines |
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| I cant find the funny pictures of us holding the lit bombs in our hands, so for now here is just a little preview of our ridiculous bomb making: |
| Keeli and David on the way to the mines |
| ****UNDER CONSTRUCTION**** |