Peru

Bolivia 2007

  Potosi   Uyuni   Sucre   La Paz

Two Transturin Catamarans (The reed boat had a hidden engine.)

Andes over Lake Titicaca

Potosi

Potosi: Cerro Rico The Silver Mountain

Potosi: The Great Dragon

Potosi: Mining Supplies Four kinds of dynamite + (pink) Ammonium Nitrate

Potosi: Dynamite + fuse + ammonium nitrate

Potosi: Ore Refinery Mostly zinc, some tin, a little silver.

Potosi: Mine Entrance

Potosi: First level tunnel

Potosi: Scotsman appeasing El Tio

Potosi: Level 3

Potosi: hand pushed ore cart

Potosi: The way up and out.

Potosi: loading ore bag For hoist to higher level.

Potosi: Sweaty Scotsman After climbing up from level 3.

Potosi: The gringos emerge.

Potosi: Lighting the fuse.

Potosi: Dynamite and burning fuse

Potosi: Second boom (ours)

Potosi: Heroic Miners

Potosi: Tourist Office Dragon

Potosi: San Lorenzo church

Potosi: San Lorenzo church detail Note mermaid playing guitar.

Potosi: Royal Mint entrance

Potosi Mint: Spending the money (Fighting the Turks.)

Potosi Mint: Virgen del Cerro On tour, so only a photo, alas.

Potosi Mint: Rolling mills Mule powered!

Potosi: Miner with drill and rifle.

Uyuni

Altiplano Between Potosi and Uyuni

Uyuni: Train cemetery

Uyuni: Salt Refinery

Uyuni: Salt Hotel Original hotel, on the salt flat.

Uyuni Salt Flat

Uyuni: Salt Hotel

Uyuni: Fish Island

Luch on Uyuni Sat Flat Delicious barbequed llama.

Altiplano: Uyuni to Potosi

Sucre

Sucre: Welcoming dinosaur

Sucre: Dino Truck

Cal Orkco: Dual Dinosaur tracks

Cretaceous Park

Cretaceous Park

Cal Orkco

Cretaceous Park

La Paz

Tiwanaku: Gateway of the Sun Just big enough to step through.

Tiwanaku: Gate of the sun, detail.

Tiwanaku

Tiwanaku: Kalasasaya (Aggressively restored.)

Tiwanaku: Subterranean Temple

Tiwanaku: Akapana Pyramid

Coroico

Coroico - La Paz Road

La Paz: Illimani 6,438 metres (21,122 ft)

La Paz Europa: Llama Burger

La Paz: Zebras Crossing

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