Potosí silver mine tour with Antonio of Potoc‘hij tours
Highlights of Bolivia Tour- Travel La Paz, Sucre, Potosi and Uyuni Salt Flats
The Highlights of Bolivia
Discover essential Bolivia, home to the largest indigenous populations in the continent, and starting in the heights of the capital La Paz, exploring the colonial city of Sucre, Potosi – a remnant of the silver mining boom and the stunning Salt Flats of Uyuni, this is as authentic an insight of the continent as you will find.
Day 1 - Arrive La Paz
Day 2 - Explore La Paz
Day 3 - Your Choice in La Paz
Day 4 - Journey to Sucre and explore the colonial city
Day 5 - Your Choice in Sucre
Day 6 - Journey to explore Potosi
Day 7 - Your Choice in Potosi
Day 8 - Journey to Uyuni
Day 9 - Explore the Salt Flats
Day 10 - Journey to and finish in La Paz
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The Mountain That Eats Men | Potosí, Bolivia Mine Tour | World's Deadliest Mines
Thanks to Koala Tours in Potosí, Bolivia, we were able to tour one of the most deadly active mines in the world. This was one of the most eye-opening and insane tours I've done in my life.
This is not an all-encompassing video, it just includes information from the tour, which I confirmed from several different articles found online. It does not give information on the economic state of Bolivia, one of the poorest South American countries. Rather, it shows the lengths people today are going today in order to stay alive and feed themselves and their children.
Bolivia is a very beautiful country and I encourage everyone to go on an adventure and explore one of the most interesting places in the world.
Thanks to Ileana Alejandra and Paola Saldivar for helping me translate to make subtitles.
Music: Charanga - Fernando Terrico
Potosi Silver Mine Tour | Bolivia | Travel Snaps (Day 82)
Today i visited Potosi's still active Silver Mine.. We went deep into the mine met some of the people working there and even blew up some dynamite!
Visiting the silvermine Cerro Rico at Potosi
Cerro Rico rich mountain is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of Potosí. Cerro Rico was famous for providing vast quantities of silver for Spain during the period of the New World Spanish Empire. The mountain, which is popularly conceived of as being made of silver ore, caused the city of Potosí to become one of the largest cities in the New World. After 1800, the silver mines were depleted, making tin the main product. This eventually led to a slow economic decline. After centuries of extractive mining methods that severely damaged the local ecology the mountain continues to be mined for silver to this day. Due to poor worker conditions, such as a lack of protective equipment against the constant inhalation of dust, many of the miners contract silicosis and have a life expectancy of around 40 years. The mountain is still a significant contributor to the city's economy, employing some 15,000 miners. It is known as 'mountain that eats men' because of the large number of workers who died in the mines. Some writers such as Eduardo Galeano, in his work Open Veins of Latin America, estimates that up to 8 million have died in the Cerro Rico since the 16th century.
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TOURING SILVER MINES IN BOLIVIA
After Sucre, we headed on a four-hour trip down to Potosi, Bolivia where the town is famous for the silver mining tours! We booked our mining tour with a company called 'The Big Deal' that is run by a few ex-miners and would completely recommend this tour group. We take you along with us on a tour to the famous Cerro Rico Mountain or called Rich Mountain. Potosi was once a major hub for the supply of silver for Spain during the period of the New World Spanish Empire. They were one of the richest cities in the world 500 years ago. Learn more about the silver mines here
Great town for a 1-2 day stopover on your way down to Uyuni from Sucre!
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Potosi, Bolivia and a trip into the Cerro Rico silver mine
It's dark, dank and dangerous. The Cerro Rico silver mine in Potosi is all this but is still being mined, not for silver these days but for tin and hopefully any other rare minerals. A journey deep underground, but still nearly two miles above sea level. An experience never to be forgotten.
INSIDE POTOSI MINES #mojo
Video shot with iphone 5s inside Potosi silver mines to show the working conditions of the miners
Exploring Potosi Silver Mine
Touring the Potosi Silver Mines in Bolivia.
September 2012
Silver mine tour, Potosi, Bolivia
Tour of a silver mine in Potosi, Bolivia, speaking to a 12 year old kid who works 12 hour days in blistering heat with no food for a couple of pound a day.
Potosí Mines Tour - January 2011
Video of my Potosí mines tour guide talking about the mines and the lives of the miners
Bolivia - Potosi - what to expect on the Cerro Rico tour?
Tours-TV.com: Potosi
Potosi is the old colonial city, well preserved. In old days, thanks to silver deposits, it was bigger and richer than London. Bolivia (波托西, Potosi, Potosi).
TRAVEL MONKEYS BOLIVIA POTOSI MINE TOUR
we go and have a look in the very dangerous Potosi mine
Bolivia - Potosi - Visit Silver Mine 3 - GoPro Video
2007 Bolivia, Potosi, Cerro Rico, Visite de la Mine, Excursión a la Mina
Le Cerro Rico, en exploitation depuis la fondation de Potosí
L'argent était extrait par le travail forcé des Indiens, institué par Francisco de Toledo au travers d'une transformation de l'institution inca de la mita. La ville devient rapidement la ville la plus peuplée d'Amérique derrière Mexico, avec au moins 200 000 habitants. Cependant, des millions d'Indiens meurent à cause de problèmes respiratoires dus à la poussière dans les mines ou encore lorsqu'ils restent bloqués dans celles-ci après un éboulement. On dit que la quantité d'argent extraite des mines de Potosi suffirait à construire un pont au-dessus de l'Atlantique pour relier Potosì à la péninsule Ibérique, mais les ossements de mineurs morts dans des accidents y suffiraient également.
Après 1800, l'argent se fait rare, et l'étain devient la première ressource. La ville entame son déclin économique. Aujourd'hui, bien que déclarées épuisées, les mines sont toujours exploitées artisanalement par les habitants, dans des conditions de sécurité toujours désastreuses pour les mineurs.
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POTOSI - MINING TOUR GUIDE
Visit to Cerro Rico mines potosi bolivia(2)
Milton, miner-guide with big deal tours in potosi, explains some of the reality of a miners life in Cerro Rico, Bolivia's oldest and most worked mines.
Mining for silver in Cerro Rico - 3 december 2007
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Arrived in the worlds highest city Potosi, Bolivia. Altitude 4060 meters. Cool and rainy and a good day to go mining for silver and zink like everybody else, since 1545.
Bolivia Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
Bolivia – Welcome to the “Rooftop of the World” where you can experience breathtaking landscapes, ancient civilizations and colorful wildlife. Check out the best things to see and do in Bolivia.
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A #vacation to #Bolivia, a landlocked South American country, holds the promise of discovery for adventurous souls. While pretty Sucre is Bolivia’s judicial capital, La Paz is its political capital and also its main tourist hub.
Journey high to the Mirador Laikacota for city views. Deep in the valley below #visit the central Plaza Murillo, home to the most precious buildings: the Presidential Palace, National Congress and Metropolitan Cathedral. Stay near the Plaza San Francisco for its proximity to hidden gems, such as the curious Witches’ Market, the Musical Instrument Museum and the Coca Museum.
Bolivia is a diamond in the rough; relatively undeveloped, but extremely authentic, colorful and cultural. Bolivia’s riches shine through in the country’s high altiplanos, its floating reed islands on Lake Titicaca, the silver mines of Potosi, the infinite salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni and the untamed tropical lowlands in the vast Amazon basin.
For now, we hope you enjoy watching this #travel #guide as much as we enjoyed making it.
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