trip diary
Longest Journey Travel Journal
PotosiOct 20, 2009 Tue | |
| Morning | |
|---|---|
| 05:00 | |
| 08:54 | |
| 08:54 | |
| 08:55 |  breakfast at jerusalem hotel Buffet breakfast, you can order eggs from the counter. |
| 09:10 | |
| 09:19 |  st lorenzo church |
| 09:32 |  casac nacional de moneda The mint of the Spanish empire |
| 09:42 | |
| 09:44 | |
| 09:46 |  pary orcko |
| 09:49 |  pink santa teresa church |
| 09:54 |  jesuit church at daytime With an antique facade but a modern innards
Price: 10B To go to the second floor... It is a strange place... |
| 09:56 |  iron horse With an antique facade but a modern innards
Price: 10B To go to the second floor... It is a strange place... |
| 09:56 |  iron dragon |
| 10:01 |  primary school |
| 10:02 |  pary orcko tower |
| 10:03 |  royal mint and cathedral |
| 10:04 |  cerro rico |
| 10:05 |  san lorenzo |
| 10:07 |  downward stairway from belfry |
| 10:07 |  pary orcko tower and entel |
| 10:08 |  santa teresa |
| 10:09 |  royal mint |
| 10:09 | |
| 10:10 |  cerro rico from jesuits church |
| 10:12 |  colegio santa rosa |
| 10:13 |  courtyard of jesuit church |
| 10:23 | Need minimum of 5 people to organize an English Tour
Price: 20B Camera extra 20B Tour starts at 9:00am and 10:30am |
| 10:25 |  face near escritura notarial |
| 10:32 |  royal mint couryard |
| 10:35 |  mountain that eats man |
| 11:01 | A replica of the galleon sank at 1622
Some silver coins Some machines to make coins using animals |
| 11:15 |  machine to make coins |
| 11:28 | |
| 11:40 | with a child mummy
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| 11:43 |  child mummy |
| 11:45 |  royal mint hallway |
| 11:58 |  fountain face |
| 11:59 |  nuns and national mint |
| Afternoon | |
| 12:20 | |
| 12:22 |  cafe la manzana magica Located at Ouro 239, north of the market and Mint
It has some local touch The chairs are corner chairs, interesting It is a vegetarian restaurant. I ordered a vegetarian plate and some veggie cream soup (the soup is quite good) and sprite. It only have 5 tables and get very crowded at lunch time (has to share tables) I would recommend it to vegetarians. |
| 12:37 |  veggie plata Cafe La Manzana Magica |
| 13:22 | Compnay: Koala Tours
Price: 100B About 15% of the fee goes to the miners Include transport to mine, jacket, pants, boots, hardhead and headlamp, mask not included Have to buy some gifts for the miners, didn't feel too safe with a whole van of dynamite gifts. The job of the miners are harsh, I know that without going down there. |
| 14:03 |  avid miners |
| 14:22 |  dinabol - real dynamites |
| 14:30 |  coca leaves |
| 14:43 |  silver mineral from potosi mine |
| 14:46 |  mineral extraction machine |
| 14:48 |  grinding machine |
| 14:49 |  filtering machine |
| 14:51 |  watering machine |
| 14:52 |  crying miner |
| 15:08 |  mount cerro |
| 15:31 |  canadian miner |
| 15:35 |  franeisco toled |
| 15:35 |  ceo of miners |
| 15:37 |  miner with live dynamite |
| 15:38 |  devil of the mine |
| 15:46 |  old miner |
| 16:08 |  young miner |
| 16:11 |  pulling miners |
| 16:11 |  mineral cart |
| 16:12 |  working miners |
| 16:55 |  green tea ice-cream dynamite |
| 16:58 |  tourist with live dynamite |
| 16:59 |  happy photo with live dynamites |
| 17:00 |  dynamite explosion |
| 17:08 |  my dirty filter |
| Night | |
| 20:00 | Ordered a pizza Vegetariana at Cafe La Manzana Magica
The owner is a very nice guy because he gave 2 pieces of bread to the poor kids. I am upgrading this restaurant to Recommended. |