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The bus drive from Uyuni to Potosi was interesting - a jeep slammed into our bus and one of our tyres was hanging off a big clif - we were very lucky not to have gone off. Arrived in Potosi which were not too impressed with given that it is a world heratige site. In the afternoon we went to the famous silver mine there. Before we went in we bought coca leaves a soft drinks for the miners, and some coca leaves for us to chew - it was disgusting.It is still a working mine, and so the miners were alll still there when we were. It was extremely dusty and claustrophobic - we went down a few levels and it was really hot. We found it difficult to breathe and we were only down there for an hour or two - I cant imagine what its like to work there. We got up into the fresh air and nobody could speak properly. Then we exploded a couple of dynamites which almost deafened us, before heading back to the town for a really good dinner of crepes.
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