Potosi, Bolivia
96% alcohol and dynamiteWe arrived in Potosi at about 3am and asked to be taken to a hostel in my guidebook, hoping they would have availability. Fortunately they did, althought there was a massive turd floating in our en-suite toilet!! I got up early the next morning and booked our mine tour for the afternoon. The Potosi mines were world-famous for their silver in the 17th century but these days they're mined by small co-operatives for zinc and other alloys. I k...