Down the Potosi mines in Bolivia

February 19, 2017April 4, 2025Leave a comment

Dynamite, check. Coca leaves, check. These were just two of the gifts we bought at the market on route to meet miners working deep inside Potosi’s famous silver mines. My 3-month trip around South America was planned on the go so I hadn't expected to find myself buying sticks of dynamite as gifts prior to … Continue reading Down the Potosi mines in Bolivia

Travel Peru: Inca Trail four-day trek to Machu Picchu

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We carried our water bottles and backpacks in the scorching sun and embraced the challenges of trekking at altitude. Even though we'd been travelling for a couple of months in places of high altitude, trekking up to 4,200 metres was a real challenge.