Peru
| Bolivia 2007 | |
| Potosi Uyuni Sucre La Paz |
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| Two Transturin Catamarans (The reed boat had a hidden engine.) |
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| Andes over Lake Titicaca |
Potosi
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| Potosi: Cerro Rico The Silver Mountain |
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| Potosi: The Great Dragon |
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| Potosi: Mining Supplies Four kinds of dynamite + (pink) Ammonium Nitrate |
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| Potosi: Dynamite + fuse + ammonium nitrate |
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| Potosi: Ore Refinery Mostly zinc, some tin, a little silver. |
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| Potosi: Mine Entrance |
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| Potosi: First level tunnel |
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| Potosi: Scotsman appeasing El Tio |
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| Potosi: Level 3 |
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| Potosi: hand pushed ore cart |
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| Potosi: The way up and out. |
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| Potosi: loading ore bag For hoist to higher level. |
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| Potosi: Sweaty Scotsman After climbing up from level 3. |
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| Potosi: The gringos emerge. |
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| Potosi: Lighting the fuse. |
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| Potosi: Dynamite and burning fuse |
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| Potosi: Second boom (ours) |
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| Potosi: Heroic Miners |
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| Potosi: Tourist Office Dragon |
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| Potosi: San Lorenzo church |
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| Potosi: San Lorenzo church detail Note mermaid playing guitar. |
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| Potosi: Royal Mint entrance |
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| Potosi Mint: Spending the money (Fighting the Turks.) |
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| Potosi Mint: Virgen del Cerro On tour, so only a photo, alas. |
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| Potosi Mint: Rolling mills Mule powered! |
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| Potosi: Miner with drill and rifle. |
Uyuni
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| Altiplano Between Potosi and Uyuni |
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| Uyuni: Train cemetery |
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| Uyuni: Salt Refinery |
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| Uyuni: Salt Hotel Original hotel, on the salt flat. |
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| Uyuni Salt Flat |
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| Uyuni: Salt Hotel |
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| Uyuni: Fish Island |
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| Luch on Uyuni Sat Flat Delicious barbequed llama. |
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| Altiplano: Uyuni to Potosi |
Sucre
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| Sucre: Welcoming dinosaur |
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| Sucre: Dino Truck |
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| Cal Orkco: Dual Dinosaur tracks |
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| Cretaceous Park |
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| Cretaceous Park |
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| Cal Orkco |
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| Cretaceous Park |
La Paz
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| Tiwanaku: Gateway of the Sun Just big enough to step through. |
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| Tiwanaku: Gate of the sun, detail. |
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| Tiwanaku |
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| Tiwanaku: Kalasasaya (Aggressively restored.) |
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| Tiwanaku: Subterranean Temple |
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| Tiwanaku: Akapana Pyramid |
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| Coroico |
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| Coroico - La Paz Road |
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| La Paz: Illimani 6,438 metres (21,122 ft) |
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| La Paz Europa: Llama Burger |
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| La Paz: Zebras Crossing |
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