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La Paz Copacabana Isla del Sol Sucre Potosi (city)
Potosi (mine)
Salar, lakes
& volcanoes
Coroico Asunción, Paraguay

Steve Bannister   ::   Bolivia (2005)

Potosi (mine)

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The devil (miners leave gifts,
they believe the mine is hell)
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Essential equipment - dynamite, nitrate,
fuses and 96% alcohol
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The fuse is lit
(dynamite is in the bag of nitrate)
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Lucky escape for the pig

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