• Cerro Rico (rich hill) in the mining town Potosi
  • Political graffiti "to die of hunger, elections - to have bread, revolution"
  • The miners market
  • Roberto, our guide
  • In the miner's market, buying coce leaves
  • TNT, nitroglycerin, fuses, detonators and filterless cigarrettes = one-stop shopping
  • Dressed and ready to go
  • Roberto preparing the TNT for an "explosives demonstration"
  • Adam, lighting the fuse
  • Holding TNT with the fuse lit
  • The tour group
  • Here we go
  • Harsh conditions
  • Basic tools
  • In shock
  • The devil to whom the miners pay homage
  • Wheeling out the ore (Potosi in the background)
  • San Fransisco Church (in La Paz)
  • The Prado (main street in La Paz)
  • Artesans market
  • Coca leaf museum
  • Street market
  • Monument near presidential palace
  • Building riddled with bullets
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