little more than a stopover for tourists coming from or going to the
desert. It did have an interesting train graveyard which a sunset
made even better. Some of the best pizza I had on my trip was had in
Uyuni as well, an expat from Boston has set up shop called Minuteman
Pizza.
A 7 hour bone rattling bus ride from Uyuni took me to Potosi, once the
silver capital of the world and the highest city in the world (4050m).
Potosi Mountain is still mined today, but some geologist estimate
what is now a human ant hill of tunnels and precarious mining
practices will collapse within a couple of years. The Mint is a must
see in the city, showcasing the transition from manual minting tools,
to more mechanical means with a donkey (shown above) to the steam
powered machines that were used up until the middle of last century.
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