Today was a short trip from Uyuni, where the salt flats were. It was only 208km of good sealed road from Uyuni to here. About 2/3rds of the way we stopped at a local school as visitors from Visitors from Australia. The kids sang us a song and and we gave them little presents. A football, some colouring pencils etc. We then had lunch under the shade of some trees near the city square and then jumps back on the bikes and headed into Potosi.
Potosi was once the worlds wealthiest city, thanks to it huge silver mine that closed in 1910. It is still a fair sized town but it is at altitude, it is around 4200mtrs. I am certainly feeling the altitude worse this trip than when I was in Tibet, although that trip was generally higher. It is very tiring just to walk around , let alone think clearly. It is a rest day tomorrow (which is good as I will need a rest) and the next day we go to La Paz over 500km away. Personally, I think this is a ridiculous target in one day at altitude.
Here are some pics No pics of Potosi yet, these all the school.
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