Leaving the basketball court, we rode 15-20 km of slight uphill to a small village with a few comedores and hotels for travellers and truck drivers.
After the village, a long leg killer, up to about 4200 m asl. Cold and rainy. We got a good shower to make us "clean" before entering the city.
We thought this would be the last before dropping down to Potosi, but the usual Altiplano up and downs went on another 20 km.
At last, a long downhill to Potosi, surrounded by a huge openair mine on what we believe is the sadly known Cerro Rico.
The city is caothic, cold and rainy but definitely has its own charm, a mix of old colonial houses and churches, new houses and barracks.
We found a couple of comedores vegetarianos, among which the Manzana Magica, run by a local yogi, was our favourite.
We sleep in a nice hostel (koala den) and used the terrace to dry our tent.
We were really tired and we took 3 whole rest days here, but that also means that we caught up with the pictures, ready to leave toward Oruro tomorrow, tuesday.
Hi Marco and Ellen,
SvaraRaderaStill following your blog. Great pictures and very good English...even you Marco (you must have learnt it from me, the Queen's English that is!). Its bringing back some good memories... strange places to put tents, weird food combinations, amazing mountains and deserved end of day beers by the looks of it. Enjoy the rest of the trip. Take Care
Andy