Potosi

It took 7 and a half hours to get to Potosi from Uyuni costing 35bolivianos.  The bus was something we hadn't experienced yet, full of locals most standing and by the end of the trip it was so cold.  When we arrived in Potosi at 1am we got a taxi to the Kola den hostel which was full so we had to take the taxi to La Casona hostel which was 35bolivianos for the dorm.
We stayed one night in Potosi where my 2 friends went on the mine tour costing 80bolivianos which was booked through the hostel.  The guys said that the mine tour was not as bad as it had been made out to be in Lonely Planet. They got to work a bit down the mine and also got to drink whiskey and a spirit of 90% alcohol. They also got to play with dynamite "smoking it like a cigar". While the guys were down the mine I walked around Potosi. I walked to one place where there was an observation tower overlooking the entire town and valley but the tower was closed but the views from the hill were still great. Potosi itself is a nice town but the streets seemed to be a maze. We decided to get a taxi from Potosi to Sucre which cost us 40bolivianos each just 10 more than the bus. Ask a taxi driver in Potosi to take you to the xterminal that will cost between 20 and 30bolivianos. Once there you will be swarmed by people trying to sell you the taxi ride to Sucre, be careful of your belongings here. The drive is around 2 and a half hours long compared to 4 hours on the bus, you also get a chance to take a trip on a great drivers road that has great views.

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