Huayna Potosi - 6088m - La Paz, Bolivia
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Maria and Clément in South America
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Grant County man found hours after crash
News from www.lacrossetribune.com (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
A 19-year-old man was hospitalized Sunday after a passerby found his crashed truck in a stand of trees in Potosi, Wis.
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Perilya cuts staff at Broken Hill
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | yesterday
... cent as the miner winds back its $60 million hedge book to tackle tougher market conditions. The Potosi and North mine sections of the mine will be closed but work will continue at the southern section of the facilities, the paper said. The move is the latest in a series of retrenchments undertaken by miners implementing cost saving strategies. Perilya's one time suitor CBH Resources sacked...
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Bolivia still... - La Paz, Bolivia
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... early. We had to be on a 10.30 am ferry in order to catch a 1.00 pm bus back to La Paz. Huayna Potosi ... Less than 2-hours from La Paz and we were at the base of Huayna Potosi - the world's easiest 6000m peak. We had a quick lunch and then began ascending the scree towards the mountian huts and glacier. For whatever reason my head was elsewhere and I found progress extremely slow....
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PreTrip 2
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... Day 3-4 La Sarena Day 5-8 San Pedro de Atacama Day9-11 Desert crossing excursion/Uyuni Day 12 - Potosi - city sits at 4000m. Day13-15 - Sucre Day16-17 - Cochabamba Day 18-19 - La Paz Oct 20 - Oct 30Make my way from La Paz to Cuzco (Peru) via bus. Stopping at Copacobana, Puno and Lake Titicaca. If time permits - down to Arequipa and Colca Canyon. Oct 30 - Nov 3Inca Trail out of Cuzco. Nov...
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Late night! - Salta, Argentina
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
... is a cable car to the top of the San Bernardo hill for views of Salta. Even after the Huayna Potosi climb, Olivia didn´t much like the height of the cable car! At the top of the hill were beautiful gardens and a man made waterfall which was lovely. The views were stunning. After the descent, we walked back to the centre to run our errands. Most shops close for lunch for about...
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Mexican Civil War: Cartle Hit Men Gun Down Mexican Police Commanders in Training
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... down while traveling to and from the Public Security Superior Academy in the central state of San Luis Potosí. Analysts said the attacks were both a warning to the cadets and to the government, which is waging an unprecedented fight against drug cartels. “These groups no longer have any fear that by attacking police there will be some type of retribution,” said Mexico City police instructor...
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Uyuni Town - Uyuni, Bolivia
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Uyuni, Bolivia 08/07/2008 - 10/07/2008 Well after all that we did decide to go straight on to La Paz rather than Potosi mainly because we felt we were maybe running out of time and wanted to get up to La Paz asap. So we only stayed in Uyuni for 2 nights as we booked the tourist bus with Todo Turismo for the 10th. We stayed in a nice hotel for next to nothing...
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Mexican Civil War: Murders continue - National Commission of Human Rights calls for national front against organized crime
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
... 8/12/08 • An officer of the Federal Police attending the Higher Academy of Public Security in San Luis Potosí was murdered while enroute to the city of Querétaro with two other students. Their vehicle was riddled by gunfire and the two other officers have disappeared. His is the fifth murder of officers attending the academy. Four others were abducted earlier this month and their bodies...
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Bolivia: Is Evo in Danger after the August 10 referendum ? The US prepares a civil war
Counterfire blogg (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
... capitals of the world. Imagine an immense basin, bordered by the imposing mountains Huayna Potosí (20,000 ft.) and Nevado Illimani (21,200 ft.), not far from the lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake of the world. Here, water boils at 176° F instead of 212° F at sea level. And no street is flat. What is striking about La Paz, in winter in any case, is the gentle climate, sunny and fresh....
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