Sightseeing the Real Deal: The Mines of Potosi, Bolivia

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At the miner’s market, one can buy bottles of soda, thick cigarettes, tubes of crackers, 200-proof alcohol and dynamite, all from the same vendor. When tourists are led up to these stands, the Señora in charge happily assembles little packages of explosives, smokes and bottles and helpfully recommends a coca leaf seller to complete the [...]

Travel News – Planes Without Pilots, Plane Hotel, Uruguay Forgives, Zimbabwe Dumps Currency

It has been a bad week for planes and pilots as this first story shows:
Plane takes off without pilot at vintage airshow
A runaway aircraft took off on its own when the pilot could not get into the cockpit on time after swinging the front propellor. The classic biplane ran in circles on the ground at [...]