
AT#821 - Travel to Bolivia
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Exploding the Mines
In some ways, if you're prepared to take the risk and yes, it I could see having organized school trips. So entering the mine shaft was like going through the gates of hell. The air was thick with dust but he wasn't wearing an industrial grade mask. There was an unnerving hissing noise. People die in mines when poisonous gas builds up. Halfway through the tour Juan casually mentioned that we shouldn't touch the white stuff on the walls. It's as best as he told us. At about $1,500 a month it was very good. But when we passed a deep shaft, a black hole that went down a hundred feet and were told that there were miners
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