The road from La Paz winds up towards the airport and leads into to the vast Altiplano, the cold and scarcely populated highlands. While the bus unexcitedly follows the long straight road, occasionally small settlements and sheep herds pass by.
After 4 hours of travel, we reach Oruro, capital of the southern province of the same name, long-time mining capital of Bolivia. A welcome sign displays the city motto: O Poder de tus braços (The strength of your arms).
The nearly completely indigenous population has built their homes clinging to the hills that once provided for labour and prosperity. However deficient this city maybe in terms of sights, it has an air of a proud, hard working past.
1 comment:
Good on ya for doing the blog thing. Would it be completely unacceptable to start placing bets on when the posts will stop?
;-)
and thanks for the pics
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