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[S2 – Eps. 61] WARNING: SHOCKING!! This is where your silver comes from.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
Part of Itchy Boots’ solo motorcycle journey through Season 2, this episode moves from the wider ride around the world to Bolivia’s silver mines at Potosi. Its focus is Mine Caracoles, where the conditions described are part of everyday work for thousands of people.
About this film
Riding a Royal Enfield Himalayan named Dhanno, Itchy Boots is travelling solo around the world. This Season 2 episode, from the Patagonia to Peru series, brings the journey into the mining region of Potosi. The film centres on a visit deep inside the silver mines and on the working environment encountered there. It is a travel episode shaped by a specific place and the realities of its daily work, rather than a motorcycle or equipment review.
The journey
The episode goes inside Mine Caracoles, at an altitude of 4,400 metres. The account describes the working conditions as atrocious, while noting that this is the normal work environment for thousands of Bolivian people who work in the mines every day. That emphasis gives the visit a wider context: the mine is not simply an unusual stop on a solo ride, but a workplace central to the lives of many people. The motorcycle journey provides the frame for an encounter with the mining industry in Potosi.
What to expect
- A solo world journey on a Royal Enfield Himalayan
- A visit to the silver mines at Potosi
- Mine Caracoles and its working conditions at 4,400 metres
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