Comments on: 5 of the Highest (Accessible) Places on Earth http://webecoist.com/2009/01/08/highest-altitude-accessible-cities-towns-places-on-earth/ Green Design, Sustainable Technology and Environmental Oddities Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:47:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Extreme places on the Earth | Ellamey Blog|Live Cricket|Online News http://webecoist.com/2009/01/08/highest-altitude-accessible-cities-towns-places-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-35592 Extreme places on the Earth | Ellamey Blog|Live Cricket|Online News Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:16:04 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=4418#comment-35592 [...] Tibet, the stark Semo La road is over 20,000 feet high and takes you through hauntingly beautiful vistas and a treacherous [...] [...] Tibet, the stark Semo La road is over 20,000 feet high and takes you through hauntingly beautiful vistas and a treacherous [...]

]]> By: Highest, Lowest, Hottest, Coldest: Most Extreme Places on Earth | WebEcoist http://webecoist.com/2009/01/08/highest-altitude-accessible-cities-towns-places-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-17978 Highest, Lowest, Hottest, Coldest: Most Extreme Places on Earth | WebEcoist Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:11:32 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=4418#comment-17978 [...] Tibet, the stark Semo La road is over 20,000 feet high and takes you through hauntingly beautiful vistas and a treacherous [...] [...] Tibet, the stark Semo La road is over 20,000 feet high and takes you through hauntingly beautiful vistas and a treacherous [...]

]]> By: Patrik http://webecoist.com/2009/01/08/highest-altitude-accessible-cities-towns-places-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-14939 Patrik Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:59:12 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=4418#comment-14939 Just a detail, but an important one in the text about the Highest Railway: It connects Tibet with the People's Republic of China. Republic of China is still Taiwan. Just a detail, but an important one in the text about the Highest Railway: It connects Tibet with the People’s Republic of China.

Republic of China is still Taiwan.

]]> By: alfanje http://webecoist.com/2009/01/08/highest-altitude-accessible-cities-towns-places-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-14827 alfanje Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:33:08 +0000 http://webecoist.com/?p=4418#comment-14827 The original etimology in the vernacular language may not be known. But "potosí" means currently Spanish "extraordinary wealth", used especially in the idiom "valer un potosí" (to be worth a potosí i.e. a fortune). Indeed this use comes from the wealth out of the mines of Potosí. The original etimology in the vernacular language may not be known. But “potosí” means currently Spanish “extraordinary wealth”, used especially in the idiom “valer un potosí” (to be worth a potosí i.e. a fortune). Indeed this use comes from the wealth out of the mines of Potosí.

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