Weather followed by The Treasures of Ghuquisaca
Presented by Jenny Cropper. Narrated by Joss Ackland. A BBC expedition set out from the highest capital in the world - La Paz - and followed the path of the Spanish conquistadors. In
Potosi they found a silver hill which had supplied a third of the silver of the New World.
Here the expedition members heard rumours of treasure further to the south. As they drove they climbed to 16,000 feet and the ruined city of Lipez. An isolated peasant family lived among the ruins. It seemed they had made a wasted journey. But here was the biggest surprise of all.