At this extreme altitude of 5,100 meters, the atmosphere significantly thins, and the local residents live with only 50% of the usual oxygen levels. Their bodies have evolved to produce twice as many red blood cells as ours. In this barren land, not a single tree can survive due to the low air pressure.
This city in the Peruvian Andes is even higher than Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the European Alps, by 300 meters.
Far from the modern world, it is a place where crime and danger are always close by. People come to this harsh land for one reason: gold. Around 50,000 people settle here, amidst heaps of trash, all dreaming of wealth.
Far from the modern world, it is a place where crime and danger are always close by. People come to this harsh land for one reason: gold. Around 50,000 people settle here, amidst heaps of trash, all dreaming of wealth.