Jen and Bin ready for the down hill experience !

The death road to Coroico !!

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May 2nd 2007
After the Bolivian government decided that this road was way to dangerous to be used as a public thoroughfare they embarked on a scheme to construct a new beaute safer road. This only took them 12 years. What to do with the old, windy, twisty, dirt road winding its way down some 3,000m ?? well ... lets charge gringos to hire mountain bikes and let them hurl themselves down and see if they have ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Yungas Road

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more