Worlds Most Dangerous 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 ... [read more]
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 ... [read more] Blog: The Worlds Most Dangerous Road
Date: November 25th 2007
Marina said, "I'm definitely not doing it!"........The next day we booked the "World's Most Dangerous Road" with Gravity, apparently the best outfit in La Paz. The Death Road, as it is also known plunges over 3000m in 80km. It doesn't have this name for nothing.It sees the most fatalities annually, with over 100 on average, this point is driven home when you see the graves of victims. The road ... read more
Date: November 25th 2007
Marina said, "I'm definitely not doing it!"........The next day we booked the "World's Most Dangerous Road" with Gravity, apparently the best outfit in La Paz. The Death Road, as it is also known plunges over 3000m in 80km. It doesn't have this name for nothing.It sees the most fatalities annually, with over 100 on average, this point is driven home when you see the graves of victims. The road ... read more
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A thirty something couple who have talked forever about travelling the world and are now finally living the dream!
We bought a round the world ticket for one year and are starting are travels in South America for 5 months then we go to New Zealand and Australia for 4 months before ending up in Indonesia,Malaysia and South East Asia for 3 months.
Marina has brought everything except the kitchen sink, our flight from Miami to Lima was cancelled - we are off to a flying start!
Well, the year was up in October and we never went home, but continued on our adventure, tra... full info
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