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So, we’re skint, sat in La Paz feeling a bit jaded. We’ve got a few days to burn. We’ve done one of the hardest Peruvian treks having never trekked before, so what do we do? With ZERO proper mountain biking experience, we decide to sign up for the “DEATH ROAD” Mountain Biking. Nice. The whole time we’d said, “Nah not our thing” and “Why bother, if people die on that thing?” I think the amount of denial and pure terror surrounding the prestigious “Death Road” just outside La Paz finally got to us. That and everyone in [View Full Entry]

Iola and Steve - Iola and Steve | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 1st 2009 | 115 Views | [diary=404380]

Getting ready!!
Looking good!
Ready to go!!

Thursday Margot had a day off (Hemelvaart, Kristi Himmelfart) so why not take a weekend camping. Michael is leaving Monday for Europe so this will be our last weekend together for the coming month. We drove of on Friday and the plan was Chulumani. A couple of thousand meters lower and hopefully with sun and probably with a couple of mosquitoes. Margot had a place in mind were she had been 12 years ago, hoping it was still existing. After loads of sand and dust we arrived after 4 hours. It was still there and we found even a luxurious campsite. [View Full Entry]

MMBolivia - Michael Flebbe & Margot van der Heide | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 25th 2009 | 48 Views | [diary=401833]

Michael
The tent
The Camsite

Bonjour, bonjour, Comme vous pouvez le voir, j;ai survecu a la route la plus dangereuse du monde! Je n,ai pas de photos de ma descente a velo car ils nous recommandaient de ne pas prendre les cameras avec nous. En effet, de 1- si on chute, on risque de briser la camera et de 2- les chocs de la route vont briser la camera anyway si on la conserve dans une poche pendant la descente (et je n,ai pas de misere a le croire... c;etait vraiment intense!). MAIS, un des guide a pris plus de 100 photos et videos de la [View Full Entry]

azrielle - Azrielle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 24th 2009 | 175 Views | [diary=401257]

Un autre ami
Arequipa
Couvent de Santa Catalina

The Death Road / North Yungas - Bolivia. Andean mountains, rain, mud, a bicycle and a great big smile: An adventure to remind me how much fun it is to be alive. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank stated that the North Yungas Road, a few hours from Bolivia’s capital La Paz, is ‘the most dangerous road in the world’, and they would not be providing funds to have upgrades or repairs made. A new route has recently been constructed, while the ‘Road of Death’ remains open for cyclists and tourists with a desire for a thrill and some wic [View Full Entry]

Travelling Shoes - Tina McGrath | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 18th 2009 | 284 Views | [diary=391777]

Yip it is a pretty big drop.
On the left you can see the weaving of the road
THE Waterfall: a bus has fallen from this corner claiming many lives

So next delated story. We are now beginning of March. After the great bus ride from Uyuni to La Paz. La Paz has remained like 4 years ago: one big market, spreading on kilometers. We stayed in a hotel in the very center, with nothing much to tell about. After the Uyuni adventure our aim was to relax, eat well (and we did, mainly in the restaurant I frequently visited with Marco 4 years ago: Angelo Colonial. Now Tova became addicted to it), and decide whether we dare to do the Choro trek or not. Descending from 4800 to 1400 meters [View Full Entry]

ooshy - uri setty | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: March 27th 2009 | 182 Views | [diary=385115]

Choro trek
Choro trek
Choro Bridge 2

Mum, you might want to sit down.... Yesterday I rode 64kms and travelled vertical distance of 3,650m down the most dangerous road in the world on a mountain bike! I survived with no injuries, apart from a dozen or so nasty mosquito bites. I first heard about this a couple of years ago from a friend who´d been travelling in south america and it´s something I´ve wanted to do for ages. As Heather says, my idea of a holiday is throwing myself down a mountain on a bike and hoping for the best. You can imagine how excited I was! It [View Full Entry]

Stax of Jax - Jacquie Evans | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 9th 2008 | 94 Views | [diary=342396]

amazing views
still up in the clouds
were headed over there

Thankfully we wake up feeling almost human but weak as kittens. We have just enough energy to drag ourselves onto the bus to Rurrenabaque in the Amazon basin. Apparently it´s a 20hr drive, although it´s only about 200 miles from La Paz on my map...it later becomes clear why it takes so long. We´re assured that the new highway is now open, so we won´t be leaving the city on The World´s Most Dengerous Road (it´s official title after an average of 26 vehicles per year meet a sorry end). No, as it turns out, we´ll just be joining it an [View Full Entry]

Flo - Faye Thompson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 17th 2008 | 99 Views | [diary=335531]

hmmm...scary

The air is thin and your lungs feel like they are going to explode. At an elevation of 4760 metres above sea level you begin to suffer the effects of altitude and a serious lack of oxygen to the brain. You feel fearless as you cycle through the clouds and down dirt roads at lightening speed. You begin to feel your bike slide on the gravel while dodging boulders and pot holes. You look down the side of the road into oblivion. The fear takes over and you wobble for a moment on you mountain bike. Suddenly it hits you, you [View Full Entry]

Daz_Crawford - Darren | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 24th 2008 | 648 Views | [diary=325021]

Exhausted!
Time For A Shower
Oops!

The worlds most dangerous road This road has many names. The death road, the worlds most dangerous road, the coroico road and the yungas road... The road is going from La Paz to Coroico, and is about 69 km long. It first goes up to 4700 meter, before its descending to 330 meter. This makes it a popular ride for bikers! The official name, I think, is Yungas Road. And it's because it connects the Altiplano with the Yungas (mountain to jungle) The road was build in the 1930s during the Chaco War with Bolivia. They used Paraguayan prisoners to build [View Full Entry]

Hendis - Magnus | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 23rd 2008 | 105 Views | [diary=278355]

Everyone is ready and a bit exited
Ready to ride!
Starting out at the new road

One of the trips that many agencies organise in La Paz is a cycling trip down ´The World´s Most Dangerous Road´. The road starts in La Cumbre (4640 metres above sea level) and ends in Coroico (1295 metres above sea level) and is 64km long with vertical cliffs up to 600m high. Until recently the road was used for traffic and an average of 300 people died a year (mostly from cars and buses going over the edge of the cliff). A new road was built for vehicles 8 years ago, and since then it is mostly used by cyclists on [View Full Entry]

Sophie Dyas - Sophie Dyas | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 27th 2008 | 631 Views | [diary=270277]

Just about to set off.
Me at the back of the group!
You can see the new road on the far left, and Death road underneath it.


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