A tired Pol

The World's Most Dangerous Road

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September 6th 2008
Polly: We returned to La Paz for a night and hooked up with some of our friends from the GAP Adventure´s tour. Whilst looking for their hotel Ross caught some dude pick-pocketing me, but he only got away with a snotty tissue. Yucky! We couldn´t party too late as we had a big day coming up. We´d signed up with Freebikes to cycle the "Death Road". That night I started feeling a bit sick wi ... read more

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Coroico

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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