Biking the Death Road

Death Road and some R&R

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May 18th 2006
"I am a little nervous about biking the ´World's most dangerous road´, but it sure sounds like fun" "Don't worry" says Santiago, a La Pazian sitting next to me at a bar who found my spanish comical. "We don't call it that in Spanish." "Oh, what is it in Spanish?" "The death road" ... Well it was fun alright. Waking up very early (okay, for me 6:30 is early) I had a quick breakfast and j ... 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