The lush hotel in Coroico

Downhill madness and lake Titicaca

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May 4th 2006
Before we headed for Peru, we were keen to check out the "Yungas" - lush, sub-tropical valleys teeming with butterflies, colourful birds and monstrous spiders. The best was to get the 70 km to Coroico, it seems, is by mountain-biking what has been dubbed "the worlds most dangerous road", as a result of the amount of road deaths that occur each year. Luckily for us, most of these were in vehicles, ... 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