Survivor: Death Biking, Female Wrestling & Potosi Mines!


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December 3rd 2007
Published: December 11th 2007
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The moment I had been waiting for arrived! Mountain biking down the world´s most dangerous road in Bolivia is one of the things I have been looking forward to most on this trip. Safe in the knowledge that Kate would keep her promise to her parents not to go, I was released from any possible escorting duties, and I could go at whatever pace I was comfortable at (...fast). We met up in Cafe La Te... Read Full Entry



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Kate in the "Support Vehicle"
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The "Support Vehicle" above
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Postcard Corner (perhaps Tombstone Corner would be more apt)
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Matt, the NZ guide
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Picnic Break
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What we just descended
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Monkey getting stuck into some beer - good lad!
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Friendly monkey
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Majestic Macaw
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Mark holding a Boa Constrictor....never thought the day would come!
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Our Pool!
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Spiderman on the deck



12th December 2007

What next!
Thought you and Kate were going to move into a less risky phase of the trip, but from the latest blog I see that you survived death by bike, death by boa, death by monkey spit, death from jealous husband of wrestling Cholita, playing with dynamite, rock falls, getting stuck underground, 96% alcohol, asphixiation, asbestos and cyanide. No wonder Dublin seems a bit slow....
15th December 2007

Wrestletastic!
Women wrestling in skirts is just plain wrong! As is the sight of you holding a snake Mark. Very entertaining once again guys XX

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