This day was more of a relaxing day as we woke up quite late, and hang around the swimming pool. I met a cute nice dog and then we took the bus to come back to La Paz. In the evening we met again Babi, the friend of Roberto, who bring us to Ojo del Agua, a local dancing club with only traditional music. With the friends of Babi, we were introduc...

Death Road, otherwise known as the North Yungas Road is one of the few routes connecting the Amazon rainforest region of northern Bolivia (the Yungas) to the capital city, La Paz. It is 69km in length and starts at an altitude of 4633 meters and steeply descends 3300 m to just 1700 meters above sea level. Perhaps unsurprisingly It is legendary f...

So after all the excitement of the jungle we were ready for a bit of R&R especially as I (Helen) had picked up a bit of a stomach bug. A Bolivian couple we'd met in the jungle had told us that we couldn't leave Bolivia without first spending some time in the town of Coroico about 3 hours from La Paz. Based on this recommendation and one from...

Perversely, one of La Paz´s most popular backpacker activities is the bike ride down the worlds most dangerous rode. Not wanting to miss this unique opportunity to risk our lives, we were up at 7 to meet our group in the café before heading out to the starting point. We opted to ride with Gravity Bolivia, the most expensive company but the one w...

We had heard so much about the World´s Most Dangerous Road mountain bike from other travellers, it sounded like a must do so we checked it out in La Paz and decided to go with Gravity Assisted Mountainbiking. Check out www.gravity.com.br. The ride starts when they drop you off at a mountain pass outside La Paz at 4670m. Evenafter several days in...

Its all about the journey on the way to Coroico. I got picked up late and quickly ate 2 bread rolls and was whisked away with 4 Miserable Israelis and a Dutch couple to the top of the hill near La Paz. We were given gloves, helmit and a bike and off we went! Well.... Of went the 3 of us - the Israelis were whinging about the quality of the bikes...

So I ended up running into Chris in Coroico right away. He didn´t even realize that he left me with no money until his guide started asking him for money for his Amiga! The guide needed to pay back the travel agent. Anyway, the mountain bike ride was about 70km mostly downhill starting at 15,200 feet and going down to 4,200 ft. It was over 10,00...

Ok, I´ve just lost the whole of this entry due to a **** computer, so here´s a very quick summary: We did nothing today, so Katie was able to recover from her injuries. I walked into town to try (unsuccessfully) to change our Dollars into Bolivianos, as we´d had more important things on our mind yesterday and had neglected to change them over. T...

The World´s Most Dangerous Road Before coming to Bolivia, I was aware it was home to the World´s Most Dangerous Road, and whilst the road leads to a beautiful village amidst valley´s and mountains, I´d decided under no circumstances would I go on it. It´s a single track gravel road with rivers that run through it, frequent landslides, and over 3...

... and the ´something more exciting´ from the previous entry was to cycle down the road from La Paz to Coroico, nicknamed ´the world´s most dangerous road, by many. It´s a spectacular narrow road that winds down from the dizzy heights of 4600m to around 1800m above sea level, that has been used for years by bus and lorry drivers and cyclists al...