The Most Dangerous Road
Trip Start
Oct 23, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 18, 2008
La Paz,
Bolivia
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Today was spent biking the Death Road. Dont worry - its not as scary as it sounds. I mean yeah, the road was a mere 5m wide at some parts and the cliffs were deadly, but we got to ride under waterfalls and no one has gotten killed riding a bike down it -- not that we heard about anyway. The road used to be the only passage for cars and many many people died in accidents due to the narrow corners, high cliffs, among other natural mountain, jungle stuff. A new road was built two years ago and now the old road is mainly for bikers. So it was safe. The company gave us helmets, working bikes, knee/shin pads, elbow/arm pads, jackets, pants, goggles and gloves. So we were perfectly safe. No worries.
It was an exciting ride, but went by way too fast. At the end we arrived at a hostel where a buffet lunch was waiting for us -- along with a pool, showers w/shampoo and towels, and hammocks. It was great.
We are off to Arica, Chile early tomorrow morning and then making our way north to begin the voyage home... ahhh home.
See you all soon, miss you lots.
