Waking up early I felt slightly aprehensive for the day. Today we would be biking down the infamous 'worlds most dangerous road' starting at 4700 meters and finishing up in a small village called Yolosa at 1100 meters. Ever since we watched the top gear episode I have been curious about the road and Jake has a death wish and has always wanted to bike down it. I am all for adventure and a bit of fun but I would also like to continue on our travels for a little bit longer then just a few weeks. The road used to be the main road linking the northern villages to La Paz but due to the deadly reputation a new two lane road has since been built. Now death road is used mainly by tour operators taking crazy tourists for the ride of their life. Or at least that was what I thought until we got up the top and found out that
many locals still used the road and we would no doubt pass a bit of
traffic coming up the hill. This would be the time to back out and say no thanks I will just stay on the bus but the guides told us the bus actually follows us slowly down the road and then on return you take the bus back up! I am glad we had decided to stay down the bottom after the bike ride in a small village called Coroico to hopefully enjoy some sunshine.
many locals still used the road and we would no doubt pass a bit of
traffic coming up the hill. This would be the time to back out and say no thanks I will just stay on the bus but the guides told us the bus actually follows us slowly down the road and then on return you take the bus back up! I am glad we had decided to stay down the bottom after the bike ride in a small village called Coroico to hopefully enjoy some sunshine.