Video You Must See: Biking Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 10.07.09 | 5:06 PM ET
Bolivia’s notorious Death Road from La Paz to Coroico has become popular with mountain bikers and other adventurous travelers since being named “the world’s most dangerous road” by the Inter American Development Bank back in the mid-90s. Here’s a taste.
0:24—First good look at the drop-off
0:54—Sneaking past a truck
1:20—Biking through waterfalls
Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.
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That biking looks so much fun, i would love to go.