Today we are going to travel down the world’s most dangerous road. We eventually leave La Paz at lunchtime and have a slow journey out of through the city traffic. The road then becomes a climb and we encounter road works on the way but are able to find our way to the front of the queue and Martin even gets one of the workmen to take a photo of us
We end up travelling in cloud and the road looks as tarmac does when it has just been laid in the rain with wafts of mist rising from it, more road works and we encounter a lorry which Martin manages to overtake, the mist is now thick fog, the radio crackles and Martin said it was clear if I wanted to overtake, I replied that I couldn’t even see the lorry at the moment.As we started to decend the fog/cloud eased and we went passed some spectacular waterfalls and you can see one in this photo.
We stopped to eat in a little place still right up in the mountains and also put on some more clothes as it was now really cold having climbed above the snow line.We got to the point where the road starts and we are stopped by the police, as is everyone, and we notified them of our intention and they allowed us through saying take it slow.The new road is mainly paved and we turn right onto a rough stoney road and start our decent. The road winds down and is quite steep in places with a sheer drop off one side, as the road narrows we come across traffic jams as lorrys and coaches jostle near the edge to allow each other to pas.Here you can see that we have little advantage trying to pass on a motorcycle.
We end up travelling in cloud and the road looks as tarmac does when it has just been laid in the rain with wafts of mist rising from it, more road works and we encounter a lorry which Martin manages to overtake, the mist is now thick fog, the radio crackles and Martin said it was clear if I wanted to overtake, I replied that I couldn’t even see the lorry at the moment.As we started to decend the fog/cloud eased and we went passed some spectacular waterfalls and you can see one in this photo.
We stopped to eat in a little place still right up in the mountains and also put on some more clothes as it was now really cold having climbed above the snow line.We got to the point where the road starts and we are stopped by the police, as is everyone, and we notified them of our intention and they allowed us through saying take it slow.The new road is mainly paved and we turn right onto a rough stoney road and start our decent. The road winds down and is quite steep in places with a sheer drop off one side, as the road narrows we come across traffic jams as lorrys and coaches jostle near the edge to allow each other to pas.Here you can see that we have little advantage trying to pass on a motorcycle.
You can see some of the flora and fauna we saw en route.
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