Erin & Regan's South American Adventure
The worlds most dangerous road
Hola,
We had some time to kill before our flight to Colombia. Our options were a 2 1/2 day trek to Coroico or to ride down the worlds most dangerous road. As you can tell from the title of this post, we chose the latter. Yay no more walking!
The tour company we took was called "Downhill Madness" and they do an all inclusive package for US$50 per person. This includes a CD of photos and a video of your adventure. The CD also included photos of some other group and some photos of the countryside on a nicer day than the one we got.
We started at 4640m in a place called "La Cumbre".
It was miserably cold for the first hour, we had rain and sleet. Luckily this stretch of road is well sealed. Our hands were going numb and it was becoming harder to hold on. We took frequent breaks to thaw out.
The scenery, maybe on our day but maybe on a better one (not sure exactly).
Us enjoying lunch at Hotel Esmeralda. This is included in the tour also.
We decided to stay here for another 2 days with the intention of doing some walks in the area. However, I got a cold and it turns out that it rains every morning and does not clear till around lunch time.
Instead we enjoyed the pool table, the swimming pool, the TV room and the restaurant.
Tonight we catch a flight to Bogota, Colombia. So this is goodbye to Bolivia.
Delys and Dave: Looks like your having a great time or at least some unforgetable experiences. Have a great Christmas. From the Whakatane farming lot. P.s The cows say moo (12/25/06)
Lynlee Smith: Wow, guys. What an amazing time you appear to be having. Look forward to lots of stories when you get home. It's clearly an unforgettable experience this OE of yours. Keep safe. Love watching your progress - Land L (01/11/07)