if you're a driver would you dare to test your skills here?
looks fun right?... harmless. just a piece of road. i mean, we had that kind of zigzagging twisting road here in the Philippines. go to Baguio and try it out. but then again...this is NOT Baguio see for yourself ...
especially if you're the passenger makes you want to think twice hehehe
this is Bolivia's Road of Death. hands down the most dangerous road in the world. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses. A fatal accident happens there every couple of weeks, 100-200 people perish there every year. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named the La Paz-to-Coroico route "the world's most dangerous road."
the buses and heavy trucks navigate this road, as this is the only route available in the area. Buses crowded with locals go in any weather, and try to beat the incoming traffic to the curves. It also does not help that the fog and vapors rise up from the heavily vegetated valley below, resulting in almost constant fogs and limited visibility. Plus the tropical downpours cause parts of the road to slide down the mountain. and if ever you fall down chances are this is more of an abyss than a mountainside. who knows... how many days before you ever reached the bottom of the rain forest below. or if ever you will be found. lots of wreckage, trucks, and visible reminders can be seen here (as i've read...).
the world's most dangerous hiking trail
now if there's the most dangerous road, this time around i'll let you take a peak at the most dangerous hiking trail in the world: Xian (Mt.Huashan)...
actually, the pictures in itself are a bit discomforting. chains, padlocks, holes on the mountain side, planks hanging on the side of the muntain in a very dizzying height is really gonna make you a bit whoozy. and this is a very tourist heavy traffic area. with no safeguards and safety nets to catch you if ever you fall down.
source: darkroastedblend
looks fun right?... harmless. just a piece of road. i mean, we had that kind of zigzagging twisting road here in the Philippines. go to Baguio and try it out. but then again...this is NOT Baguio see for yourself ...
especially if you're the passenger makes you want to think twice hehehe
this is Bolivia's Road of Death. hands down the most dangerous road in the world. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses. A fatal accident happens there every couple of weeks, 100-200 people perish there every year. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named the La Paz-to-Coroico route "the world's most dangerous road."
the buses and heavy trucks navigate this road, as this is the only route available in the area. Buses crowded with locals go in any weather, and try to beat the incoming traffic to the curves. It also does not help that the fog and vapors rise up from the heavily vegetated valley below, resulting in almost constant fogs and limited visibility. Plus the tropical downpours cause parts of the road to slide down the mountain. and if ever you fall down chances are this is more of an abyss than a mountainside. who knows... how many days before you ever reached the bottom of the rain forest below. or if ever you will be found. lots of wreckage, trucks, and visible reminders can be seen here (as i've read...).
the world's most dangerous hiking trail
now if there's the most dangerous road, this time around i'll let you take a peak at the most dangerous hiking trail in the world: Xian (Mt.Huashan)...
actually, the pictures in itself are a bit discomforting. chains, padlocks, holes on the mountain side, planks hanging on the side of the muntain in a very dizzying height is really gonna make you a bit whoozy. and this is a very tourist heavy traffic area. with no safeguards and safety nets to catch you if ever you fall down.
source: darkroastedblend
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