Friday, November 24, 2006

The most scary road in the road

Stremnaya road is called the road of death and its situated in Bolivia
just the look of it can scare anyone
Bolivia's Yungas Road is officially the most hazardous on earth. Local people pray before using it and the nearest hospital is a two-hour drive away. But none of this deters foreign tourists from biking over its bumps at 40mph. And, as Michael Liebreich discovered, cheap thrills in risky environments can come at a price.

You can't walk 100 yards down the main street of any travellers' town on this lonely planet without being offered a selection of adrenalin-enhanced adventures. A river nearby? We provide inner tubes. Mountains? Touch your own personal void. Now I'm all for getting the heart racing on holiday but my opinion of what is an appropriate adventure activity and of what constitutes an acceptable riskchanged dramatically one day last summer.









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