Death Road.... sounds quite, hm, let's put it that way: drastic or final ... rather than sad or dramatic!
Why exactly should you even pay to go down there ? Before my travels even started I had already read quite a lot about this road. It used to be the only ! road to get from La Paz down into the yungas valley and the town Coroico ... and further on toward the amazon. One road carved into the mountain and during many parts so narrow that only one car can get past.
Some years ago there was finally a wider and straighter new road built and the old death road became THE THING for travellers to do by bike !
:-) As I like biking and also great views I was keen on doing this tour ! And after I checked out which companies have the most decent bikes I book my tour!
Early in the morning we headed off to over 4.500 meter ... freezing cold and I was happy we had to change in our provided bike gear! Also breathing was getting hard again...but after some introduction we headed down ... first we started about half an hour down on the new road.. nicely paved and wide and there is even a side rail.
