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Bolivia and Its MOST DANGEROUS ROAD ON THE PLANET

Hello there!! !!

this is the first of my millino post about everything i would like to know before i get to SA!!! !!!

question 2:

How long is the road that gets you to la Paz, i mean the most dangerous road on the planet???

did anyone saw the Top Gear episode of the 27th of december?? they toured across bilivia and that road looks amazing, but i find it really hard to find on google maps....

anyone did it????

how long would it take normally??? where does it starts from???


thank you!! !!

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death road

i did it twice on time going down on mtb an one on mc going up.
i think the turist part from Coroico to La paz is 65 km up hill with a paved part in the end.
i dont think it is that dangerus as they make it in Top gear. there is no trafik and if there is it is oly the tourist mtb riders on the way down with back up cars.
the road is not that bad but you still have to be carefull there are a long way down in some points.
A lot of roads i Bolivia is like that and alot worse if there is a mud slide. The same go for some parts off Peru, and in those roads you have trucks, cars and busses.
enjoy your trip
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I did th eroad the other day, it is a doddle, the road down to Batopisal in Copper Canyon Mexico is worse.


That said the road can be bad in the rain and fog.

Check out my post of the 27th December 2009 if you want some idea

It is a nice road

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Thank YOU GUYS !!!
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Cool Road.

The road is not as dangerous as everyone makes it out to be! The best suggestion is to to take the tarmac road down to Corioco then ride up it. I had to as I had very lil brakes left when I did it last year!! There are worse roads you will ride in S Amerika than this one.

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Death road

If you want to ride a death road, take the dirt road between Oruro and Sucre (not the paved road, there are 2 ways) it will take a couple days if you ride fast. Bring extra gas. There are towns along the way but they don't always have fuel.
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