Our last adventure with Sara in Bolivia was the "Death Road"!
The death road is a road that links between the mountains of La Paz and the tropical jungle of Coroico (a town I already posted about). It has been named the world's most dangerous road, because of it's narrowness, danger of rock falling, lack of guard rails, fogginess and muddiness on rain seasons. People die on this road almost every year. However, this is the "old road" (still in use though) nowadays there is also a new and safe one, but the old road has been an exotic tourist attraction of mountain biking for many years.
The biking starts in La Cumbre 4650 meters above sea level, one of the highest point in La Paz. Even though the first kilometers are easy, biking on asphalt, I was still freaking out. It was so scary, the speed was just uncontrollable and when we got to the part of the rocky road, I almost cried.
Anyways after biking a while I got used to it and I could really enjoy the ride. In the end, I think it was awesome!
After I could relax a little bit with the bike, I began to enjoy the views and every smell and feeling I got on the road. I felt the wind, the fresh andean air blowing to my face, I could feel the humid and warm air of the rainforest, I felt the water drops of the little waterfalls, I felt the rocks under the wheels of the bike...
The sensation and adrenaline I got of biking on these crazy roads was amazing, at the same time I felt as I was going to to die but still felt more alive than ever!
We were so on to this with Sara that we also did the zip-sliding on these mountains. It felt like flying, I almost felt like a bird, haha. It was incredible to see everything from above and actually feel free in the air, I loved every second of it.
© These pictures are not taken, but they are edited by me, the original pictures are from the mountain biking company Barracuda.
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