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Bolivia

This blog decribes our 27 days of travel through Bolivia (4 May 2006 - 31 May 2006) where we saw the incredible Salar de Uyuni during our trip over the stunning Bolivian Altiplano. We cycled down the most dangerous road in the world, explored the Bolivian Amazon and their Pampas (savana swamp lands) and even studied a bit of Spanish in the worlds' highest Capital City.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

To the Amazon

We took an overnight bus from Coroico to Rurrenabaque, the gateway to the Bolivian Amazon. This bus ride was probably the worst of my life. We left at 3pm and arrived at 7am. But what makes this ride worse was that it was a continuation of the "death road". Sheer cliffs drop into oblivion. Our bus driver is crazy and drives as fast as he can in the dust behind another bus.

We had to stop once while a bulldozer cleared a landslide from the road (by just pushing the debris into the river way below us). At another time we had to stop (for an hour) where a sign said "Beware! Excavation with explosives" We had to wait while the road was cleared again. Many people were standing in the isles throughout the night. It was a very long night...

posted by Johan & Janine at 3:48 PM   

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  • The Death Road
  • Crazy Bolivian facts
  • Arriving in La Paz
  • Bolivian altiplano and salt flats