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Driving in Bolivia

I got this powerpoint presentation by email – a series of photographs depicting some treacherous mountain roads in Bolivia.


Driving in Bolivia

10 Comments

  1. adam wrote:

    I’d seen the first bit before, but holy god can you imagine trying to get past one of those guys on those roads? They make the Wesht look like a piece of cake!

    Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 02:47 | Permalink
  2. Cid Fabian wrote:

    Bellas fotos de los terrorificos caminos de Bolivia

    Friday, December 8, 2006 at 21:16 | Permalink
  3. Razvan wrote:

    tyj

    Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 07:01 | Permalink
  4. I think youve been had James! Most of those photos were of the the Cúm na nÉag road up to the famous Top Of Coom in Kerry.
    http://www.achgohairithe.com/?p=76

    Monday, January 15, 2007 at 17:16 | Permalink
  5. James wrote:

    So where are all the sheep??

    Monday, January 15, 2007 at 17:18 | Permalink
  6. Ahhh you see, it’s a little know fact that the native Irish mountain lion while extinct in the rest of the country for quite a number of years flourished in the mountain pass of Coom (Top Of Coom) up until very recently. Farmers stopped grazing sheep on the mountains around this area in the 60s, by order of the government, when mountain lion attacks were happening on an almost daily basis; an order which still remains in place to this day.

    Monday, January 15, 2007 at 17:52 | Permalink
  7. James wrote:

    I always assumed that was just a myth to explain all those disappearing hillwalkers…

    Monday, January 15, 2007 at 18:01 | Permalink
  8. I’ve travelled on a few 4×4 trials over here that look like that :)
    No problem if u’re concentrating and u’re truck is in good shape.
    Not so much fun if its not or its really chucking it down (or snow/ice on ground) and getting muddy !!!

    Lal

    Monday, April 23, 2007 at 05:08 | Permalink
  9. Gracie wrote:

    I have travelled on these roads..It is quite frightening. Especially when you have an oncoming car…You have to back out on the edge and both cars literally scrape by one another. I HATED the ride and I am bolivian…Plane for me please. My mother’s friends died when many a vehicle fell off these roads and plunged to their untimely deaths…

    Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 04:54 | Permalink
  10. holy shit. god bless america’s roadways. :)

    Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 17:36 | Permalink

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