La Paz

Our last stop in Bolivia - La Paz. This city sits between 3500 & 5600m above sea level city has a cable car network to transport people around the city. We spent the morning doing a waking tour of the city, before using the cable cars to get an aerial view of the city, such a relaxing way to get amazing views (and escape walking up steep hills!)

The second day in La Paz involved us doing a Death Road Bike Tour. Death Road is a 60km stretch of road that connects La Paz to Yungas starting at 4600m descending to 1200m. Due to the hairpin turns and cliff drops approximately 250 people died each year using the road. This is why the road was named 'The most dangerous road in the world'.

Death road is now used as a mountain bike trail. Starting early in the morning, we climbed high into the mountains where we encountered snow meaning we had very little visability. It was decided because of this we would omit the first part of the route and start at a lower altitude. When we got here, the rain was pelting down but we got out and started on the bikes. In some ways the weather was a little disappointing as we never got a clear view of the scenery however I'm not sure it would've made a lot of difference as I was so scared of falling off! The route was a lot more off road than I anticipated and after the initial thoughts of 'I don't like it, I'm out', I calmed down (still with a firm grip on my brakes) and did enjoy the ride. The mud of the road got everywhere, our clothes, face, hair, eyes which made for some interesting sights once we had finished!Läs mer