The Death Road. The World's Most Dangerous Road. The North Yungas Road has a few nicknames, and seems to have been responsible for more than its fair share of deaths. Estimates were 200-300 deaths on the 69km road each year when it was fully open. However it was replaced by a new, safer road some 6 years ago. It is now only used by local traffic and hoards of thrill-seeking mountain bikers. We decided to see what the fuss was about. You start off at La Cumbre Pa...

(Writing this whilst stuck in Potosi bus station for a couple of hours as we didn't read the bus timetable properly - or rather at all) A flick through the guide on La Paz revealed that pretty much everything of interest is closed on a Monday. I guess we could have predicted that. Therefore Monday was spent wandering around and taking in the general ambiance of the city centre. First impressions were good. It doesn't have the intact colonial centre of so many ot...

And so adios Peru, hola Bolivia. The picture attached to this entry is me walking over the border. A day of travel. The first bus, from Puno to Copacabana on the Bolivian shores of Lake Titicaca was very comfortable. You have to get off the bus at the border and go through border control on both sides on foot. A little time consuming but painless. A practical note for any that need it - you could easily pass through avoiding both controls. Dunno, might come in u...