World's Most Dangerous Road

While Ching Jen went to walk around southern La Paz, I event for a bike ride with a tour.  The route was about 45 minutes north of La Paz on what is called the worlds most dangerous road because of the number of vehicle related deaths, mostly buses.  Traffic has moved to a new, safer road. Since 1994, the old road has been open to bike tours.  I'm not exactly a mountain biker but the route is navigable for beginners.  The entire route was 64km and it was a thrilling time.  We biked on a paved road and the a narrower dirt road going downhill about 2000m in altitude. The cloud cover was thick the entire first half so unfortunately I couldn't see the rainforest valleys. At the end of the tour we went to an animal reserve with monkeys, birds snakes, caimans and an Andean speckled bear.  It was an extremely fun day. The scariest part was the drive up the worlds most dangerous road.  Our driver has done it hundreds of times and yet each time we played chicken with another car, I'm not going to lie, I was white knuckled. Because of the cloud cover nightfall came quickly and at least you couldn't see the steep cliffs in the darkness.