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Top 5 most dangerous roads of the world |
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Top 5 most dangerous roads of the world
#1: “Road of Death” - Bolivia
North Yungas Road is hands-down the most dangerous in the world for motorists. This one clearly endangers your life. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses. A fatal accident happens there every couple of weeks, 100-200 people perish there every year. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named the La Paz-to-Coroico route “the world’s most dangerous road.”
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| Anonymous | |
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127 days ago
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| whaaaa...are there places like this
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127 days ago
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| wazo | |
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171 days ago
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| fuck that. ill learn how to fly lol
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279 days ago
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284 days ago
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| What is it with hispanics and they way they drive in Mexico and latin america that they seem to have death wishes on roads like the one in Boliva. Stay off them, already!
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| Anonymous | |
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299 days ago
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| Anonymous | |
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332 days ago
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| Fuck the roads, whats that shit all about with the death Trail??? FFS!
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| these roads are really dangerous
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| Anonymous | |
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340 days ago
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| And I thought I had it bad on American country roads! At least half of them are paved here.
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| Anonymous | |
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356 days ago
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| These roads are pretty puny compared to many roads in Africa, some of which are a combination of the Bolivian, Russian, and Chinese roads, depending upon season and exact position on the road.
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371 days ago
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| You forgat the Ice Roads in Northern Canada! Hundrets of miles made on ice over rivers and lakes, which hold 100 tons or more.... Search: Ice Road Truckers
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| Anonymous | |
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377 days ago
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| wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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| Anonymous | |
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400 days ago
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| AT road is nithing i could tak the truck n float we a full load of beas ,flat oot on that road
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| Anonymous | |
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404 days ago
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| I've seen first three - not dangerous at all!! but definitely all of them unique and set in a breathtaking scenery!!! worth going and seeing!!
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416 days ago
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| an honour to die on these roads than to live without goin to these places
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| Anonymous | |
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420 days ago
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| ummmmmmmmmmm lol okay, who in the world would even think about driving through these types of roads, oh yeah, these crazy people!
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| Anonymous | |
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428 days ago
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| Is it too difficult a concept to use the road one way on alternate days?
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| Anonymous | |
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429 days ago
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430 days ago
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| Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
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483 days ago
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| Road of Death - Bolivia
ADD SOME F*****G RIALS
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| Anonymous | |
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483 days ago
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| #1: %u201CRoad of Death%u201D - Bolivia
ADD SOME F*****G RIALS
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| Anonymous | |
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494 days ago
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| wow, that would be an intense commute. how about that walking trail in China?
-Scott Gladstone
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| Anonymous | |
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394 days ago
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| Actually those "tourist hiking trails" have a bit of history to them. In the days before the cultural revolution in China they were only traversed by taoist monks or anyone desperate enough to seek them. It's only since then that they've added nice chains and boards to the way so that tourists can go there.
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| Anonymous | |
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516 days ago
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| there is a road in california, i think is called old snake road, that is pretty dangerous... its barely wide enough for one car.
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| Anonymous | |
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516 days ago
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| im glad im not the one takeing the pictures especially the one of the hiking trail in china
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| Anonymous | |
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529 days ago
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| Very cool pictures but i would heav excluded #4 when it's about "dangerous" in the terms of "loosing your life" - Siberia seems mostly annoying ;)
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532 days ago
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| Agreed, most of those would NEVER be in service in the U.S.
-worthpoint.com
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| Anonymous | |
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541 days ago
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| Wow, anyone that gets mad about paying taxes needs to take a look at these roads.
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548 days ago
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| You wouldn't catch me on these roads if you paid me.
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552 days ago
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| i saw u photos your photo is so fantastick i like it
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| Anonymous | |
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558 days ago
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| that last one is totally lame. 1 pic? "a road"? nice legwork
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| Anonymous | |
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578 days ago
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| In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank named the La Paz-to-Coroico route %u201Cthe world%u2019s most dangerous road.%u201D
hey, here's a thought: how about shell out a little cash for some railing instead of just listing the road as the most dangerous in the world. be part of the solution for once.
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| Anonymous | |
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579 days ago
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| They've been photo
shopped
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583 days ago
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| dude that mud swamp looks like fawking fun with an offroading rig!!! i would just ride by in my jeep laughing at the poor unfortunate souls. :D
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583 days ago
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| what about ROUTE IRISH in Baghdad, Iraq??? That has to be the most dangerous road in the world!!! IED's and VBIED's everyday!!!
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585 days ago
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| Ahh.. russians are again one head ahead of everyone else :D
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584 days ago
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| %u041F%u0440%u0438%u0434%u0443%u0440%u043E%u043A! %u041D%u0430 %u0441%u0435%u0431%u044F %u043F%u043E%u0441%u043C%u043E%u0442%u0440%u0438! BIG SILLY GOAT!
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590 days ago
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| That´s insane! The two roads of China are the best. I would never walk on this Hiking Trail.
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591 days ago
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593 days ago
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| Mary Poppin' Caps: Likes having toes fondled by snorkeling green monkeys in the basin of the Amazon rain forest.
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625 days ago
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| There has never been a road from Kathmandu to the Everest base camp. Actually you have to walk for a day to reach the Everest base camp. But the road that you have showed does exist somewhere in Nepal. Can you please edit that comment in there because its misleading. You can say "A road in Nepal." I will try to get you some more pictures and information.
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711 days ago
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| hey, there are some my pictures in this "gallery" http://www.pbase.com/marko_p/coroico
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| great site! add Douglas Pass or Gap in Colorado. Just as bad with alot of crosses where folks have died since the road is always sloughing away! I about had a heart attack the first & LAST time I drove over it!
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879 days ago
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| WOW!! Made my stomach churn just to view this.
Donna- Wisconsin
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| i woule be so scared to drive in roads like those.(#1)
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| these roads r very amazing and breath taken but am a jamaican driver who use to narrow roads andi would love to experience some of those roads one day .
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| i would like to drive thru those roads someday!!
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906 days ago
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| I thought driving from Cairo to Cape Town was bad, but these roads are to hell:-)
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| I've ridden Toroko Gorge in Taiwan on an overloaded motorcycle.
It's spectacular. Not dangerous.
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| ampbg | |
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917 days ago
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| u shud see the roads on the himalayan foothills in india .. i always think the drivers here have special super powers to drive on there
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| That Bolivian road is pretty freaky, I've biked down it! there is heaps of companies running mountain bike trips down it. Just make sure you go with a good company cause bikers get killed all the time as well....but its an awesome experience getting to the bottom, although then you have to drive back up to the top...
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| WOW, what an adventure, but you can have the cliff top ones!!
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| Also, #2 (Guoliang Tunnel) looks freakin awesome. I gotta check that out!
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| I've been on a 'road' not unlike the Bolivian road of death. The Pan-Am highway in Peru has some Insane portions. Yeah, it's paved, and there are some barricades keeping you from the one mile plus sheer drops if you doze off, but not many. Twice, I looked out my window as we drove; looked straight down to see nothing but the Very distant ocean crashing against the base of the Andes. Intense...doesn't quite cover it.
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| and we think our roads are bad!
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| those are crazy!!!!! MY dad has pic like the one of the mud!! with me and my siblings in the mud!!! lol
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940 days ago
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| Fantastic! You must have real guts to travel in those roads!!
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| the content of this entry was swiped from Dark Roasted Blend series of posts:
http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/most-dangerous-roads-in-world.html
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