Safety barriers make only a rare appearance – far more common are roadside shrines: white crosses, bunches of flowers, yellowing photos.ĭuring the 1990s, so many people died in accidents on the highway – built by Paraguayan prisoners of war following the catastrophic Chaco War (1932-35) – that the Inter-American Development Bank described it as " the world's most dangerous road". Parts of the highway are only 3m wide there is a series of sharp turns and blind corners and mini waterfalls splash down the surrounding rockface. Running from the high-altitude Andean city of La Paz to the subtropical Yungas valleys and the Amazonian lowlands beyond, the 64km Yungas Road involves a sharp 3,500m descent. Inside the vehicle it felt strangely peaceful, as if we were trapped in a bubble, which was perhaps for the best given we were travelling along the "Camino de la Muerte", or Death Road. After cresting the 4,800m Cumbre pass, the trufi (shared taxi) plunged into a cloud of swirling mist.
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