Aug 9, 2009 - Bolivia: El Choro Trek

Going from 15,000 feet on the spine of the Cordillera Range of the Andes down to 5,000 feet in the humid "Yungas" region (cloudforest), we trekked 43 kilometers for 3 days. We finished up in the beautiful hillside town of Coroico. ...

Aug 1, 2008 - BOLIVIA - The World's Most Dangerous Road

Worlds Most Dangerous Road and Coroico Background: Bolivia has a famous single lane road which descends from 4600 m altitude to 1100 m over a distance of 64 km. ... The road finishes near a clifftop village called Coroico which we stayed in for the night. ... • The view from Coroico back to the valley from our hotel. ...

Jul 24, 2008 - Riding the Worlds Most Dangerous Road

A short trip away from La Paz is one of the main "attractions" of La Paz. Why? Because a fateful accident occurs here once every few weeks and its said up to 300 people a year die using this road! So now it has become high on the agenda of backpackers through South America, so we both thought we´d give it a go! The cycle starts high in the Bolivian Andes, at approx 4,700m and plunges 3,600 meters down in altitude to the sleepy town of Coroico. ... The first 30km of the cycle is on asphalt and mainly downhill.A short trip away from La Paz is one of the main "attractions" of La Paz. Why? Because a fateful accident occurs here once every few weeks and its said up to 300 people a year die using this road! So now it has become high on the agenda of backpackers through South America, so we both thought we´d give it a go! The cycle starts high in the Bolivian Andes, at approx 4,700m and plunges 3,600 meters down in altitude to the sleepy town of Coroico. ... The first 30km of the cycle is on asphalt and mainly downhill....

Apr 30, 2008 - Mountains and Bicycles

Since the last update we have climbed Pequenya Alpamayo 5400m and Huayana Potosi 6088m, although we didn't stand on the summit of the latter as we hadn't appeased the goddess. In between we cycled down ´The Worlds Most Dangerous Road´ which is a bit of a misnomer as its more like the ´Worlds Most Dangerous Drivers´ on that road! It descends from around 4700m to 1000m in 40 odd km to a village called Coroico. ... Fortunately for bikers most of the traffic now goes down the new road making the blind bends on the precipitous road a little less of a lottery.Since the last update we have climbed Pequenya Alpamayo 5400m and Huayana Potosi 6088m, although we didn't stand on the summit of the latter as we hadn't appeased the goddess. In between we cycled down ´The Worlds Most Dangerous Road´ which is a bit of a misnomer as its more like the ´Worlds Most Dangerous Drivers´ on that road! It descends from around 4700m to 1000m in 40 odd km to a village called Coroico. ... Fortunately for bikers most of the traffic now goes down the new road making the blind bends on the precipitous road a little less of a lottery....

Mar 11, 2008 - Coroico

Spent a couple of days in Coroico in the Yungas. ... This is an area where Coca is grown in abundance on steep terraces cut into the hillsides, Walked up the mountain behind the town (Cerro Uchumachi, 2480m) and we were adopted by one of the local dogs who accompanied us to the top and back.Spent a couple of days in Coroico in the Yungas. ... This is an area where Coca is grown in abundance on steep terraces cut into the hillsides, Walked up the mountain behind the town (Cerro Uchumachi, 2480m) and we were adopted by one of the local dogs who accompanied us to the top and back....

Jan 6, 2008 - Coroico

Gisteren de Coroico of de death road gedaan. ... Na het asfalt gedeelte volgde er een 30 km over onverharde wegen, dit is de echte Coroico, met af en toe een kleine rivier om te doorkruisen en heel wat slijk. ... 00u beneden aangekomen en met de bus verder tot in Coroico gereden waar we ons konden douchen en ons daarna aan een buffetmaaltijd konden tegoed doen. ...

May 12, 2007 - Bolivia, Coroico/¨World's Most Dangerous Road¨ - May 10-11

The World's Most Dangerous Road was the name of the mountain biking trip we took with Gravity Assisted. Having made our way down into the sub-tropical Yungas from the freezing heights of La Cumbre we decided to make the most of it and stay a night above the nearby town of Coroico, in a little hostal in the hills. ... Accomodation- Sol y Luna (Coroico) ...