Talk:Yungas Road
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It sounds like a very dramatic scene. Does anyone have a photo or drawing? --Drewnoakes 14:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
http://flickr.com/search/?q=death+road+bolivia&s=int
Pictures of mountain biking the road here: http://www.gravitybolivia.com/gallery/PhotohighlightsfromtheWorldsMostDangerousRoad
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[edit] Link about the Death Road
Hi, I would like to propose this external link about the Death Road:
http://www.jordibusque.com/Index/Stories/YungasRoad/YungasRoad_01.html
Please, let me know what do you think. Panex 12:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
- Hi again. If nobody says something agaist, I will wait a few days more and add the link. Thanks Panex 16:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not so dangerous I think ...
I've a question ... when were all the pics taken? I think not after 2003!!
I was there in 2004, and I can say the road is good! There were only few places, where was old road, but it was covered by "human lights" ... I think now, it must be completed.
Sure, foggy conditions are still big problem..
Check "photo of World's most dangerous road from my trip in 2004...
It's like showing pics from 11th September and say USA is very dangerous ...
--Goliathus 11:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
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- USA is very dangerous. Just go out to the mall, workplace and/or school and you don't know if you'll be able to return safely as some maniac will open fire.
Norum 17:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
- Already very dangerous
- Hi Goliathus, I should say that the road continues to be very dangerous. The pictures from the link
- were taken between May and August 2006. During my stay a bus felt down causing 24 death people (plus 31 injured), you can see:
- The last important accident was last saturday (December 23) with another bus falling down afecting almos 50 people (several death), you can check:
- May be when you visited the place your bus took the new road. But most of the drivers (specially the not turist) continues taking the old one in order to save time. Panex 21:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
- The pic you're showing is the new road, wich is made of tarmac and hardly the most dangerous road, the old North Yungas road is still in use, but since 1997, downhill drives are allowed only between 6AM and 6PM, and uphill drives only allowed on the night, and now the casualties have gone down to 10-20 deaths year, wich is way less that the 200-300 per year we used to have before 1997. maybe we should correct that on the article. The road isn't what it used to be jso1985
[edit] German version
A German version is now available in the german wikipedia (Yungas Straße) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.170.211.196 (talk) 08:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Alcohol Ceremony
I see no mention of the little ceremony that some drivers go through at the little shrine/monument on the left of the road at the summit. A prayer and the splashing of some alcohol on the shrine is said to ensure a safe return. Well, it did in our case. Sitting in the left back seat of a minibus over a 1,000 foot drop as it backed up into an outside passing place on the way down was certainly one of the most memorable moments of my life, and possibly one of the most life shortening. Mafestel (talk) 21:13, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
