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Larry Callahan
11-15-2006, 10:49 PM
Bolivia's Stremnaya road is called the road of death.
MrQuick
11-15-2006, 11:06 PM
...I can see where GrandTurismo is going next for number 5 ! That be a nice bike ride too.
Jims78elky
11-15-2006, 11:37 PM
Wow,

Makes those baer brakes heat up a little..lol.:scared:
DeepBlue68
11-16-2006, 12:00 AM
Holy crap when I looked at that first picture I thought it was a fake Photoshop job or something. That is awesome; I'd love to cruise that thing, assuming it didn't collapse or anything. :seizure:
andrewb70
11-16-2006, 05:24 AM
Its beautiful.

Andrew
RaceMan
11-16-2006, 06:08 AM
They had a show on that last week I think on the discovery channel it was wild!!!! something like 100 or more people die each year just on that road!!
SatisTraction
11-16-2006, 06:10 AM
WOW, that is scary!!
TPI Monte SS
11-16-2006, 06:29 AM
Man, I thought the drive along the coast in Italy was dangerous! That's insane. Looks pretty flat on top in the pics, wouldn't that have been easier? :drive2:
hdesign
11-16-2006, 07:14 AM
That's like every road in MA, you take your life in your hands every time you pull out of the driveway.

I wonder how many car chase movie scenes have been filmed there....that screams Bond, James Bond!
muthstryker
11-16-2006, 07:20 AM
well that you brought this up its time to ask who has to balls to moutain bike down it with me? they have a group that does it every day and it dont cost very much :D cooome on ppl itll be fun
Mr.VENGEANCE
11-16-2006, 08:47 AM
jeebus..
6'9"Witha69
11-16-2006, 08:53 AM
Oh crap. That is incredible. Not where I will drive though.
dropit69
11-16-2006, 09:30 AM
damn!! i thought the road to hana was bad ..doesnt compare..lol
Larry Callahan
11-16-2006, 09:45 AM
damn!! i thought the road to hana was bad ..doesnt compare..lol

The road to hana was fun. The wife wasn't as happy but I had fun beating up my rental. lol
RaceMan
11-16-2006, 09:59 AM
well that you brought this up its time to ask who has to balls to moutain bike down it with me? they have a group that does it every day and it dont cost very much :D cooome on ppl itll be fun

They said people have died doing that too, its like a 2,000 ft drop at some points . The road is pretty long too I don't remember what they said but its a very busiy road too , Poeple have to back up in places you don't want to do that in !!! :drive2:
muthstryker
11-16-2006, 03:49 PM
ya they say your so high up your car starts to run like crap becuase of low oxygen
camcojb
11-16-2006, 05:34 PM
I think that road is actually in China. Here's the REAL road of death!

http://javimoya.com/blog/pics/200607/bolivia.htm
shmoov69
11-16-2006, 05:38 PM
Isn't that on one of the early need for speed's?
Both are freaking insane!
RaceMan
11-16-2006, 06:35 PM
I think that road is actually in China. Here's the REAL road of death!

http://javimoya.com/blog/pics/200607/bolivia.htm

I think thats the same road , just different part , looks like fun!!!:cheers: :wrc:
camcojb
11-16-2006, 06:49 PM
I think thats the same road , just different part , looks like fun!!!:cheers: :wrc:

When I was looking for those other pics it led me to a blog where everyone was saying it was actually in China. I have no idea, just repeating what I read.

Jody
Ralph LoGrasso
11-16-2006, 08:52 PM
They had a show on that last week I think on the discovery channel it was wild!!!! something like 100 or more people die each year just on that road!!

I saw part of that show. Pretty crazy!
muthstryker
11-16-2006, 08:59 PM
its actually in la paz, boliva and not china, its only wide enough for 1 car to go up but they have to squeez by each other with the driver side clostest to the edge because he can see how close he is to death for the other vehical to pass. heres a link to the bike tours
http://www.gravitybolivia.com/view?page=1
OHCbird
11-16-2006, 10:15 PM
I'm sure some of you have been down this one (Bill?):

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
OHCbird
11-16-2006, 10:26 PM
I'm sure some of you have been down this one (Bill?):

http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
Steve68
11-17-2006, 03:58 AM
129 to Tenn, been there! nice ride, took the G/F Monte FWD blahh!
aonghus
11-17-2006, 12:39 PM
I spent a solid 5 hours driving on the road to Hana... I was dying for something AWD and compact... how fun would a WRX be? lol
bookends
11-19-2006, 09:01 PM
I live about an hour south of the dragon's tail, it's an awesome ride both on a bike and in a car.
69rs
11-20-2006, 08:36 PM
Done Deal's....got the T-shirt! That was on my CBR. I need to do it in the Camaro sometime.
landyacht67
11-21-2006, 08:18 PM
I spent a solid 5 hours driving on the road to Hana... I was dying for something AWD and compact... how fun would a WRX be? lol

I loved that road. 4.5 hours to get to the 7 pools. 2.5 to get back. Couldn't do the other side though because the rental had gps tracking (damn big brother)
go-fish
11-22-2006, 11:15 PM
The highway in Bolivia is known as El Camino la Morte(the road of death). A Minnisota company got the winning bid, it is going to take something like 10 years to finish it. I was going to take the Buell to the Dragon but it got wiped out. I am hoping to do the Dragon and the Skyway in the 'cuda if I get it up to Pigeon Froge. What is the distance from Pigeon Forge to the Dragon?