Photo:End of the World, Again.

Death Road, Bolivia

We saw the “end of the world” several times on our trip according to various guidebooks.  This one happened to be in Bolivia, where we mountain biked down the death road.  Aptly the end of the world was along the death road, so at least that made sense.  In Bolivia the end of the world [...]

Photo Tuesday: Death Road Survival

Photo Tuesday: Death Road Survival

This was probably one of our favorite days of the entire trip.  We spent all of 24 hrs in La Paz, Bolivia, but we made sure to make the most of it.  Our first priority was to mountain bike the “death road.” It was steep, the scenery was amazing and it was plain to see [...]

And Noah had his flood….

Moving South from Santiago, we arrived in the Chilean lake district and made ourselves comfortable in the small town of Pucon. Coming here because we´d heard of a day trek up a snow covered volcano, we figured this was a good place to start our journey into Patagonia. Unfortunately, the volcano was not meant to [...]

Prodownhill (La Paz, Bolivia)

Prodownhill (La Paz, Bolivia)

Only three months old, Prodownhill has certainly made a name for itself on the South American travelers circuit. Prodownhill came so highly recommended for the death road by several backpackers on their way north through Peru, we didn’t even consider booking the death road with another agency. Suiting our group of 7 up for the [...]