September 8, 2009 – 3:33 pm
Those of you that follow the website have all seen the photos from the “World’s Most Dangerous Road.” Many call this road the “Death Road,” due to the high number of people that die at the mercy of the steep cliff faces that the narrow road skirts as it drops over 10,000 ft on its way to the jungle and eventually to the Amazon in Brazil. This road is equally exciting because of the danger it presents, but also the diversity in scenery. At the top it is cold and crisp with snow capped peaks surrounding the start point.
By Steven Shoppman
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Also posted in Action Sports, Bolivia, New Videos, adventure
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Tagged 4x4, adventure, amazon, biking, Bolivia, brazil, danger, death road, expedition, jungle, la paz, mountain biking, mountains, Off Road, travel, vertigo, Vertigo Biking Co. Pablo Paz, worlds most dangerous road
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I have been spending a lot of time recently trying to get to the point of where we have all of our photos up on the website. Unfortunately, the world was just so damn cool and we had a shutter happy bunch of crew members so trying to sort through over 27,000 photos to caption and upload is taking quite a bit of time. That’s right, 27,000 photos.
By Steve Bouey
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Also posted in Action Sports, Bolivia, New Photos, Road Conditions, Trucks, adventure
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Tagged Bolivia, cliffs, death road, jungle, la paz, road of death, sequoia, toyota, tundra, Vertigo Biking Co. Pablo Paz, worlds most dangerous road
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After the Navimag Ferry dropped us in Puerto Montt, we spent a few days making our way up the coast to Algarrobo, Chile. Algarrobo is home to San Alfonso del Mar which boasts the largest swimming pool (outdoor) in the world.
By Steve Bouey
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Also posted in Chile, New Photos
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Tagged Algarrobo, beach, chile, fishing, Guinnes Record, Narval Buceo, pelicans, San Alfonso del Mar, scuba diving, swimming pool
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February 8, 2009 – 7:04 am
No more shipping the trucks! When we were in the planing stages of the expedition, we could not have possibly imagined how difficult, complicated, convoluted, annoying and downright painful the overseas shipping process could be. After four international, overseas container shipments during the course of the expedition, one would think that we are now knowledgeable experts when it comes to shipping vehicles abroad. The sad reality of the situation is the only thing we really know about putting a vehicle into a container and sending it to another country is that we never care to do it again.
By Steve Bouey
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Also posted in Borders, Visas and Paperwork, Colombia, Interesting, Panama, Shipping, Trip Prep, Trip Thoughts
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Tagged cargo container, Cartagena, cocaine, Colombia, colon, Darien Gap, narcotics, Panama, Police, ship, Shipping, toyota
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