The Death Road - 60km downhill biking.

The worlds most dangerous road. A narrow 40km stretch of road along a cliff edge, barely wide enough to carry one bus, carried 2 way traffic for years. It is so narrow, and with a 400m drop on one side and a rock on the other, if busses met, one had to reverse backwards till it reached a point in the road wide enough. The road is very whindy(bendy), and it resulted in many buses driving off backwards!
Went weith a bunch of people i have been travelling with briefly. We started at 4700m. The bikes were top of the range, we got loads of protective gear and wore loads of warnm clothes, coz it was absolutlu FREEZING up there! The first stretch which lasted just over half an hour was all tarmac, and wide roads. Then after about 20km we reached the real DEATH ROAD. Not only have many buses gone over the edge, but as have many cyclists, due to stupidity, faulty breaks, or just being an idiot!
It was quite tough.. required loads of concentration, and was qiuite difficult as the path had loads of loose stones which are easy to skid on, many tight corners - which are easy not to make.
The 40km took about 3 hours. Quite a few stops, as the guide always kept us informed on what was coming up next, and how not to kill ourselves! We also had loads of photos and films taken, which was great. We managed to finish the bike ride with only 2 accidents. One due to boys racing eachother, but it was a minor cut along the arm, and a girl whose entre chin was ripped open. Whilst riding under a waterfall her tyres slipped and she flew over the handlebars straight onto her chin! poor girl.
At the end of the fday however, we had a lovely surprise in store. we were taken to an animal sanctuary. All the animals were fere to roam. So we had monkeys jumping onto our shoulders and parrots(makaws) and we played with a baby ossilate!
Over all the company -Gravity that i went with was great. good guide, we got a free beer, free t-shirt and taken tp the sanctuary where we could have free hot showers and buffet lunch!
That evening my Polish also came in useful!! I translated 2 A4 pages of advertising about the Hostel i am staying at Into POLISH, and for that i got 2 free nights!! Rock on!