It winds and snakes, twisting relentlessly. What the road lacks in pavement and guard rails it makes up for in scenery. The views are spectacular. The ride is like flying. Sheer drops showcase the meetings of mountains at the distant bottom.
Waterfalls tower inside the curl of hairpin turns.
Covered in lush green, the mountainsides give the illusion of a soft, padded fall, but makeshift memorial crosses and tombstones doting the roadside belie this. For the people that must travel this road often, the Yungas road is not merely a passageway to the thick dense jungles of Bolivia, but is in itself a rite of passage. In the dry season, the road is treacherous. The rainy season makes it worse. Mud slides, falling rocks and overflowing waterfalls spill onto the road, making traversing it incredibly dangerous.