Coroico

We spent a couple of days at the Hotel Esmerelda in Coroico, a couple of hours by bus from La Paz. The road to get there used to be one of the most dangerous in the world, the "death road". Vehicles would slip over the edge on a regular basis, as the road was constantly being washed out by rains and landslids, and was only wide enough for one vehicle at a time for much of it. A couple of years ago now they finally completed the "new" road (which apparently took them over a decade to complete, again because of the landslides, etc.). So while it is much wider than the old road, and heavily reinforced, there are already major repairs underway in parts of it. The old road is now an adventure cycling destination, and you get a t-shirt that says "I survived the Death Road" -- a little tacky, if you ask me, considering all the people who didn't.

Sonja at the pool in Coroico
Sunset from a hammock
The vegetation