Yungas
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The Yungas is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into Northwest Argentina at the slope of the Andes pre-cordillera
Yungas Road in Bolivia
Yungas Road
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The Yungas Road, commonly referred to as Death Road, is a 64-kilometer long cycle and vehicle route linking the city of La Paz with the Yungas region of Bolivia. It was built in the 1930s by the Boliv
Yungas
…the economic system of the prehispanic Andes. The Yungas also contains one of the most deadly roads in the world, called the "camino de la muerte," or Highway of Death. Due to the mountainous terrain an entrepreneurial coca harvester created a network of zip lines that permit rapid travel from peak to peak by farmers…
Panoramic view of the North Yungas Road, commonly known as the Death Road, connecting the Yungas region with La Paz, Bolivia.
A cliff along the road
The old North Yungas Road before the new road opened