We checked out the San Franciso cathedral and the bullet holes in the Granite window which date from Bolivia´s independance in the early 1800´s. We were looking for something for something to do the next day and it was a toss up between two things. If any of you have read the book ´Marching Powder´ you will know about San Pedro Prison. If you don´t then I will give you a quick prece here. If you go to this jail you have to buy your own cell. There are people who live there with 3 story houses! There are restaurants and families and its also one of the biggest Cocaine factories around. You can tour through there for about 75 dollars but most of that goes to the guards as bribes. If you go in you get bodyguards as some of the prisoners resent where your money goes. After hearing/reading a few horror stories, debating over two mountainous ice cream sundaes, we decided to go for the other activity...
The road itself is narrow and winding and has some very long drops straight off the edge (few hundred metres). But when you are on a full suspension mountain bike your eyes are mostly for the road ahead. It was a fantastic experience that we both really enjoyed and got into. Going through the waterfalls cascading from great heights onto the road, pitying the people who did the trip cheaper who didn´t appear to be well looked after. The photos are the ones that tell the story.......
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