Lost in the jungle

Yungas Road was exciting but not as challenging as expected (by me, hehe!), so I began looking for thrills elsewhere. I found soon a mountain road that began descending sharply through the forest. After about 5km the road began to look as if no vehicle has been using it during the past 10 years. Curious to see where it will lead us, we continued.

At one point we met an old woman who was living in a nearby chalet. She advised us the road was leading to a dead end but we couldn´t really understand where and why the road will end.

Thinking the woman wasn´t fully aware of Palomina´s off roading capabilities, I dismissed her warnings and decided to proceed. But after another hour or so through the bushes, we found the answer: the road was no longer in regular use because a rock and mud slide has destroyed a portion of it.

So we had to return, but climbing back with a 200kg bike equipped with 50-50 tires and passenger and luggage is not as easy as it might be on a 150kg cross, so it took us the rest of the day to get back to the asphalt. On some section we had to remove the luggage and/or push in order to make it, and we almost dropped the bike off a cliff. But what would life be without the unexpected?

Tags: offroad