Shake, rattle and roll; Cycling the 'most dangerous road in the world' is not for the faint-hearted, but it is a picturesque and hugely exhilarating experience, writes Neil Coppen.(Life)

From: The Sunday Independent (South Africa) | Date: April 6, 2008 | Copyright information

When dealing with South American tour agencies, it is near impossible to separate misleading myth from verifiable fact with most setting out to entice tourists with their Guinness Book of Records-type checklists offering, more often then not, bogus and euphemistic claims.

In each country I've visited, I've received contradictory claims about possessing the world's highest, longest, deepest, tallest, shortest, coldest, hottest, oldest, most spectacular natural wonder.

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