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What about the road from Raikot Bridge to Fairy Meadows in Northern Areas, Pakistan.
Definitely the most scariest road I ever drove on:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=fairy%20meadows%20raikot%20bridge&w=all
Wao! I would not ever drive there.
PS: Do a search for "caracol" in Google Images and you'll notice why the "Los Caracoles" Pass is called so xD (I'm spanish and laughed when I saw the name)
I've been on Caracoles 4 times- it is crazy scary! (and btw a caracol is a snail, in Spanish. Hence the name.)
There are definitely stretches along the White Rim Road through Canyonlands NP in Utah that compete with these road. Maybe not in terms of treachery over the entire length, but it's quite a remarkable thing. Here are two photos I took for reference: Photo 1 and Photo 2. I've actually posted quite a few images recently from my trips to the White Rim Road.
Aaaah. Or how about the Irohazaka Road in Nikko (Japan)? Not only does it look like this, they've got all the hairpins numbered and named, with little signs with flowers on them. A quite harrowing experience, and I wasn't even doing the driving.
Wow, I've been at the Tirana - Elbasan path! It was very dangerous, and I'm one of those who just don't feel safe in a car. Some truck-drivers drove like crazy and we saw two accidents on the way!
The last photo is shopped. There's not enough shadow on the left-hand railing.
I don't see Byrn's comment on the shadow. I do a lot of PS and can't find your reference.
Agreed, I've being using PS for a decade and I can't find any evidence that the last image was tampered with. The shadows look healthy, other than the fact the image was taken with a medium-grade digital camera - or is highly compressed. I question Byrn's claim...
One note about the Skipper's Canyon road: the tourist buses definitely DO NOT go on that road. I used to live nearby and have been on that road several times. It was put in during the gold rush in the 19th century and really has had little work done since then. The blue vehicles shown in the one picture are the biggest ones that go out there. With that said, I agree that it is an awesome and hair-raising road to be on!
Also in NZ, though not as dangerous as it once was, is the Rimutaka Road (or as the locals call it, Rima-puka Road) between Wellington and the Wairarapa valley. It's been widened lately but still has its share of bad accidents.
One more is the Cardrona Road between Wanaka and Queenstown, though this too has been redone (paved now) so it has lost a bit of its original "charm" ;-) . Still enough to make you hurl when making the final descent into Queenstown.
I remember driving on the AlCan Highway before it was paved. The road from Dawson Creek, BC to the border of Alaska was all gravel road. 1,300 miles of fun! haha!
I wish I had some pictures of the hot springs and the herd of Dall sheep. It was the experience of a lifetime for me!
The Alps in Northern Italy are the scariest I've been over. No railings of course, but what really got me were the shrines at the hairpins in memory of the people who didn't make it.
My two cents:
Main road, Pilon, Santiago de Cuba
http://shrani.si/f/a/pb/1yRyIqAg/kuba-143.jpg
i went on los caracoles the day before yesterday... it's pretty tame even including the crazy driving at that spot. other parts along the road are less interesting but more dangerous.
The Caracoles I consider it comparing to others a quite safe route, and I drive fast.
It is not the best but is much away of being a high risk route. Accidents are very unsusual.
The one is worst than others is the way to go up to other ski resorts like the way to Farellones/Valle Nevado. 36 kms (22.3 miles) of curves through a 2 way traffic very narrow road. http://www.caleuche.com/Chile/IMAGENES/MONTANAS/CaminoFarallones.jpg
I laughed at the one with huge sand hill over it.. hilarious.
While taking a roadtrip in Costa Rica I found HORRIBLE roads.. took us hours to go just a few miles. SHEESH..
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we drove down the Remarkables in heavy snowfall and were hugging the mountain so tightly that we crashed into a ditch. It's a terrifying road with sheer drops - that photo shows the safe part at the bottom as far as i can tell.
My heart skipped numerous beats driving up and down that mountain.
The last photo from Part 5 is from Turkey. The truck is from a city called Van, one of the easternmost city in Turkey and is just south of Mount Ararat and west of Armenia. And no, that photo is not photoshopped. :) Turkish villagers are known to do some stupid stuff once in a while..
wonderful posts...definitely enjoyed this....I have been on a pilgrimage to some deep Himalayan ranges from badrinath and kedarnath....definitely they were scarier and only prayers to God made me feel better as i canted some prayers through out my travel....My driver was an Army truck driver.... !!!
We do a Venturer Scout skiing trip to Mr Hutt every year. Last year the road was pretty icy and our chains kept breaking on the van (you can see the traffic we're holding up) I have to say, it is kinda scary if you have the handbrake and footbrake on, and you keep on sliding down. http://narf.co.nz/cgi/scout_photo/index.cgi?album=/Venturers/2009/Methven+2009&mode=viewpicture&picture=max_meth09.JPG and steep drop in foggy conditions? I think this one trumps it :P http://narf.co.nz/cgi/scout_photo/index.cgi?album=/Venturers/2009/Methven+2009&mode=viewpicture&picture=SANY0342.JPG you can just make out the drop on the right.
THE FIRST BRIDGE FROM ALBANIA PART IS LOCATED IN GREECE,IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF IT CALLED EPIRUS. IT'S PLACED IN A REGION CALLED ZAGORIA.THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE IS KOKKOROU BRIDGE.
you're ridht my friend-not even close to Albania-it's GREEK on every rock!!!!
The "potholes from hell" pics are also from Japan -- the outcome of 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake, IIRC, the first time a Shikansen train ever derailed (no injuries). Earthquakes do tend to do funny things with the roads.
Check following roads in Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan Province, and you'll forget the ones on this page:
1. Gilgit - Skardu road
2. Skardu - Deosai road
3. Sost - Misgar road
4. Jaglot - Astore road
The last photo taken in "Kuzgun Köyü, Giresun, Turkey". You can be sure that it's real.
40°53'0.61"N 38°51'48.33"E
The last photo taken in "Kuzgun Köyü, Giresun, TR". You can be sure that it's real.
40°53'0.66"N 38°51'47.71"E
I've seen people do things like that last one . . . on even less substantial bridges.
I've also seen potholes that would put those "potholes from hell" to shame . . .
One was only a meter in diameter, but at least five meters deep.
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