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Old 15 January 2007, 07:19 PM
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Old 15 January 2007, 07:23 PM
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Old 15 January 2007, 07:38 PM
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Is that the Inca trail in Peru?

My ex-boss went last year and had some very similar pictures!!
Old 15 January 2007, 07:58 PM
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Where the hells that!looks scary but fun
Old 15 January 2007, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mangel
Is that the Inca trail in Peru?

My ex-boss went last year and had some very similar pictures!!
Same part of the world, the road in the rocks is Stremnaya Road in Boliva also known as the "Road Of Death", the other piictures are also from Boliva, heres a few more





Old 15 January 2007, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by goonerbear
also known as the "Road Of Death"

cant understand why..............................

would crap myself being scared of heights and all. not a road for me
Old 15 January 2007, 09:20 PM
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Are these the fabled 'twisties'????
Old 15 January 2007, 10:55 PM
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That last photo is mad...
Old 16 January 2007, 12:26 PM
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I would have said those roads were in Barnsley maybe Rotherham
Old 16 January 2007, 02:34 PM
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Not too disimilar to the roads in Switzerland in 2005
http://www.scoobysmacs.co.uk/Videos/...m%20pt%201.wmv
Some very large drop offs there too!
Old 16 January 2007, 02:49 PM
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itnt there a track like that on gt4? lol
Old 16 January 2007, 03:10 PM
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any photos of the wrecked vehicles at the bottom..got to be quite a few down there
Old 16 January 2007, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DaOne
itnt there a track like that on gt4? lol
Rofl - whats it called? Im addicted to that at the minute, done 40% of it so far, all in B-spec mode.

Loveit.
Old 16 January 2007, 05:44 PM
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The road built through the cliff is in Tibet (Taihang Road) but is incorrectly attributed as the Stremnaya Road in Bolivia. The other road may well be in Bolivia. The second pic in post #5 is proper scary. You wouldn't want to sneeze or answer the mobile if you were driving that
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Originally Posted by Brit_in_Japan
The road built through the cliff is in Tibet (Taihang Road) but is incorrectly attributed as the Stremnaya Road in Bolivia. The other road may well be in Bolivia. The second pic in post #5 is proper scary. You wouldn't want to sneeze or answer the mobile if you were driving that
I stand corrected,got pics of a mate, wasn't lucky enough to take them my self, still pretty scary though
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