Bolivia is small, and is continually loosing territory to larger neighbors, yet it seems the best able to resist gringo culture. A few people die each month biking down to Corioco, failed brakes, loss of steering, bumped by trucks etc, but the bus ride back up is far scarier. I heard that over 800 had died in '02 on this stretch of road by August. All photos are Copyright Sheldon North 2003 Purchase of prints does not permit reproduction or distribution