For centuries, roads enabled exploration, trade, and travel, but the world's most treacherous roads hold great dangers: even death.
EPISODE 1
Bolivia, Ivory Coast, Georgia
Some roads are wide, splendid, and famous. One road in the Bolivian Andes, which links La Paz with the Yungas region in the tropical lowlands, is not only a commercial route for coca leaves, tropical fruit, and electrical appliances, it is road full of adventure and tragic fates.
EPISODE 2
Afghanistan, South Africa, India
Surrounded by mountains, the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan is a horrific road through dust and ice in Taliban country. Anyone taking this route through the Hindu Kush is challenging fate! It is an arduous link between the capital, the northern part of the country, and Pakistan.
EPISODE 3
Pakistan, Madagascar, Bangladesh
The Karakorum Highway, known as KKH, is a two thousand kilometer long trunk road linking Pakistan with China that threads its way between the cliffs and landslides of the Himalayas. Nanga Parbat in the is one of the world?s highest mountains.
EPISODE 4
New Zealand, Scotland, Australia
Skipper's Canyon is a fascinating gorge you can see from Arthur's Point when you're heading for Queenstown, New Zealand. A look out of the window shows just why it's risky: a yawning chasm on the right and steep cliffs on the left!