Hot Roads - The World's Most Dangerous Roads

It is a road of mountain passes and India’s access to the roof of the world – the Himalayas. This 475-kilometer long route at the northernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent connects the cities of Manali and Leh at the heart of the Ladakh region.

The Harmattan, the hot desert wind of the Sahara, is blowing without respite. It has no pity for the people who live here. Whoever wants to go from one place to another has to travel on roads that hardly deserve this name.

The roads at the Arctic Circle are covered in ice and snow almost eight months out of the year. Conditions that would lead to a total collapse further south are routine for the experienced men of the High North on the road in their trucks.

In this episode we head to Bolivia.