Wednesday, June 10, 2009


















This is an interesting picture.  The road to the jungle is
the main road from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz and
therefore heavy traffic.  However the condition of the
road is very, very bad.   For one thing it goes up and
over the Andes, lots of rain washes out the road all
the time.  In fact the bookkeeper at the school and
her husband were involved in a landslide on this 
very road 3 mo.s ago and had to hike over the land
slide.  They were stranded 3 days before they got
out.  Let me tell you it gets cold up there at night,
and the facilities are few and far between and very 
primitive at best!  Anyway, this truck was coming
down the grade, and it is steep all the way with
no safety pull out for run away trucks.  Evidently
his truck got away from him and the trailer got
in front of the tractor and jack knifed.  Didn't
look like the driver was hurt, but bet he had a
heck of a time getting out of that cab.  Luckily,
it happened at one of the wider stretches in the
road or it would have taken hours to get traffic
around the wreck.  Notice it was on gravel!  The
dust was terrible.  Had to wait a few min.s just
to get a clear picture.  Had to say a thanks prayer 
for the driver because the other side of the 
road was a drop off to a deep gorge with a
river at the bottom.  The outcome might have
been very different if the truck had swung the
other direction.  Notice the sign under the
truck cab, it is a no passing sign!  A little
satirical don't you think!




1 comment:

Kevin said...

This is better than the Travel Channel. You two need your own show! Tomey and Jody's little sister, Tabitha, resembles Carl. Great work, Joeline! Miss you both!