That's not a traffic jam, it's just that the bus before those two cars before ours must have needed to really drive slowly on this one cause as you can see, its top almost hit that part of that rocky mountain sticking out on the road. Unconsciously, I held my breathe watching that bus go through that cause it looked like it's going to get dented on its top.
What do you think those nets above that suggest? Falling boulders or debris? Both?
Just when you get to breathe after watching the bus go through it smoothly, a truck popped out of nowhere, also taking it slowly, once again, making me unconsciously hold my breathe till it was through.
More of those rock bulks and we were all almost moving at 10km per hour. Biking would have been better with that speed ha ha! Well, at least the driver on that bus is really cautious, no point of over taking the guy, it was just too narrow and there's always an oncoming traffic, it would test your patience as a driver.
More nets ... can't imagine what this roads look like in winter.
... then the rails vanished and were replaced with cones. Seriously? On this narrow, steep, curved road? Are you kidding?
It went on like that and we've reached a fork. We took the one going upward. Can you imagine what's in the middle of that fork? This.
On the way to Kriens, we passed by hotels and restos which are literally built on cliffs like those houses in Baguio if you've been there, except for they're not in rows. They would pop out of the greens like mushrooms spread apart on a field of grass. The resto has terraces hanging out on the cliff and mind you, it was even full and the people on it looked happy.
We passed by several considerably dangerous roads and tunnels there, this is actually a good one. It's well lit and there are emergency lanes on the sides compared to the ones we went through to get to Grindelwald, which have no emergency lanes at all and both lanes are very narrow and neither were they well lit.
Anyway, these roads kind'a remind me of the narrow, curved and very dangerous road called "Bituka ng Manok" in the Philippines which literally means - "chickens' intestines" if you've seen or eaten one then you can imagine how thin the lanes are.
When it's rainy, a mudslide could block the road, no boulders may roll but you see, a mudslide could also bury a car. Even when it's sunny, if someone steps on the gas and make one wrong maneuver, they could get thrown off the cliff. It has taken many lives because the fall would really be deep. At least in the Alps, the fall won't be that deep though still, very, very dangerous.
How about where you are? Are there any dangerous roads similar to this?
Where and what does it look like? Has it ever taken lives?
How did you feel while driving through them? Share in the comment below?
