{"id":98883194,"date":"2016-03-07T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/?p=98883194"},"modified":"2016-03-07T17:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T22:26:17","slug":"worlds-wildest-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/worlds-wildest-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Weirdest and Wildest Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard of Lombard Street in San Francisco where cars line up to zig-zag down one of the most famous streets in America, but to take the concept of\u00a0<em>ridiculous roads<\/em> even further, Britain&#8217;s Daily Mail just announced their pick for the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/article-3480117\/The-world-s-craziest-road-Dodge-sandcastles-spot-whales-driving-40-mile-Queensland-beach-doubles-main-highway.html\" target=\"_blank\">World&#8217;s Craziest Road<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0which turns out to be a stretch of beach in Queensland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/australia-au-deals\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a>! \u00a0Certainly looks a little more exotic than your average\u00a0commute, which got us wondering about what some of the wildest roads\u00a0around the world\u00a0might\u00a0look like?<\/p>\n<p>To put your morning commute in perspective\u2014here&#8217;s a quick spin\u00a0around 5\u00a0of the world&#8217;s wackiest and weirdest roads. Drive safely!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883204\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883204\" class=\"wp-image-98883204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/North-Yungas-Road-Bolivia.jpg\" alt=\"North Yungas Road, Bolivia. Officially the worlds most dangerous road. A 40 mile stretch of sheer Bolivian terror.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/North-Yungas-Road-Bolivia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/North-Yungas-Road-Bolivia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/North-Yungas-Road-Bolivia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/North-Yungas-Road-Bolivia-810x540.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Yungas Road, Bolivia. Officially the worlds most dangerous road. A 40 mile stretch of sheer Bolivian terror.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883203\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883203\" class=\"wp-image-98883203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Eyre-Highway-Australia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Eyre-Highway-Australia.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Eyre-Highway-Australia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Eyre-Highway-Australia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Eyre-Highway-Australia-810x540.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eyre Highway, Australia. Running for over 1000 miles this road boasts the longest curve-less section in the world at over 90 miles long. Cruise Control!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883202\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883202\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Atlanterhavsveien-Norway.jpg\" alt=\"Atlanterhavsveien, Norway. The Atlantic Ocean Road in Norway is built on and connects several small islands.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Atlanterhavsveien-Norway.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Atlanterhavsveien-Norway-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Atlanterhavsveien-Norway-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Atlanterhavsveien-Norway-810x540.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atlanterhavsveien, Norway. The Atlantic Ocean Road in Norway is built on and connects several small islands.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883196\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883196\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ma-Pi-Leng-Pass-Vietnam.jpg\" alt=\"Ma Pi Leng Pass, Vietnam. At 4,921 feet this is one of the most scenic roads around!\" width=\"1000\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ma-Pi-Leng-Pass-Vietnam.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ma-Pi-Leng-Pass-Vietnam-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ma-Pi-Leng-Pass-Vietnam-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Ma-Pi-Leng-Pass-Vietnam-810x491.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ma Pi Leng Pass, Vietnam. At 4,921 feet this is one of the most scenic roads around!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_98883200\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98883200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98883200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Karakoram-highway-Pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"Simply one of the highest paved roads on the planet!\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Karakoram-highway-Pakistan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Karakoram-highway-Pakistan-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Karakoram-highway-Pakistan-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Karakoram-highway-Pakistan-810x535.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98883200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karakoram highway, Pakistan. This altitude sickness inducing route is simply one of the highest paved roads on the planet!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do you commute on a really weird and wacky road? Let us know if we missed any head scratching highways in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard of Lombard Street in San Francisco where cars line up to zig-zag down one of the most famous streets in America, but to take the concept of\u00a0ridiculous roads even further, Britain&#8217;s Daily Mail just announced their pick for the World&#8217;s Craziest Road,\u00a0which turns out to be a stretch of beach in Queensland, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":98883197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[395,187,397,396,157,192,398],"class_list":["post-98883194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-australia","tag-bolivia","tag-norway","tag-pakistan","tag-san-francisco","tag-vietnam","tag-wild-roads"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98883194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98883194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98883194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98883197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98883194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98883194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98883194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}