A 30-minute drive took me to the Trollstigen (the Troll Ladder), a spectacular road snaking up a steep mountain.
Up and down the often spectacular road between Mandalay and Muse (the old "Burma Road") passes a good proportion of the trade between the two countries.
The spectacular road that hugs the cliffs south of Cape Town was closed for several years after a rockslide, but now - safety nets in place - it's open again and a scenic way to the surf beaches of Kommetjie, the old naval base at Simonstown, the penguins at Boulders Beach and the Cape of Good Hope.
"And like most things on The West Wing," he continued, "it's a long, messy, spectacular road to a perfect (likely quippy) end".
Like Alejandro González Iñárritu's Mexican thriller Amores Perros, which brought together its lead characters in a spectacular road-traffic accident, so the lives of everyone in Trapero's parable-like pile-up play out against a car-crash background of unfolding catastrophe – social, political and personal.
Favourite thing: The spectacular roads into the city, especially at night Least favourite thing: Not being able to walk anywhere The first thing I noticed about Moscow was the new money.
Northern Ireland's "money shot" is undoubtedly the Coastal Causeway Route, one of Europe's most spectacular roads which forms part of the second stage of the race and sweeps along the rugged Antrim shoreline and through the glens, before heading back down into Belfast.
And believe me, there are some pretty spectacular roads out there.
Campsites, luggage transfer, road support, meals, bike mechanics, and bike guides are all included--all I (or you) have to do is pedal along some of the most spectacular roads in California, including Highway 1 along the Pacific Ocean.
icemusicfestival.no, 9-12 February 2017, tickets from £34 Book it: Ski Safari has a week self-catering in Geilo from £419pp, including accommodation, flights and transfers Starting in Reykjavik, this trip takes hikers south along the spectacular coast road amid ash mountains, black-sand beaches, waterfalls, and volcanoes.
To reach O'Reilly's, a spectacular 36km road snakes and twists up Green Mountains, skirting vertiginous lookouts, passing through rainforest and under closed canopies.
