Patagonia Expedition Race
Team Feed the Machine/Ibex shows off their stuff in Patagonia
Bernice Pierson / 21.03.2006
Christian Burke; Los Angeles, California
Jayson Brown; Orlando, Florida
Jon Bonwick; San Francisco, California (ENGLAND)
Bernice Pierson; Orange County, California (TEXAS) Most Chileans knew my Texas flag since it is so similar to their country’s flag.
I met Jon and X (Christian) at LAX on Wed, Feb 8. It’s always quite a spectacle to check in to a flight with an oversized bike box, huge gear bag, extra heavy carry-on bag and a full carry-on backpack (AKA my purse; for flight purposes). We did however manage to make it through without any big hassles and without having to pay extra fees. (All extra fees ended up catching up with us in Santiago.)
We flew LAN Chile Airlines from LA to Santiago. We met Jay in Santiago on Thurs, Feb 9 where we completed the last leg of our flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas. After over 24 hours of travel, we arrived in Punta Arenas where Mane (mah-ne), one of the race photographers and writers for Sleepmonsters.com was there to pick us up. He immediately took our head shots, we loaded up the trailer, and drove 20 minutes to our accommodations. They gave us two rooms at the Hostel Bustamantes which was a small but comfortable hostel overseen by a lovely woman named Gloria who gave us access to the entire downstairs hallway and dining area to spread out.
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