Here is our 86 hour travel day! This is part of the life of a world racer.
Time: 86 Hours of travel
Flying: 31 hours in 5 flights
Waiting: 18 hours
Buses: 12 hours on 5 buses
Sleep: 11 hours
Continents: South America, North America, Middle East (Asia), Africa
Tuesday April 15th
6:10 a.m. Wake up in Cochabamba, Bolivia
6:10-6:30 Shower
6:30 Finish Packing up backpack and meet everyone else outside and wait
8:15-8:40 Take a taxi from the intern house where we were staying to the bus station
8:40 Sit around bus station and finally get on a bus, but it was a different one than we had originally planned
9:30 Get on bus, listen to music, drink Rubie’s water
9:30-4:30 p.m. Ride bus through the Andes mountains to La Paz Bolivia
4:30-5:00 Take a smaller bus from the bus terminal to the hostel for the night
5:00 Hang out in La Paz and witness to a DVD store owner with Nate and Matt Peters.
9:00 Go to bed
Wednesday April 16th
1:00 a.m. Wake up early and shower
2:30 Grab all my stuff and meet everyone downstairs to load the bus to go to the airport.
2:50-3:15 Ride bus to the La Paz International Airport
3:15-4:10 a.m. Hang out in Airport lobby because we are the only ones there, get on the free wireless
4:10-7:00 Go through security and then wait in the terminal
7-8 Fly from La Paz to Santa Cruz
8-9 Wait in airplane for some people to get off and more people to get on.
8:12 a.m. Get hit in the head by Meredith’s electronics purse
9-3:40 p.m. Fly from Santa Cruz to Miami
3:40 -4:30 Go through immigration and customs in Miami airport
4:30-6 p.m. Hang out with Karrie, Megan, Lisa, and J.R. at Chili’s. Seeing my friends was so cool! I love them all so much.
6-7:30 Wait in terminal and board for New York JFK airport
7:30-10:30 Fly from Miami to New York
10:30 p.m. Meet everyone’s friends and family and check in to the Holiday Inn
Thursday April 17th
1:00 a.m. Finally go to sleep
5:20 Wake up and shower
7 Get on shuttle to the airport
7-9 a.m. Wait in airport lobby because airline needs to have our exit flight information too. Say goodbye to everyone’s friends
9:10 Get wonderful McDonald’s food (McGriddle and cinnamon roll)
11:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m Fly from NYC to Abu Dhabi, UAE (12 hr flight) sleep for maybe 3 hours
{Gain 8 hours it is now 7:30 a.m. locally}
Friday April 18th
7:30 a.m. Arrive in Abu Dhabi
9-noon Go to Abu Dhabi mall with Rusty
12-2:30 p.m. Go back through customs and get back to terminal
2:30-11:30 Flight from UAE to Johannesburg, South Africa
{Lose 2 hours so it is 9:30 p.m. locally}
9:30 p.m. Arrive in South Africa
10 – 2:30 a.m. Take a really cramped bus from airport to retreat center. The 3 hour ride took 4.5 hours. Watch Gladiator with Steve.
Saturday April 19th
3 a.m. Go to bed
8:30 a.m. Wake up for breakfast
Time: 86 Hours of travel
Flying: 31 hours in 5 flights
Waiting: 18 hours
Buses: 12 hours on 5 buses
Sleep: 11 hours
