Updates from David on Patricia's Rally progress. Posted June 17 2008.
630 km (of which 295km Special Section)
Not a good couple of days on the TransOrientale. Yesterday a chinese driver stopped to help another car out of trouble. The towing cable snapped and hit him across the face. He was taken to hospital and died this morning.
Yesterday the Rally entered Kazakstan. With temperatures rising to about 35 degrees, the green pastures of "tele tubby" land were making way for drier desert like conditions. Motorcyclists had a police escort into town, to change money at the bank, as it was not safe to go alone! The special stage was tough and Patricia "dropped" her bike once. Many people failed to find a check-point and got a 3 hour time penalty. She called me with 200km to go. The night before she had her first (cold) shower. The roads were getting rougher - so the van is still a major concern. By the end of yesterday, she has achieved 26th place for the day and 24th overall. Still in the top half of the field.
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