Another Mando Win

See Paul's latest message in the blog below. Seems he has once again fought against the weather to win today's stage and yesterday's Mando day! Should be interesting reading his blogs when he finally gets access to his computer. Thanks to Dennis for getting his message through!

One Hell of a Day

Hey
At Camp we just had One hell of a Day it was meant to Be 30 km of very
good smooth Dirt but we had a Lot of Rain last Night and the Road was
a mess. It was hard to go 15 km. There were a Lot of broken Bikes and
People giving up and getting on the Truck. On Mando Day yesterday I
won . When we made it to the Road we all went splashing through
puddles to clean our Bikes and then had a very hard Ride into Head Wind
and Rain. Eventually made it to Lunch and we Sat for Ages Until we got Cold then
struggled through the Head Wind all afternoon but another Win for me!
I am on Dennis's i Pad and the keys are different and it Keeps changing
words to German!!
I cant get the Voice Files off my iPod - you have to do it via my Computer so
will try do it at the next Rest day!!

Goodbye Kari - April 27

Kari has left the tour at the end of the last section (to return to work!!) and I am sure she will be missed by all. Here is her blog from her last day's riding - some of which she shared with Paul:
Kari's blog

No News!!

153 km Mando race day today and the tracker isn't working!! No tweets through yet either!!

Windhoek, Namibia to South Africa Border -916 KM

Fri Apr 29 Stage 81 Windhoek to Weissenfel Campground 114 Km Dirt
Sat Apr 30 Stage 82 Weissenfel to Solitaire campground 124 Km Dirt
Sun May 1 Stage 83 Solitare to Sesriem campground 83 Km Dirt
Mon May 2 REST DAY
Tue May 3 Stage 84 Sesriem to Bette 139 Km dirt
Wed May 4 Stage 85 Bette to Konkeep Lapa MANDO RACE DAY 153 Km Dirt
Thu May 5 Stage 86 Konkeep Lapa to Seeheim 126 Km -last 95 paved
Fri May 6 Stage 87 Seeheim to Hobas Camp, Fish River Canyon 108 Km Dirt
Sat May 7 State 88 Hobas Camp to Felix Unite MANDO RACE DAY 159 Km -last 45 paved
Sun May 8 REST DAY

Sand Dunes at Sossusvlei

Todays rest day gave the riders a chance to visit the sand dunes!
Some great photos coming through:

Rest Day Tomorrow

Received an email from Paul earlier saying all is well - he won yesterday's stage and was on with a good chance of winning today's 40 km time trial when his chain broke! The joys of cycling - he said he was still pleased with his time!! He also told me the magnificent scenery is very green for the desert - as they are experiencing the heaviest rainfall for 70 years. Makes the going tough!! Some amazing sun rises/sunsets are being photographed!! Might have to rely on other riders as his laptop is broken and internet access in the desert is surprisingly not very good!! He tells me he is feeling well!!