Sunday November 19th
We rolled into HCM as the sun rose having "enjoyed" a few hours sleep on the bus. Luckily our hotel said the room would be ready at 8am so we found breakfast and were soon relaxing. Tim spent some of the morning looking at tour options on our way out of Vietnam and doing internet duty, Tracy slept.
At lunchtime we wandered down towards the old center of town for the local Hash Run, booking a 3 day tour of the Mekong River Delta (finishing with a boat back to Cambodia) and taking in some sights en route. The hash run a bus from the center which proved an excellent way to get a crowd of maybe 35 runners to a spot out of the city, and sheltered us from a sudden downpour.
The run was HOT and took us around an old flooded quarry (always a good hash site the world over), through villages and over some scrub. They lay shredded paper for the trail and sometimes economized by leaving us without marks for a while. However the hare was up at the front of the pack and sometimes seemed to forget that he was supposed to get us to follow trail and not lead. However he did have to lead when we took a deliberate loop so we didn't start running in circles... the excuse was that there was only one bridge over a stinking sewer of a stream and I for one was glad not to be wading at any point!
The run to the water break was long (we were warned) and near the end an attack of bees made things interesting (sometimes it is good to be a quick runner as those behind got nailed more) but overall the run was fun. And we liked the water/ beer check so much we decided not to do the very short last leg (leaving us with a nicer spot to circle near a lake but a long walk to the bus after) and settled down to kebabs and beer. Tracy walked the whole short trail and though sore her leg held up well.
Once night fell we retired to the bus where Tracy and I led some singing and fun was had by all. The night ended with an on after at a pleasant bar in the city, a very good day. In a bout of "small world syndrome" Tim met a hasher who had lived in his home town for 12 years and we'd also like to thank her for lending us money for the taxi home and pointing us the right direction.
At lunchtime we wandered down towards the old center of town for the local Hash Run, booking a 3 day tour of the Mekong River Delta (finishing with a boat back to Cambodia) and taking in some sights en route. The hash run a bus from the center which proved an excellent way to get a crowd of maybe 35 runners to a spot out of the city, and sheltered us from a sudden downpour.
The run was HOT and took us around an old flooded quarry (always a good hash site the world over), through villages and over some scrub. They lay shredded paper for the trail and sometimes economized by leaving us without marks for a while. However the hare was up at the front of the pack and sometimes seemed to forget that he was supposed to get us to follow trail and not lead. However he did have to lead when we took a deliberate loop so we didn't start running in circles... the excuse was that there was only one bridge over a stinking sewer of a stream and I for one was glad not to be wading at any point!
The run to the water break was long (we were warned) and near the end an attack of bees made things interesting (sometimes it is good to be a quick runner as those behind got nailed more) but overall the run was fun. And we liked the water/ beer check so much we decided not to do the very short last leg (leaving us with a nicer spot to circle near a lake but a long walk to the bus after) and settled down to kebabs and beer. Tracy walked the whole short trail and though sore her leg held up well.
Once night fell we retired to the bus where Tracy and I led some singing and fun was had by all. The night ended with an on after at a pleasant bar in the city, a very good day. In a bout of "small world syndrome" Tim met a hasher who had lived in his home town for 12 years and we'd also like to thank her for lending us money for the taxi home and pointing us the right direction.
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