PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MAJOR SPONSOR, SAN MIGUEL! For all San Miguel products in Vung Tau: Ms Dao Email: dao.na@sanmiguel.com.vn Office phone: 08.39976377 (Mondays thru Fridays, 8am - 5pm) Mobile: 0903 886 899 Home, office, party etc deliveries a specialty! 21 August 2016 LIGHTHOUSE HILL (SMALL MTN) - "Rain stopped play!" Hares: Uncle, Cap St Jacques Hash Flash: Fot tret Ringmaster: Basil Report: Uncle We departed Hon Ru Ri under sunny skies for the 1.5 km hike around the Front Beach Park to Mr Ket, then behind the row of shops, bars, restaurants and hotels to the pagoda steps opposite house 2/2. A chalk-talk from co-Hare Uncle, and then it was up the 200+ pagoda steps and into the undergrowth with more steps until a sharp left turn up the hill to eventually climb (with help from CSJ) onto what used to be our familiar dirt road, but is now freshly sealed between the Army camps. Right along the sealed road to enjoy the stunning views of Vung Tau Bay and Big Mountain, then continue on the stony track at the end of the sealed section after it does a righthand hairpin down to Halong (our way down). Eventually reaching a set of stone steps on the left, we ascended for a while until they merged into medium density undergrowth and the red eco-marker tape became our "signposts" to the left of the bia hoi's on the side of the sealed road to the Lighthouse. Right turn and up to the Lighthouse to share more stunning scenery - this time of the city and Back Beach - with many locals and tourists. Once everyone was accounted for, we started the descent down through the medium density undergrowth behind the Bia Hoi's to the junction of sealed "Army" road and narrower hem down to Mr Ket. Then repeat the 1.5 km hike back around Front Beach to Hon Ru Ri where the eskies where waiting! Ringmaster Basil called the team photo and Circle as the skies suddenly threatened rain, and Lady D volunteered to rate the trail. "It had all the elements - 10/10" was the verdict, with Lady D joining co-Hares Uncle and Cap St Jacques to graciously accept the offer of free beer for a Down Down! Hash Virgins Hoang and Ms Khoi were introduced, along with sponsors Shaky and Ms Tam. Then Returnees Huong Giang (Princess' daughter) and Blackhawk were welcomed back. No time for sinners this week because the rain had already started! Basil announced that next week's trail will be an Away run to be confirmed (we're contemplating the trail to the lookout rock behind the nun and monks' houses in Minh Dam Secret Zone, but August is a busy month for buddhist worship activity and it might be safer to avoid any possible congestion at pagodas until September). As always, watch the NEXT RUN box for confirmation later this week (after we get the promised report from Minh Dam). We'll meet at Hon Ru Ri next Sunday, as usual: 2 pm for 2.30 pm start - in any weather! On On! VTH3 #747 PHOTO GALLERY VTH3 #747 GPS TRACE AND DATA COURTESY CAP ST JACQUES:
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MAJOR SPONSOR, SAN MIGUEL! For all San Miguel products in Vung Tau: Ms Dao Email: dao.na@sanmiguel.com.vn Office phone: 08.39976377 (Mondays thru Fridays, 8am - 5pm) Mobile: 0903 886 899 Home, office, party etc deliveries a specialty! 14 August 2016 BIG MOUNTAIN - Waterfall trail, top down Hares: Uncle, Cap St Jacques, Basil Hash Flash: Grozny II Ringmaster: Basil Report: Basil Half an hour before registration opened at Hon Ru Ri, a sudden big rain dropped and, although it was over quickly, may have scared some people but 24 dedicated Hashers still arrived at 2 pm. As departure time came, Basil led the group to Hem 89 and up to Vi Ba street for the Chalk-Talk. He explained the trail started going on the sealed road, past the monkey pagoda and sugar-cane coffee shop, up the broken road to near the top of the mountain, then go over the side by red marker tape and down the dirt track around the mountain, then all Down Down at Hon Ru Ri. A warning that the rain in the first hour might cause the dirt trail to be slippery, so proceed with caution. Also, locals warn that during rainy season, snakes come out near the waterfall. As we “On-On” up the sealed road, we passed the monkey pagoda and junior Hasher Vi spotted a monkey which prompted fellow junior Hasher Messi to want to shake the monkey’s hand. Realising Messi had no food to give, the monkey chased Vi and Messi away. Once we arrived at the sugar-cane coffee shop, some Hashers decided to take a break to buy sugar-cane juice, while Basil waited patiently at the red tape leading down the mountain. We climb around the mountain carefully, with stronger men Hashers helping the Ladies and junior Hashers and returnee Robert supported older Hasher “Bunny”. We walked to the waterfall but despite all the rain yesterday and first hour today, there were no water, which was disappointing; we help junior Hasher Vi get rid of the millipedes since she afraid those creatures. We come out of the undergrowth and saw the beautiful scene of front beach and we all take lots of pictures. We finally coming to the “crossroads” area and headed down the mountain. We saw lots of teenagers went back up the mountain and lots of kids thought these teens went to the mountain because they playing Pokemon GO. As we safely down the sealed road and walk back to Hon Ru Ri, Bunny’s group take the road of the under construction museum. The ladies were surprised to saw a small long green snake near the edge of the wall but, with sudden scream from the ladies, the snake go away disappear under the other side of the wall! We reach safety at the Down Down where the San Miguel beer waiting and lots of exciting experience things to tell. We hold the group picture with today Hash Flash Grozny II, and then the Circle by Ringmaster Basil. First, we advise junior Hashers that ice water shower is a No-No, but ankle-height water is alright, since we don’t want people get a cold or mechanic damage to their phones, etc. After the welcome message and round of applause for dedicated Hashers, Basil coming in the middle of the Circle as Co-Hare and Veteran Hasher Bunny was selected to rate the trail. “Nice work-out day” and she award 8/10 for this trail. We welcome Hash Virgin Ms Dung, introduced by Diamonds. We also welcome back returnee Robert with reason “Staying in Saigon to study Vietnamese,” so he gets the special “sinners” cup made by Radio Wave. We now bring in Andrey and Robert for their 6th run hashtags: for Andrey, “Tall Tree” since he is v.tall; Robert is called “Big Bird”. And finally announce next week’s trail is on small mountain (Lighthouse Hill) and Basil is volunteer as live Hare (STOP PRESS FRIDAY: Uncle and Cap St Jacques have volunteered to mark the trail today). Not confirmed yet, but the following week probably Minh Dam Secret Zone to a lookout point we haven’t visited for a long time. We'll meet at Hon Ru Ri next Sunday, as usual: 2 pm for 2.30 pm start - in any weather! On On! VTH3 #746 PHOTO GALLERY GPS trace and trail info courtesy Cap St Jacques:
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MAJOR SPONSOR, SAN MIGUEL! For all San Miguel products in Vung Tau: Ms Dao Email: dao.na@sanmiguel.com.vn Office phone: 08.39976377 (Mondays thru Fridays, 8am - 5pm) Mobile: 0903 886 899 Home, office, party etc deliveries a specialty! 07 August 2016 LONG SON ISLAND - "A tale of two bottles and a mug..." Hares: Basil, SamSon Hash Flash: Shaky. Additional photos: Radio Wave Ringmaster: Basil Report: Uncle Intermittent cloud cover promised a fairly hot afternoon's hashing as we registered at Hon Ru Ri and boarded the Hashmobile for Long Son Island. Basil's chalk talk included a reminder that the many dogs we would encounter on today's trail were only doing their job as guards and unlikely to bite, especially if you maintain a steady pace as you pass them - and off we went! Many locals wondered why these strange people were happily chattering through the flat countryside when there's a big mountain nearby - but they wouldn't know, of course, that flat terrain is a novelty for VTH3 hashers, and an occasional welcome interlude from our usual mountain trails. On and on we went, with the occasional false trail for more novelty value (co-Hare Basil later admitted they'd forgotten to remove the marker tapes when deciding to go a different way!) - until we reached the sealed road which would take us back to the bus and Circle venue at Son Thuy Ngu garden restaurant, with plenty of space for perspiring hashers to eat, drink and socialise. It was here that FRBs Uncle and Viking decided to throw in a bit of variety by heading off down an old trail around the oyster farms - encouraging everyone else to follow, which they did! We were back on the sealed road and within reach of the restaurant when the skies opened and all but a few front runners were quickly drenched! Foodies Basil and Anti had arranged a tasty spread to be washed down with not just San Miguel and softies this week, but also a couple of bottles of Korean firewater courtesy of returnee Cap St Jacques - which left more than 1 or 2 hashers feeling rather "woozy"! Ringmaster Basil called the Circle and invited "special person of the day" Radio Wave to rate the trail. A combination of points for the trail (as amended to include the oyster farms), plus the weather and various other factors finally resulted in a total of 10/10! Co-hare Basil dutifully Down Downed two cups on behalf of himself and absent co-hare SamSon. Hash Virgins Colleen, Erik and Carlo were welcomed into the fold, followed by returnees Cap St Jacques, Bus Stop and Brenda. CSJ's excuse for absence was rated worthy of the Tube of Shame, with predictable results! Then sinners Basil (see "false trails" comment above) and Uncle (oyster farms diversion) showed that Radio Wave's "sinners cups" are a worthy addition to the VTH3 inventory by also soaking themselves in beer, which was quickly diluted by the "water bombs" being thrown around by excited junior hashers! Then Radio Wave was invited back into the Circle to receive a mug with Hashing photos of his family as a souvenir to remind him of VTH3 while he's in Russia for the next two months or so. Bon voyage, RW - we miss you already! The trip back into Vung Tau was the usual noisy affair - with the international song festival given additional oomph(!) by the Korean firewater mentioned above, and Anti's determination to ensure we emptied the second bottle before arriving back at base camp! A dozen or so hardy Hashers then decided to "On On On" with a farewell dinner for Radio Wave, until the day's exertions and libations took their inevitable toll and everyone trudged home for a well-earned sleep! We'll meet at Hon Ru Ri again next Sunday, as usual: 2 pm for 2.30 pm start - in any weather! On On! VTH3 #745 PHOTO GALLERY VTH3 #745 GPS TRACE AND STATS BELOW COURTESY RETURNEE CAP ST JACQUES: TEAM PHOTO BELOW AND LINK TO A SELECTION OF RADIO WAVE'S OTHER PHOTOS:
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