VTH3# 1116

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9 JUNE 2024
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BIG MOUNTAIN - CAMBODIAN TEMPLE TRAIL

Hares: Secs , Chippy
Hash Flashers: Chippy, Chom Chom
Ringmasters: Chom Chom, Bishop
Circle video: Flower Pot
Report: Uncle

Weather: 31C, overcast. Shady trail.
Hash Cash: 1 pm run fees Secs, Bull Ant @ Nắng Vũng Tàu, 5 Lê Ngọc Hân, Ward 1.
Total Hashers: 36
Trail: 4 eco carts to 33 Trần Xuân Độ via 750 Trần Phú. Chalk Talk by Secs then red marker tapes onto the hillside and past two temples incl. one with Khmer-style intricate stone handrail carvings to make an all-up total 611 steps! 
Continued uphill along winching rails until paused ‘en masse’ to search for alternate trail around newly-claimed land, making 2 trails for the price of 1: “On On!”
We eventually reached the summit and crossed Hem 444 aka ‘Ho May Park road’ for southern side downhill leg. Over broken park wall then a long and sometimes very steep and rock-strewn forest trail until finally emerging onto sealed road at a Vi Ba hairpin above the army camp.
Then more downhill past the coffee shops, through Chùa Bồ Đề (Bodharama temple at 25 Vi Ba) and residential area to Trần Phú. Finally circled behind the Hilton to Nắng VT/Paper Garden at 5 Lê Ngọc Hân for Down Down. Total distance ~5 km.
Highlights: Views over shipyards on the uphill leg, and Ganh Rai Bay aka Vung Tau bay on the descent. An ‘extra trail’ to bypass an unexpected land ownership claim(!). Sumptuous Down Down spread at Nắng Vũng Tàu’s stylishly renovated Giấy Garden café.
Down Down: Giấy (Paper) Garden café.
Refreshments: Rice/egg salad, beef slices, ‘shaking chicken’ (gà lúc lắc), hot chips(!), calamari; pineapple chunks, water melon; Saigon Chill, softies, mineral water.Circle: Trail rated 9.5,10,10+/10; “enjoyable”, “terrific”, “good”. Hares Secs and Chippy thanked. Hash Virgins Nguyet/Julia (ex-Thai Binh/Hanoi) and Trang welcomed. An encouraging 9 Returnees welcomed back. New Names ‘Cindy’ and ‘Wind’ recognised. Baptismal sprinkles by Bishop.
On on on: Mr C’s Speakeasy pub, 3A Lê Ngọc Hân.
Next week: Watch this space, Zalo, facebook page @VungTauHHH and direct emails for details of next week’s run.
PLEASE REMEMBER: We can all help to keep run fees as low as possible by cancelling registration if suddenly unable to attend (the committee can then order a smaller/cheaper bus and fewer meals if necessary).
“On On”

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