VTH3# 1154

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2 MARCH 2025
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BIG MOUNTAIN  - TWO PAGODA TRAIL

Hares: Chippy, Secs, Bull Ant
Hash Flashers: Chippy, Secs
Ringmaster: N/A
Report: Uncle

Weather: Blue skies, strong breeze.
Hash Cash: 1pm run fees Bull Ant, Secs @ Nắng Vũng Tàu, 5 Lê Ngọc Hân, Ward 1 (Giay Garden side).
Total Hashers: 31
Trail: Delayed start due lack of eco-carts. Finally grouped outside Thích Ca Phật Đài pagoda at 608 Tran Phu. Chalk talk by Secs (edited): “Keep to the right through pagoda grounds and follow red tapes up the side of Big Mountain past many barking dogs to Hem 444 (aka Ho May Park boulevard).
“Walk left along HMP blvd until red tapes signal right turn into jungle, then follow dry dirt rocky track with dense leaf litter and other detritus around hillside and over broken HMP wall.
“Finally emerge onto Vi Ba at hairpin bend above army camp. Walk downhill past coffee shops, turn right through distinctive yellow entrance to Bodharama temple grounds and head downhill through residential area onto Tran Phu.
“Continue around to the left, behind Hilton construction site and along Le Ngoc Han to Mr C’s for Down Down. Total distance ~4.5-5 km.”
Highlights: Interesting artefacts in the Thích Ca Phật Đài pagoda grounds including a 17-metre ‘Blessing tower’, various animal statues, 6.2-metre ‘Meditating Buddha’ on a 4-metre pedestal, rotunda with buddhist mantras, and an impressive 12-metre ‘Reclining Buddha’.
Several varieties of Mr C’s legendary wood-fired pizzas at the Down Down.
Special interest: ‘Thích Ca Phật Đài’ pagoda means ‘Platform of Shakyamuni Buddha’ – a notable Theravada Buddhist temple established in the early 1960s.
‘Namo Buddhaya’ (Bodharama temple gateway inscription) means “Homage to the Buddha” in Pali, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism.
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Down Down: Mr C’s Speakeasy, 3A Lê Ngọc Hân, Ward 1.
Refreshments: A range of wood-fired pizzas. Water melon slices, pineapple chunks. Bia Saigon, Revive, softies, mineral water.
Circle: N/A due chrono, audio and space constraints and respect for Mr C’s other customers.
On on on: Mr C’s Speakeasy.
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 (mismanagement can then adjust transport and/or food and drinks if necessary).
“On On”

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