VTH3# 1175

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27 JULY 2025
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NUI DINH - TEMPLE TOWN LOOP

Hares: Secs, Chippy, Bull Ant
Hash Flashers: Chom Chom (group photo), Chippy
Ringmaster in training: David
Baptismal sprinkles: Bishop
Esky wrangler: Chook
Report: Uncle

Weather: Humid, scattered showers.
Hash Cash: 1pm run fees Bull Ant, Secs @ Nắng Vũng Tàu, 5 Lê Ngọc Hân, Ward 1 (Paper Garden restaurant side).
Total Hashers: 27
Trail: Passed Ngọc Sơn Dinh temple start point in Nui Dinh Base Area to show Hashmobile driver the Down Down location at end of ‘Temple Boulevard’ (A-B trail), then back to start and dismounted for Chalk Talk by Secs.
Climbed ~650 stone steps through picturesque Ngọc Sơn Dinh temple grounds, then through another temple (with monks offering fruit!) onto Dinh mountain. Followed red tapes (some hidden by fallen trees!) along jungle trail mostly dirt, rocks and leaf litter.
Up and across the mountain over one small stream and a sealed road; past several temples, two burial grounds with ornamental sarcophagi, a tribe of grey monkeys, then a series of long descents with hundreds of stone steps and painted red/yellow handrails back to road level and Down Down area. Total distance ~3 km.
Highlights: Scattered showers but no heavy rain. Picturesque trail, many stone steps but no major rock climbs! Spacious Down Down area.
Down Down: Covered shed with tiled floor and chairs in communal rest area at end of ‘Temple Boulevard’.
Refreshments: Pate so with dips. Water melon slices, pineapple chunks, longans. Saigon Bia, Revive, softies, mineral water.
Circle: Trail rated 10,10/10 “Good”, “Wonderful”. Hares Chippy, Secs, Bull Ant applauded. Hash Virgins Misses Hang and Loan, 12yo Nguyen (all Vung Tau) welcomed. Returnee Suu (Nguyen’s father and sometime Hashmobile driver) welcomed back. 
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. If anyone would like to help set trails, please volunteer at registration.
PLEASE REMEMBER: Hashmobile seats allocated in order of registration but CAN’T BE GUARANTEED if booked less than 24 hours before run start. Also PLEASE CANCEL YOUR REGISTRATION if unable to attend, so mismanagement can adjust/re-allocate seating and/or refreshments.
“On On”

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