Lvea

We had a casual morning, gathered up our dirty clothes to turn in on the way . . . and headed out to the designated meeting point for the day's events. Somewhere between 60-90 hashers boarded boats and headed up river to the trail head. After about 90 minutes, we pulled to shore amid some screeching wanna be karaoke singers in what looked like an abandoned house construction. The house looked like it would be awesome if finished, but was just a basic shell. After climbing up a ladder to ground level, we had a quick circle for instructions. There were two trails, runners and walkers, and they were marked in white paint dots, circles, and arrows. The walkers were basically going to do a group walk for about 7 Kms, while the runners had a 12-13 Km actual trail. Easy choice, off we went on the runners trail (even though I am still walking). It was an interesting trail through single file dirt tracks, farmers fields, and dirt roads. We had a bit of scare at one point, when a few cows got spooked and tried to run over a few hashers . . . no injuries reported (Jo had to jump into some pricker bushes, but nothing hurt). At about the 7 Kms point, we had a water stop, where we all gathered up again, and then off into the dust for the remainder of trail. For the next 20 minutes we wandered down this road covered with an inch of dust that felt like walking on the moon. At the 10 Km point, a bunch of runners had gathered having completely lost trail. We all arrived at the same point together, the hare's instructions were just go down this road for 2 kms, when you hit the pavement, turn right and go to the water. I guess some things are to difficult to do . . . like finish marking your trail. So off we went, just like the hare said . . . turn right on the pavement, and 250 meters later we are on the shore, end of trail . . . but not end of story. We hung around the parking lot for about another 30 minutes, when the walkers pulled up in tuk-tuks. Hahahaha . . . seems the hares did not know where the end was. They had all spent 2 hours wandering around, eventually getting lost, and sat waiting for instructions for another hour, when finally they just got a ride. Lots of grumbling as they staggered in. The daylight was getting short, and the food was finally served up. Circle did not get started until the sun was fading in the sky, so most of it was in the dark. Fortunately, it was a short circle, and we soon boarded the boats for the return trip. Overall it was a fun day, a decent trail, and a good time. Beer has a way of making all the little SNAFUs fade away, and easy to remember all the good times. And so it is written. https://www.relive.cc/view/vPv4Jd1PeR6

Out of curiosity, I looked up the trail from the last time I was in Cambodia (Aug 2012), and it was on the next island over from where we ran this time. Trail was very similar in style, also a good time. https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2146…Read more