Mekong IndoChina Hash – Hangover Trail

Sunday morning felt a little rough, but after a quick bite to eat and getting the muscles limbered up, it was off to the rodeo. We made our way over to the same start point as yesterday, that started with a quick meeting to decide the next location for MIH . . . it will be off to Pakse, Laos in November 2024.

Our hangover run today, rightly named so, started out as a city run, with lots of small alleyways and dodging scooters. A few hills later, we found the runner/walker split, and the runners moved on to the forest on south end of the city. A few more hills later, we turned into a park and boarded cable cars to return us to the venue for the afternoon (and meet up with the walkers). It was a pleasant 8 kms in the end, with a 2 km ride up over the forest back to town.

Circle was on the hilltop, which was mostly abusing each country's participants, one at a time. Then we moved inside for lunch. This is where things got a little sideways. Lunch was in a huge open area, providing cooking pots on each table for (we call it Shabu Shabu in Japan) . . . gather your own veggies off the trays, and HOPE they bring you some meat and other ingredients. Well that is not how it went down. Seems we were all vegetarians today, as several of the tables at our end of the hall did not get any meat, just a tray of mushrooms and crackers. No major worries, we managed to fill up on what we had, and all was right in the world.

Tomorrow, some will sleep in and relax, others will go for a water park experience. Then, in the afternoon, we’ll gather for another bus ride into the hinterlands for the anticipated postlube . . . the Yangon Full Moon Hash, which is always a delight in the darkness. On On.Read more