Royal South Side H3 #2744

Previous to Wednesday night on the Little Sai Wan H3, my one and only hash in Hong Kong was with the Royal South Side H3 back in 1998. Now 26 years later, it is fun to be back. The 6 km trail last night was after dark, and once again all up hill . . . how the hell does an A to A trail come out as ALL UP HILL . . . well, it seemed like it anyway. We’ve done so many stairs and so much climbing the past two nights, that I have decided the BB trail on Saturday on the All China Nash Hash is a NO GO! 😉

Anyway, the RS2H3 trail was fun, but I made the mistake at one point of following hashers instead of trail. We had been climbing for eternity, and I was alone and between two groups of hashers. I could see the lights ahead of me on the stairs. When I got to the top, there was nothing, everyone was gone (did I mention it was raining, and the marks were not cooperating?).

Then off in the distance I saw three lights headed down hill . . . so I scampered off after them. Once I caught up, we continued down hill in the dark, when I realized we were not on trail anymore. I gave in, and trusted they knew what they were doing . . . rather than running back up the hill to find the actual trail. That was a good decision, because the did get us back to the finish just as the rest of the pack was coming in.

After a bit, we circled up and had many good laughs. I like the way they do circle, mostly accusations . . . and when you step up to make one, you first take a down down, then proceed. No songs, just rapid fire accusations. It was a fun divergence from singing the same song over and over . . . and over and over . . . etc. Afterwards, we recessed to a local restaurant for another excellent Chinese family style dinner. And then, it was back on the train to Wan Chai, where we reconvened at the Queen Victoria for more drinks. In a few hours, it is time to check in and pick up our goodie bags for All China Nash Hash that will be taking place this weekend. First trail is tonight at 7 pm, and I’m pretty sure it will be all up hill. 😊Read more