InterCaribbean Hash – Day 5

We have arrived on the island of Dominica, and there is no hash here . . . BUT, there is a hasher here, formerly of the Barbados H3. Anytime the Barbados hashers come to Dominica, they call on Semen to set up a trail. When we came off the ship this morning, it was raining, and according the Semen, she set the trail yesterday and it rained all night . . . SO, she was not sure how well the marks (marked with flour) survived. We would soon find out, as she sent us across the street and up the hill. Some of the marks were large, and fared pretty well, but others were likely lost to the rain drops. We managed to find our way around, probably skipped some bits of trail as we meandered back and forth, but the beer was waiting at the end, so nothing was going to stop us.

Semen said the trail was going to be short, but even with a couple of long searching episodes, I still came in at just about 2 miles (3.2 kms). Being old, and in need of a bit more exercise to work off yesterday’s hangover (see what I did there, invoked at least two of the championing requirements of hashing), I set off for another lap, that got me up to at least 3.5 miles on the day. I returned just moments before circle was to start, and we prepared to work on today’s hangover. Circle was a hoot, with lots of good participation. We have several hashers from Guyana with us, and they all wear the same shirts on each day, most of them especially made for this cruise. They have had group down downs every day so far, that’ll teach them. 😊 Overall, we have a lovely international group of hashers from far and wide.

We have only one more day on shore for trail, in Barbados tomorrow, then we finish with one day at sea on Saturday, then sadly we have to say goodbye, but will have loads of good memories. Many thanks to China Brush and Barron Toungess for hosting the grand adventure.Read more