Batavia H3 #2200

After a great weekend in Istanbul, I flew out and headed to Indonesia. Starting a two week stay with a stop in Jakarta, I had three whole days off to relax, but today it was back on trail with the Batavia H3.

Had to take a bus south for over 50 kms to get to the run site, and with all the traffic it took us about 2 hours. About halfway down, it started raining, and it would not stop until we got all the way back to Jakarta several hours later.

Along the way south, the rain was really coming down. Arriving at the start, the rain tapered off a bit, but it would continue to ebb and flow throughout the trail. For a while, the trail (marked with paper) was floating, and hard to see. Then it started getting dark, and made for an even more interesting challenge. It took 90 minutes to complete nearly 6 kms of shiggy.

With the puddles growing, and darkness settling over the land, the pack trickled in to the finish and commenced with the rehydration process, fulfilled with beer. Once the pack had reassembled, the circle consumed the next hour plus, as it continued to drizzle on us.

It was not quite as long coming back, but was still close to 2 hours. Overall, it was a great day on the hash, with many fun aspects.Read more