Changwat Samut Prakan

Well, if you have been reading my previous posts, you already know that Seoul was a bust. Due to the bronchitis, had to wave off of flying up to the much colder Seoul for the weekend, in order to lay in bed and get well. Very dissapointed to miss the 20th Anniversary (and 1000th trail) of the Seoul Southside H3, but the wear and tare on my body may have crushed me. So stay in Bangkok, resting in bed, and getting healthy was the absolute right choice. Felt good enough to go out for trail.

S2H3 - What an irony . . . as I was typing this, I just realized I missed my S2H3 (Seoul Southside H3) trail in Seoul, but got to run the S2H3 (Siam Sunday H3) trail in Bangkok. It was an interesting trail, off in another area I have not hashed in, at least as far as I know (many trails run here over the past 20 years). Driving in, we could see the start was next to a lake. As we pulled into the parking lot and got out of the car, there was a pungent odor. Upon closer examination, we could see dozens of fairly large dead fish floating along the shoreline. Seems something catastrophic happened. There were still birds floating on the water, and smaller fish still gasping for air swimming around. So some kind of pollution must have taken the air out of the water. Anyway, the trail was out in a different direction, and while it did have many odors of its own, we did not have to smell dead fish. Trail was an excellent jaunt through various rice fields, grass fields, and various other dirt paths that kept us guessing. We even got into a bit of mud running through a construction site, but mostly flat and dry treking as we made our way along. Back at the finish, darkness somehow damped the noxious stench of dead fish as we saw the new mismanagement take over the reigns of the hash. I was near dead last the whole way, but managed to finish trail within 10 minutes of the pack. Looking at the directions, seems we'll be on the same end of town for the Monday Hash. https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqodPV9nKv

BMH3 - Another fabulous trail with the Bangkok Monday H3. The first check saw a half dozen hashers head off the wrong way, all either found their way back to start, or eventually worked their way back into trail further upstream. Trail was full of dirt tracks, along rice paddies and farmers fields. A couple tricky back checks had the whole pack twisted around, at one point, the FRBs had to make their way around the Octogenarians on trail. As darkness settled over the trail, the pack managed to stumble their way into the finish, where copious amounts of cold refreshments awaited. Many thanks to the hares . . . and FUN, was had by all. https://www.relive.cc/view/vZqNNLGdA3q

Tuesday was an opportunity to scout for our trail next week (we're haring the Thursday Trail), so we spent couple hours going and coming, and a couple hours looking around, and have a pretty solid trail in mind. In the evening, I got the rare opportunity to run on Ibo Ibo's new Bangkok Tuesday H5 (third trail in 8 months). It turned out to be more fun than I expected. Was billed as a drinking hash, and it was, but we also ran over 6 Kms while hitting 5 bars along the way. Jo went to the regular Tuesday Hash dinner at the Kiwi, and we met up later in the evening for dinner. A little too much beer, but an excellent evening. https://www.relive.cc/view/v26M87WDGEO

BH4 - As it turns out, the Bangkok Harriettes trail today was the exact same trail set for the Bangkok Men's Hash 10 days ago. With so many hashes going on every week, sometimes you have to maximize your efforts, and this one is no exception. It was still an excellent trail the second time around. https://www.relive.cc/view/vZqNNLmVj3qRead more