Mekong Indo-China Hash + NEXT RUN DETAILS on 04th December + WORDS/PHOTOS

Samford Inc RA, Skidmark, Sherpa, Rumourmonger and Spice Girl were among around 260 hashers from some 30 countries who took part in the Mekong Indo-China Hash in Laos in October.  As the most heavily bombed country on the planet, per capita (with about 80 million unexploded ordnance still lurking about the place), Laos might not sound like an ideal hash location. But we had a ball. Highlights included the traditional Red Dress run around the World Heritage listed town of Luang Prabang and a spectacular street procession marking the end of the Buddhist fasting period. 

The hash pièce de résistance, for all the wrong reasons, was the so-called hangover or recovery run. This exhausting stumble in the jungle turned out to be even longer – and definitely more hazardous – than the 12km ball-breaker the previous day! So long, in fact, that some hashers missed flights that afternoon and the many Aussies amongst us missed the live telecast of the Australia-New Zealand Rugby World Cup game (not such a bad miss, given the result!)

All set for the Red Dress run from our curiously named hash HQ, Hotel Phousi (pronounced pussy we're told) L-R Slocum and Jackoff from Singapore Lion City HHH, Rumourmonger, Sherpa and Skidmark. Spice Girl is behind the camera

And they called this the Recovery Run!!!!

Beautiful scenic view at Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang Hash culinary delights!!!!!

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Next Run - Sunday 04th December 2011 + Photos

Next Run 04th Dec 2011 - Your Hares: Verbal Diarrhoea & Bite and Suck

Location: Carina - address will be e-mailed out later.     Start Time: 5 pm

Run Report: 6/11/11    -       Cuntry boy hits town

It was the turn of our Grandmaster, Cuntry Member, to lay trail on Sunday November 6, and he didn’t disappoint. In just a few months, he has morphed from a steady plodder into a very athletic FRB, blazing his way around Brisbane like a scalded cat.

We arrived at the run venue expecting to find Cuntry champing at the bit, as usual, but he was nowhere to be seen. Had he finally disappeared up his own backdraught, we wondered?  It turned out he was still marking trail, so it was left to Whippet to lead us into the wilds of Nundah.

At times, we seemed to be going in circles, but it was actually a well-crafted run with plenty of twists and turns, eventually emerging smack bang in the ‘dead centre’ of town. Respectfully weaving our way through the historic headstones at Nundah Cemetery was an interesting experience.  We had time to view the glowing epitaphs of yesteryear,  in contrast to some more modern parting words that spring to mind (e.g. Spike Milligan’s “I told you I was sick” or that other graveyard “dig” at a not-so- dearly departed: “Under this sod, lies another”)

Gerbils was clearly moved by the experience. Back at the circle, she informed us that some 30 Japanese soldiers were buried in the park we were standing in. This turned out to be total BS (she’d misread a nearby memorial), and she was rightly given a down-down for telling us huge porkies! Down-downs were also given to the hare and to virgin runner, Joanne, from Colombia. Cuntry was then hauled back into the circle for confusing Colombia with Peru (don’t ever get him to book flights for you!)

Rumourmonger and Spice Girl presented Cuntry’s “member” with a tasteful souvenir from the recent Mekong Indo-China Hash in Laos. We can’t vouch for Lao product quality control, so hopefully we won’t be seeing strawberry-flavoured offspring trotting behind Cuntry in a few years’ time!

On On!

Rumourmonger

Cuntry receives his tasteful souvenir

Another SH3 Virgin - Joanne

Gerbils has a Down Down for the Japs that went missing