Between a rock and a hard place

Yesterday’s Hash turned out to be a relatively pleasant hike, especially when you consider what usually lies in store for you when Guenter (Vienna Sausage) is the Hare. But this time one of the assigned Hares was tasked with doing an “easy” trail for those of us who prefer not to risk life and limb. Bum Burgler did a long (around 7K) but mostly flat trail on which the biggest hazard was muddy feet from walking across two rice paddies. I’ll take it.

Pubic Head and I actually walked to the starting point rather than riding in the Hashmobile. So that added a couple more Ks to the mix. We ran into Leech My Nuggets who was also walking to the start along the way. When we reached the beginning of the trail, Leech took off to get a head start on the difficult course. The two trails reconnected near the end of the hike and Leech passed me on his way to the On-Home. I asked him how he liked the hard trail and he shook his head and said he wouldn’t be surprised if someone wound up injured. Damn, coming from Leech who I reckon does the second hardest trails in our kennel that’s really saying something. Of course, I learned my lesson long ago and won’t even consider doing a Guenter trail again. I hope none of my fellow Hashers wind up learning that the hard way.

As it turned out, out of 20+ hashers, only four took the hard trail. I guess you might say people voted with their feet yesterday. Good for them. The three other than Leech didn’t get back to the On-Home until almost an hour after everyone else. But they all made it safely, so that’s the good news.

Let’s go to the photos, which are of course featuring the easy trail:

The path I took leaving Alta Vista on my way to the starting point.
Some kids I encountered loving that muddy river water
We had about a 15 minute wait for the Hashmobile to arrive.
Everybody out!
On-On!
Here I am marching along…
…and enjoying the view in front of me.
So far, so good.
An easily forded creek.
About 2K into the hike, we came to this junction. Only four brave souls chose to turn left. Godspeed and good luck!
All I really missed out on was a hellacious mountain climb (the yellow loop at the top).
Hey, Kevin Kim, here’s a Filipino-style shwimteo for you!
We had some forest…
…and a lot of rice!
Pretty easy going though for the most part…
…even the cows left us alone.
Well, there was one spot where we momentarily lost the trail. But we found our way again.
The Gods of Easter mountain were keeping their eyes on us…
More rice…
…and with rice comes mud.
One last paddy to cross.

Then it was on up one small hill and into Alta Vista then on to Queen Victoria for the Hash festivities.

Where we initiated two new virgins…
And awarded Pubic Head the Hashshit…

At the conclusion of the Hash, I staggered meandered across the street to Mango’s and put something in my belly besides beer:

I guess you could say these are my salad days. Roast chicken salad with ranch dressing to be precise.
I was checking out this gal on the beach. And then my waiter matter-of-factly stated: “her penis is bigger than mine.”
And so ended another day in paradise. Such as it is.

Thanks for coming along!

UPDATE: Damn it! I really try not to use the same title for a post more than once. I usually check before starting a new post but got lazy today. Now I see that I used “between a rock and hard place” back in August 2015. Ah well, if I didn’t remember probably no one else does either.

4 thoughts on “Between a rock and a hard place

  1. Gotta love those ladyboys (well not “love them” in the literal sense, but more in the figurative sense)! Especially in SE Asia, some of them can really fool you.

    As always, great pics!

  2. Brian, yeah I can tell most of the time, but some are quite feminine in appearance. The clue for this gal is those broad shoulders I think.

    So, the story goes there was a guy dating a ladyboy and his friend asked him why he believed she was a real girl. The guy answered, “I can feel it inside me”.

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