Oh yeah, yesterday’s Hash. All in all, it was a good one. Two of our best Hares, Leech My Nuggets and Anal Receptive, laid the trail. There were two versions, hard and easy, both right around 6K. The hard trail went up, over, and down both Easter Mountain and the Black Rock ridgeline. The easy trail went around both of those obstacles. The trails came back together for a climb at the end, but me being me, I did my own bypass of that one, too. It was hot motherfucker yesterday, and there wasn’t a lot of shade along the way, so I was pretty whupped by the time I finished. The On-Home was at a Hasher named Sully’s place in Calapandayan, nicely situated on the bay. Here are some photos from the journey:
Took a trike back to Barretto and joined the after-Hash gathering at It Doesn’t Matter.
And that’s the tale of the Easter Monday Hash Run #1700.
And by golly, the Philippines leads the world in this catergory:
The journey continues through the July 2018 LTG archives. In this post, I share some of the devastation I experienced during my first rainy season here. And I also reveal that I’ve decided to give Marissa another chance. One mistake leads to another, I suppose.
Today’s YouTube video shares the success story of living a simple life in the province on a social security income of $1,400 per month. It can be done, but that’s not the life for me. I spend that much in a week.
You can laugh if you want to:
I reckon I’m gonna chuck some arrows today. We’ll see how the lack of practice pays off.
And by golly, the Philippines leads the world in this catergory:
Cater-gory, eh? And the US isn’t far behind at #4.
And now it is time to say goodbye.
It’s those “hello” dogs again.
Looks to have been a good walk. You’re lucky the Hash kennel isn’t strict about your shortcutting. How many legitimate walks would you say you’ve actually done? (Hash Trail Option B, i.e., the easier version of any walk, qualifies as legitimate.)
Generally, April is the hottest time of the year in Thailand. April is when the sun is directly overhead.
Fun fact; when you take a 24/7/365 average temperature, Bangkok is the hottest city in the world.
Brian, I always enjoyed Bangkok, at least until that time the King died. And yes, the gals are hotties there. Hard to believe Bangkok is hotter on average than Phoenix, but what do I know? What’s your favorite place in Thailand?
Kevin, damn, how did my spellchecker miss “catergory”? Ha! I guess it was me. Duh.
The only Hashers punished with time on the ice are the “socialites” who don’t do ANY of the trail and just come to the Circle. Shortcutters like me (and I’m far from alone) are acknowledged for at least making some effort. I reckon I do the full official Hash trail less than 20% of the time. On Monday, I just didn’t have it in me to do a climb at the end of the trail.
I think the reason that BKK is hotter on average is 1) the temp does not drop much at night (maybe a 15 F difference between daytime and nighttime) and 2) there is very little variation in temperature regardless of the month. It is 90 something in Jan, 90 something (or maybe 100 something in April), 90+ in July, 90+ in Nov. I looked and saw that Phoenix has avg. highs in the mid 70’s Nov – Feb
Almost all of my time in spent in BKK, so I guess that is my favorite. I like Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, though only go there for vacation.
Brian, that does make sense now that I think about it…it gets cold in the desert at night.
I’m not a big-city guy, but I was impressed by Bangkok, especially compared to a shithole like Manila. It’s not up to Seoul standards yet, but it is getting there. The only other place I’ve been in Thailand is Pattaya, but I’ve heard good things about Chiang Mai.
Chiang Rai, way up north, is a small big city. May tick a lot of your boxes, but the potential downside for you is that it is nowhere close to a beach. LOL
Brian, yeah, I do like those sweet Thai beaches!