One of the most awesome thing that a member can do for the rest of us is to introduce us to a special trail or location in Chiang Mai that the others have never been to. This is known as "virgin territory" and given the amount of time that a lot of us have been doing this in the jungle of the area, it isn't an easy task to accomplish.
I don't know if people get tipped off by locals or how it is that some of these places are ever found, but every now and then someone finds something truly unusual in the middle of nowhere, then takes us all to see it on a run.
Ronald McDonald statues are not that unusual in Thailand and the rest of Asia that I have been to but here is the real difference: Normally they are outside of a McDonalds.
This was outside of some farmhouse in the middle of somewhere that people generally would never go to.
This was not some popular space like a restaurant or coffeeshop either, this was just someone's land next to a small lake that was more like a minnow pond than an actual lake. How it is that it took us this long to discover it is quite a surprise because this stands out in the country, that is for sure.
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It's impossible to know if this statue was made by McDonalds then given away, or if it was stolen from a McDonalds. I'm going to take a middle ground and say that it was made by the owner of the land or someone else. It is unlikely that McD's gave it away because that isn't something that this company does. I guess they have to protect their intellectual property or something corporate sounding like that.
Our only attachment to McDonalds is that that downtown location of McDonalds in Chiang Mai has been our bus pick up point and meetup point for all runs over the past many years - as long as I have been a part of it. So this discovery by one of our members was particularly special.
You never know what you are going to get on a Hash Run. Sometimes people take us to an area that is super special because of the scenery or water features, and other times the person whose idea it was to take us somewhere is rooted in something silly like this.
The terrain at this particular run wasn't all that great and left a lot of us wondering why the guy who set the trail had brought us out here. We later would put him on the ice and ask "don't lie to us, you brought us out here for the McDonald statue didn't you?" He didn't even try to lie, that was the reason and well, I guess it is a pretty good one.
If you want to be a part of our shenanigans all are welcome to come and join us on our thrice weekly runs (sometimes more often than that!) we meet up before the runs at the downtown McDonalds near Thae Pae Gate that everyone already knows, visitors and residents alike. Full details can be found at our official website
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You guys must be hard to please as I guess there is very little virgin territory you have not seen and run. I suppose you could travel an extra 15 minutes further out than where you would normally and see if you can find some new hot spots.
We have a limit on how long we allow the transport to take. Our limit is about 30 minutes in each direction unless it is a special event. You have to keep in mind that these buses are just pickup trucks with seats in the back. not the most comfortable things to be in long-haul.
That makes sense as 30 minutes covers a large area .
What's Ronald McDOnalds doing there? Hahaha. I guess that's a marketing strategy, trying to lure runners to grab a bite from their store after that tiring race. hahaha. I would if I participated, nuggets and fries would help me feel better I guess. LOL
Oh my! We got curious by the title, and now we get it. It is really unusual to see a MCDonald statue in a place that’s not a restaurant or cafe. But that was so cool!
It certainly got everyone's attention!
Ohh Mcdonald was there already, its nice then. I HOPE PEOPLE ALSO IN THIS AREA WOULD enjoy a real fun of experiencing dining in McDonald's so lets hope a real mcdonald would be in this place in the future.
Hello,wow it's near in the mini pond or lake not in resto or coffeeshop... When you see that statue means we're in the resto of macdonald.. when I was kids love taking picture on the statue of macdonald... Who not love macdonald.. Anyway let me introduce myself I'm @maryam28 new here in hive...
I think this Ronald was taken from a McDonalds that closed or it was stolen and put there. There was no McD's withing a long ways of here
Wow, that’s so funny and unexpected! 😂 I never thought I’d see Ronald McDonald in the middle of nowhere. Thanks for sharing this cool and strange discovery!
What on earth was Ronald McDonald doing out there in the middle of nowhere? This weird little discovery makes your run unique.😃
Nobody said but it is presumed it was stolen or left behind from a McDonalds that closed down.
Yeah, probably it’s either stolen or left behind from a closed down McDonald’s. It’s definitely got people guessing.
It was unusual, and I myself didn’t think a MCDonalds statue would be beside a lake. But seeing this made me think it’s cool at some point. 😎
Oh, seeing McDonald's statue in a place like that is kinda weird, lol.
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