Participation is waaaay down after most of our members fled the country or got trapped outside of it once the international travel doors slammed shut.
Most of our members are not Thai so this is easy to understand. We are still trying out best to have 3 runs a week but i am afraid that in the not so distant future we will likely be forced to reduce the amount of runs to 2 or maybe even just 1 a week.
We don't want to do this but something that people need to understand is that it can take an entire day or even multiple days to set a trail as a hare and when we only have 6 people turning up to take part in it once it is done it doesn't really seem worth it. We still have a good time but it might make more sense for us to have 1 event per week that everyone attends rather than have 3 events a week than 6-10 people attend. This is by no means official at this point, but it will be brought up at the next meeting and I suspect it will likely pass.
We did still have some wonderful views last week though, check this out!
During this time of year there is pretty decent chance that we are going to get monsoon rains but we got very lucky to end up having such a lovely day. You can tell by the puddle / mud pit in the foreground that the lack of rain is not something we were expecting.
Of course it was extremely hot and humid but no matter what time of year it is, this is still Thailand and we expect that to be the case. There are actually times that we get so hot that we kind of hope that it would rain a bit but then again, we have been in situations where the skies opened up half way through a run and at first we enjoyed it but after 20 minutes the allure had already worn off.
All in all it was a great day and the only thing that was missing was there actually being some people there to enjoy the whole thing with us. It is getting to be a bit depressing actually but I suppose that is the price we pay for Covid I guess. I know a lot of our members are ready to return to Thailand but are hesitant to do so when there is such a high level of uncertainty as far as the future is concerned here.
Thailand might be returning to letting anyone who is vaccinated straight in starting in October, or at least that is what they are talking about doing. I think that most of our members who are living abroad or traveling and got locked out of Thailand will probably wait a month or so to see how the government handles the influx of people.
For the most part we still have a lot of annoying rules and even our get togethers with the Hash are of dubious legality.
If you do happen to live in the Chaing Mai area and want to come along we are always willing and happy to welcome new members. Look us up on our official website HERE
This is sad to hear but you do make a good point it is perhaps better to cut down and wait longer in hopes the government also cut down the rules, infact in some places we shouldn't even need a vaccine passport to travel.
well it seems as though we keep getting more and more liberty to do these things and will hopefully be back at 100% soon. The opinion about this sort of stuff seems to change every couple of days though.
And that include wearing a face mask during hash 🤣 i was just searching back some of my old photos, I actually look better at the hill than now at KFC restaurant 🤣
yeah sure, but i bet KFC has better food options :P
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STOPI just realized why the forest picture struck a bit of terror in me. This could be done in Cambodia, but you would definitely need some landmine mapping information, if any exists for the area, and most importantly never go off trail.
Kampot, the town I most recently lived in, was heavily bombed during the war with bombies, and only a percentage of these little golfball-like things detonated. The family and I have done a lot of wild camping, but it comes with some strict rules on how to collect firewood.
Even though the HASH has dwindled, I hope you keep it alive until it can rebound post-WWIII or whatever's next.
I hadn't really thought about that. There are multiple Hash chapters in Cambodia and I would imagine that this is something that they really have to keep in mind when making their trails!
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