Dedicated to the country selling hot dogs in packs of 10 and buns in packs of 8

Yesterday, I went to the hash with my friend Andrew. This was no ordinary hash though. It was the July 5th "America Day" spectacular! There were patriotic costumes galore, as well as like 30 new runners, and over 100 runners total in attendance. It was quite the run! The trail itself actually would've taken about 40 minutes, but because our whole group got lost at numerous checks, it ended up taking more like an hour. But this hash had something that I had never experienced before on a hash...swimming! That's right. We had to swim three different times through a river. Actually, you really only HAD to swim one time, but swimming was easier in the other sections because the rocks were so incredibly slippery to walk on, it wasn't even worth it. But yeah, the first water section began with a jump off of a 4-foot tall ledge straight into the river. I had no idea how difficult it really is to swim with shoes. We had to swim probably about 20 meters. Then we ran along the river bank which was covered in rocks, and then back into the rivers, where it was probably only three feet deep, but most people just got on all fours and sort of slithered through the river over the rocks like salamanders. It was pretty comical to watch I'm sure! Then we ran in the jungle again for 5 minutes or so, before getting lost in a tea field for about 15 minutes. After finally finding the right way, we had to once again swim across another river! Yep, it was quite the day!

The down downs went really well and were a lot of fun. The GM is English and he proceeded to make fun of America a lot. This was pretty entertaining, and he pointed out some pretty ridiculous things about the US. Then again, things like that can be said about pretty much anywhere I think. There was a moonwalk competition between Michael Jackson and John Dillinger which was pretty entertaining. Unfortunately, there was a lot of drama during the bash that kind of made the rest of the night kind of sour. Luckily, there was a great fireworks show at the end that the hare coordinated, as well as lanterns we wrote wishes on. We then lit them and they sailed into the sky at least 1,000 feet up. This was pretty striking to watch. However, my point and shoot camera was not good at all at capturing this moment. Overall though, it was a great hash! The swimming was very unique and I thought to myself "only in Taiwan!" On on!