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Solstice Hash On Tour (SHOT) - Run on Summer (3rd week of June) and Winter (3rd week of Dec) Solstice, sponsored by Air Asia and we make the logo said Now everyone can RUN, it has being coming to 5 years and getting more members from few countries in every run with a regular group of people. It was initiated by the thought of Opera and supported by Dave Kamikaze and that's how the ball starts rolling.

01/03/2024

SHOT # 36 - Kunming, June 28-30, 2024

Kunming it is, finally! This destination for SHOT has been bandied about for some years, and was supposed to finally host us in June 2020 until scuppered by the pandemic and got overridden by other more accessible and equally alluring places.

Kunming sits on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and was historically important for being the site of an American-led air base featuring the iconic Flying Tigers fighter pilots pitted against the marauding Japanese occupiers during WW2, and was also the transport terminus of the hugely significant Burma Road that supplies much-needed war armaments from India.

The average altitude in the city is 1900m, giving it a mild summer perfectly suited for hashing with daytime temperatures in June hovering around 25C and nighttime in the late teens.

Beyond hashing from
June 28-30, we will be spoilt for choice in terms of prospect for Side Trip forays: you could head up north to Dali/Lijiang/Tiger Leaping Gorge/Shangri-la; eastwards by hi-speed rails to neighbouring Guizhou province to attractions such as Huangguoshu Waterfalls (China’s largest)/Xijiang Miao Minority Village/Qingyan Ancient Town/ Fanjing Shan Mountain; or down south to Shilin Stone Forest/Pu’er Tea Area/Xishuangbanna. If you choose not to venture too far, there are a wide range of attractions within the confines of the city. And, for the intrepid ones, to wrap up your trip to Kunming, how about taking the new train route down all the way to Vientianne, Laos?

Registration for this SHOT will open on March 3, and as per usual, numbers will be limited to 180, and once paid up, there will be no refunds; those unable to make it will have to find their own replacements. Hotel/s and Side Tour details will be available only from mid-April upon the hares’ return from the recce, but if you intend to join the Side Trip, it is safe to book till the weekend after the SHOT.

03/10/2023

SHOT # 35

MANILA/BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES

DECEMBER 1-3, 2023

As has been intimated earlier, the winter SOLSTICE HASH ON TOUR will be held in Manila/Batangas, the Philippines, from December 1-3, 2023. Apart from the usual boisterous hash with all its accompanying shenanigans, this SHOT will afford some enthusiasts the opportunity to indulge in water sports, particularly snorkeling and scuba diving, as the main event venue will be at a dive resort situated right by the beach of the world-famous diving locale of the Anilao area of Batangas.

The party, however, really begins with a Red Dress Run which, unsurprisingly, will be held at and around the eponymously named district within Makati, one of 16 highly urbanized cities that makes up Metro Manila. As per hashing tradition, the Red Dress Run will be a charity event, so it constitutes a separate entity within the SHOT programs, and participants pays a separate fee to join, with intended surplus going to a local charity which the local hashers will identify and forward the proceeds to.

Important Pointers to note:

1. Since the Red Dress Run starts in the late afternoon of December 1, and by necessity the SHOT registration will precede it, you need to get to Manila by the early afternoon of December 1. The main Registration Party will be at the HANDLEBAR PUB, so you should really book your accommodation at or around the MAKATI PALACE HOTEL, which is just 200m from Handlebar. Hotels are aplenty in the vicinity, so there are plenty of choices to suit different budgets.

2. On Saturday, December 2, ALL SHOT participants will be bussed to the main event venue i.e. the Sea Spring Resort in Mabini, Batangas, which usually takes between 2.5 – 3 hours, but could be a lot longer if traffic is heavy.

3. Main event venue is WHOLLY BOOKED by us, so once you register, you will automatically be assigned a room of your choice. You will pay the Registration Fee together with the hotel room for 2 nights (Saturday, December 2 – December 4, monday).

4. The Hangover Run on Sunday, December 3, planned to be on a nearby offshore island, is expected to finish sometime in the mid-afternoon, so you’ll likely get back to the resort in late afternoon or early evening. You will need to stay another night at the resort; it is a great place anyway, what with a few hot spring pools with varying degree of hotness to choose from within the resort grounds for a soothing dip.

5. Buses will ferry those wishing to return to Manila in the late morning of Monday, December 4, so if you plan to leave on that day, be sure your flight is in the evening or night or, better still, the following day. If this return arrangement does not fit your schedule, you will have to make your own return trip at your cost.

6. For those interested in snokeling/diving, both the resorts which we have made room reservations with are dive resorts, so you could extend your stay without moving base.

7. Due to the provision of return transport to/fro Manila/Batangas and additional transport to run sites, total cost for all transport works out to be around RM200/pax, which we will have to lump into the regular SHOT fee of RM300.00, making Registration fee RM500/pax, a never-before levy except when we went to Fukuoka in Japan. This is a reality check; all sorts of things – food, beers & other beverages, as well as transportation costs have gone up significantly over the years, and it has become untenable for us to continue maintaining the status quo.

So, despite the additional challenges and burden, if you are still keen to hop onto the upcoming SHOT bangwagon, get ready to sign up when Registration opens from midnight of October 10, 2023! Numbers will be strictly limited to 180pax due to the constraint of accommodation limits.

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