The Indochina - Mekong Hash Red Dress Run on Friday night was the first of the IMH events, not counting the Think Drinking H3 run in the morning. We had worries about upsetting the sensibilities of the locals, so instead of a normal Hash run the pack set out on a fun run around the lake in central Dalat. The run? A to A starting and finishing at The Stadium. Dark. Slippery. 5.3 kilometres, or thereabouts. No trail to follow. Nobody got lost. The weather was cool and the rain held off during the run. Although plenty of Hashers put a real effort into dressing for the event, it would have been nice if we could have had more red.

The Hash Circle was held indoors, where it was both warmer and drier. General Erection led the proceedings with support from Tonto. Fantastic circle, informal with lots of input from the visiting Hashers and little of the chaos you usually get when you put 200-odd (some of them very odd) Hashers together.

The Hash Welcome dinner was held on site, with a great buffet provided by the Ngoc Lan Hotel (who catered all three IMH banquets).

All in all, it was a perfect start to the weekend.