The Food

• Most of the time, we ate the the TAB, which is an abbreviation for something in Indonesian. It is the company subsidized cafeteria. Most times the food was good, but sometimes it was a bit shady. On those days I would order a selection from the grill, usually a steak.
• I discovered the greatness of ABC brand Sambal. It is a garlicy, spicy sauce that adds great flavor to anything you put it on. I grew so fond of it, I brought home 2 bottles.
• A couple times we ate at a local restaurant called Pelangi, Indonesian for rainbow. The food there was great and I had a wonderful grilled squid!

The Hash Runs

• No, this has nothing to do with drugs!
• A hash run is a run/walk through the jungle. A different path is set every week by the hash hares. You find your way by following trails of shredded paper through rain forest, rocks, mud, and water while trying not to follow any false trails.
• There are no winners or losers and the only reward is cold water and beer at the end of the hour long adventure.
• If you are clean when you finish, you cheated somehow.
• Housekeeping does a wonderful job at cleaning mud soaked tennis shoes and clothes.
• The first run was fairly dry, but the clay hills get very slippery when damp. I had one fall on my 1st run.
• On my second run, it had rained the entire day before, so it was very wet. at several points, I stepped in mud that covered my foot up to my ankle. I slipped and fell on my butt twice on that run.
• After the hash is the On-On, where everyone gathers in a circle and for various reasons people get called to the center to chug a full or mostly full beer. Needless to say, you end up drinking quite a bit…
• There are Hash Houses all over the world. See if there is one near you…