Taiping Hash, March 15

This month's hares will be leading you to a beautiful new area
recently opened to the public on Dongshan overlooking Taihu Lake.
(Dongshan is a peninsula in Taihu Lake south of Suzhou, and is the
place we went in August on an extremely hot day and finished at a
bash place on the lake.)

The hares report that this month's A-B run has just the right
distance with options for both runners and walkers. The trail
follows beautiful mountain streams and pine forests, and passes by
bucolic pastures and ancient Tang Dynasty temples with amazing views
of craggy mountains and an endless fresh water sea.

You can take a little break at the golden temple to join the locals
in a celebration of ancient mating rituals. Once you have been
dazzled by the spectacle it will be time to head down to the
recently restored Han Dynasty trading trail to the circle and feast.
The recently re-elected GM Male Pattern Baldness will delight one
and all with his zany high jinks and colorful stories.

We will be dining in style in a recently restored Tang Dynasty Royal
Barge not normally available to the public. The world renowned chefs
will tempt us with the best in Chinese cuisine all washed down with
ice cold nectar.

The hares also report that Dongshan is one of the thousands and
thousands of places in the country that claim it is "home to the
most beautiful women in China."

The bus travel time from The Grassy Knoll from Hongqiao is an
alleged 70 minutes.

There is also a long/short split. FRB's on the long: 90 minutes.
Walkers on the short: Under 2 hours.

Important: For this run, and all future Taiping Hash runs, we will
take a maximum of two buses. As a result, priority will go to
regular hashers and others who help make these runs possible.

Please respond to this email if you want to go. We will confirm if
there is space.

The April run is scheduled for April 19 in Xitang, which is also in
Jiangsu province somewhere near Suzhou. The hares are Woolly Bush
and The F Wife.

Any question? Please call 13918533716.

The Details:

Date: Saturday, March 15

Location: Dongshan, Jiangsu province

Time: We estimate the run will start by 1 p.m. We plan to start the
bash by 5 p.m., leave by 7 p.m., and be back in Shanghai by 10 p.m.
Of course, actual results may vary.

Times for the bus:

10:00 a.m. Pudong, Jinqiao Starbucks, 633 Biyun Road, by Carrefour

10:25 a.m. Pudong, Lujiazui, Information Tower, the last bus stop on
Century Avenue before the Yan'an tunnel (there is a Starbucks in the
Information Tower).

10:30 a.m. Puxi, Portman Ritz Carlton, 1376 Nanjing Xi Road, meet
outside by the Starbucks

10:45 a.m. Hongqiao, The Grassy Knoll, Yan'an Road by Hongxu Road
(sorry, there is not Starbucks, yet, at The Grassy Knoll)

Hares: Virgin French hare "Didier" and the old dog from
Taiwan "Johnny Wad"

Cost: RMB150