WHAT WE ALREADY DID?
Below you find now a couple of destinations and tours what we already did o rare already in the planning: – Iceland (with Frankfurt H3 and friends), May 2007 – Vodka Hash Train, Part 1, June-July 2007 – Hash Trekking in Ukraine, Oct. 2008 – St. Petersburg (6 days hashing in Russia), February 2009 – Vodka Hash Train, Part 2, Pre-Lube IH2010 (97 participants) – Hashing Kneedeep in Snow | Hashing in Siberia, January 2011
OUR FUTURE ADVENTURES, CHALLENGES & DREAMS
Since we want to continue with new hash adventures and exciting trips here are some examples what we have in mind for the next years: – Hash Boat Cruises in Russia and Ukraine – Hash Trekking in the Altai Mountains – Slikroad Adventure, Uzbekistan/Kazachstan – Cherry Blossom Hash, (in May/October 2011) Uzbekistan - also in a small group possible! – Heli-Ski in Kazachstan – Hash Cycling in the Baltic States – Iceland Excursion and Ivasion (again!) – Grave Harvest in Portugal & Spain (by boat & oldtimer train)
80 DAYS OF HASHING ALL AROUND THE WORLDOur new big project (challenge) will be a 80 days event travelling all around the world |This project is planned now for spring 2013, but registration will be open very soon – beginning 2011! 80 Days around the World
Start approx. March/April 2013 – June/July 2013Germany – Belgium – Netherland – Poland – Lithuania – Latvia – Estonia – Sweden –Norway – United Kingdom – Ireland – –Ecuador – Peru – Argentina – Antarctica – Mexico – USA/Hawaii??? – Seattle – Alaska – Russia (Kamchatka) – Japan???? – South Korea – Indonesia – Malaysia –Cambodia – Vietnam – China –Kazachstan (Silkroad by train) via Kirgistan – Tajikistan – Usbekistan – Turkmenistan – Turkey – Greece (Boot) – Serbia – Romania – Czech Republic – Austria – Italy – Monaco - France - Spain – Marocco??? – Portugal – Germany Iceland – Canada – Florida – K..West – Panama
Vodka Train 2011 in the Press
Three weeks, twelve nations – the most exciting active tour of the summer
Largest Vodka Hash Train Tour of HashTravel.com and Fankfurt Vineyard Hash, co-organised by SMS-Frankfurt through Russia to Mongolia and China completed Frankfurt, August 20th 2010 – From June twelve to 30th almost 100 adventure and sports enthusiasts from twelve countries were on their way by train, by foot, bus and ferry – at the Vodka Train Tour 2010. This summer offer included among other things a boat party on the Moscow River, cross country running along the Eurasian border, a bath in icy Lake Baikal and a stay in exclusive Mongolian yurts. It was the largest organized cultural, sports and event tour of HashTravel.com.
Start for all participants, coming from Australia, Barbados, China, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, the USA and more countries, was Moscow – on 20th anniversary of Russia’s independence. With a boat party on the Moskva River the organizers rang a unique, challenging and inspiring journey for the international participants. At the first stage they took the Trans-Siberian railway via Kazan to Yekaterinburg and the “border of Eurasia”. Sightseeing and cross-country hash runs were program at each station. Fun and sport mated the euphoric participants from all over the world, also at a picnic in the Eurasian border, when half of the group at the European, the other half on Asian terrain drank on each ones health.
Irkutsk was the next exciting stop on the Vodka Hash Train Tour. From here the international travelers took a two-day break after the journey along the historic Trans-Sib route on Lake Baikal. Hardly any of the participants went swimming in seven degrees cold lake, which is known as a rejuvenating spa. A ferry brought the group to the island of Olkhon for another cross-country run and accommodation in traditional wooden huts and with folklore in the evening.
Back to Irkutsk they continued with the train to Mongolia which was a pure cultural experience: unspoiled nature, adventurous cinematic scenes in public trains, cross-country races in a remote monastery and shaman fire dance in the exclusive hotel Mongolia with rooms as Mongolian yurts.
„The journey was emotionally and physically was the best ever” wrote a participant from Australia to the organizers from HashTravel after her return „You helped make it a trip of a lifetime for me” said another participant and “the Vodka Hash Train was an exciting, enjoyable and memorable holiday/adventure. It was everything and more than what we were expecting…”.
The final stage was Mongolia to China. The cosmopolitan group was not only in the Gobi desert, they also took fascinating pictures of the Hanging Monastery in Datong and the surrounding caves. The farewell, after a walk on the Great Wall, was not easy after three weeks. Some enthusiasts of the Vodka Hash Train Tour 2010, already planned a revival meeting after their return home where they will surely talk a lot about this tour. More about this biggest Trans-Siberian-Train-Adventure also on Twitter, Facebook.
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