CP 10 million member celebration in Thailand ?
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I read, with great interest, in the Lounge, today, about the possibility of regional celebrations of the impending incredible achievement by CP of reaching 10 million members; a date of June 27 was mentioned by Sean. I am in Chiang Mai [^], the "central hub" of northern Thailand, approximately 400 kilometers north of Bangkok. Transportation from Bangkok to Chiang Mai includes air (about an hour from boarding to deplaning), rail (11 to 14 hours), and bus (9-10 hours). Some international airlines do have direct flight to Chiang Mai: for example, Tiger Air flys direct from Singapore to Chiang Mai. June, here, is on the cusp of the heavy-rains (monsoon) season, and, while heavy rain showers/storms are unpredictable, they are probable. High humidity, and high daytime temperatures (high 80's, low 90's F ... around 32 C), for June are the norm. Unfortunately, the wonderful celebration of Chiang Mai's founding, the Inthakiin (city pillar aka "Tam Bun Khan Dok") festival (Bhahmanic, not Buddhist, origins), is in early June, June 5-12th. I'm not sure how many CP members are in Thailand, or northern Thailand / Chiang Mai, but I am open to doing whatever I can to facilitate a meet in Chiang Mai, or Bangkok. yours, Bill
“Humans are amphibians: half spirit, half animal; as spirits they belong to the eternal world; as animals they inhabit time. While their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imagination are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change. Their nearest approach to constancy is undulation: repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks.” C.S. Lewis
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I read, with great interest, in the Lounge, today, about the possibility of regional celebrations of the impending incredible achievement by CP of reaching 10 million members; a date of June 27 was mentioned by Sean. I am in Chiang Mai [^], the "central hub" of northern Thailand, approximately 400 kilometers north of Bangkok. Transportation from Bangkok to Chiang Mai includes air (about an hour from boarding to deplaning), rail (11 to 14 hours), and bus (9-10 hours). Some international airlines do have direct flight to Chiang Mai: for example, Tiger Air flys direct from Singapore to Chiang Mai. June, here, is on the cusp of the heavy-rains (monsoon) season, and, while heavy rain showers/storms are unpredictable, they are probable. High humidity, and high daytime temperatures (high 80's, low 90's F ... around 32 C), for June are the norm. Unfortunately, the wonderful celebration of Chiang Mai's founding, the Inthakiin (city pillar aka "Tam Bun Khan Dok") festival (Bhahmanic, not Buddhist, origins), is in early June, June 5-12th. I'm not sure how many CP members are in Thailand, or northern Thailand / Chiang Mai, but I am open to doing whatever I can to facilitate a meet in Chiang Mai, or Bangkok. yours, Bill
“Humans are amphibians: half spirit, half animal; as spirits they belong to the eternal world; as animals they inhabit time. While their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imagination are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change. Their nearest approach to constancy is undulation: repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks.” C.S. Lewis
Hey Bill, Did you ever have any luck linking up with any other CP users in Thailand? Cheers,
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