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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

How many of you out there have hooked up with other cafe posters while abroad?

We regularly have announced get togethers in the Mexico forum, and I see people hooking up in Peru and Argentina. I'm biased of course, but it seems the Latin America crowd here is more sociable.

andrew_gz · Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 502 Location: Reborn in the PRC

I tried to meet up with some people here in Guangzhou.
I got one response, criticizing my choice of venue Confused

Kent F. Kruhoeffer · Joined: 22 Jan 2003 Posts: 2129 Location: 中国

I've met quite a few Dave's members here in Bangkok but they probably won't admit it. Laughing

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

I met a couple, one by chance as we were staying in the same hostel in Peru. Went snowboarding with one in Chile.

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JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

Well Kent is the only Dave's member that I have met. Interesting enough he is from my home state.

Teacher in Rome · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 1286

I think there are about three people in the Italy forum Sad

so slim chance of even arranging anything. Still, I've spoken a few times with one of the other members, 'tho never actually met up.

MO39 · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:01 am Post subject:

One reason those of us in and around Mexico City have gotten to know each other is that we have Guy as our social director!

gaijinalways · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279

I've met a few in the Japan forum once and another recently at the JALT conference, and of course PMed a few others.

ecocks · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 899 Location: Gdansk, Poland

I work with one occasional poster and have met a couple more over the last couple of years. Wish we could coalesce a little larger group but it will take time. Ukraine just got its own thread within the last month so maybe by summer we can get more action going.

jonniboy · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

As I seem to be the only active Latvia based poster here I've met a few newbie posters in the past. I meet one of them every week for coffee and a whine about work.

I actually met my ex girlfriend through a similar site to this when I lived in Spain!

gaijinalways · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279

I guess the key is having an organizer (or organizers). Sometimes getting a social life has to be a second job!

Tiger Beer · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 778 Location: Hong Kong

JZer · Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 3898 Location: Pittsburgh

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I meet a guy in China, he heped me get a job there, then three years later I helped him get a job in Peru. Havn'et meet anyone else, though do email people so it seems like I know them.

markle · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 1316 Location: Out of Japan

I remember a bunch of people from the ajarn.com forum went bowling a couple times years ago.