Expat.com HCM Jan gathering Saturday 16th January 2016

I'll be happy to be there.
Cheers!

Hello everybody

I will be happy to join all of you too

Cheers

Hi, great. See you soon

Hello Richard Loo

Hope you had a nice celebration for the end of year and wish you a happy new year!

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Here it is > Expat.com January Gathering

All the best

Regards
Kenjee
Expat.com

hope to join you guys

Thank you for your support and suggestions.

See you.. we will have a great time..

aiyah .. cant make it again ...

hi Richard
thanks for organising this  - looks great and I will come along.  Is it adults only or can kids come too?
G

I will walk from Le Thanh Ton st to Highland Coffee & should arrive bout 5.30pm. I don't have a bike. Should I bring a helmet to ride pillion with someone?

I hope I will manage to join you too

Hi,
No worries,  we have friends with extra helmet. Hope to see you soon

missenko wrote:

I hope I will manage to join you too

Nice, hope to see more new friends soon. Join us for dinner too. See you

hi Richard, could you let me know if kids can come along?
G

trungdixe wrote:

Hi Richard,
Im a new comer, may I joint you? really happy to be there

Of course.,come and get to know us. See you

trungdixe wrote:

Hi Richard,
Im a new comer, may I joint you? really happy to be there

Of course.,come and get to know us. See you

Hi guys,

I hope i can manage to join with you. It sounds great

patimapu wrote:

Hi guys,

I hope i can manage to join with you. It sounds great

Yes.. do join us...We will have a day trip next sunday to the beach ,sea food n hot spring.  We will discuss this on sunday too. See you

MONTHLY GATHERING

Date: Saturday 16 January 2016
Participation: just come and join us at any round, no advance registration is required
Details:
(i) Round 1:
- Time: 3pm-6pm
- Venue: High Land Coffee – address: 181 Ham Nghi Street, District 1 (opposite Ben Thanh market, please go upstairs, look for the sign, say hi to the group with your smile and join us)
- Offer: drinks, cakes, breads, sandwiches etc.
- Price range: 10k vnd to 80k vnd
(*) For those who drive motorbike, please bring extra helmet if any; for those who don’t drive motorbike, please also bring your own helmet if any

(ii) Round 2:
- Time: 6.30pm-8pm
- Venue: Ban Mê restaurant – address: 24-26 Nam Quốc Cang Street, District 1
- Offer: steamed thin rice pancake rolled with BBQ pork, fermented pork roll, veggie (bánh ướt cuốn với thịt nướng, nem chua, rau cải); juice, budding etc.
- Price range: actual costs will be shared equally, up to 100k vnd/ person (including main course, drinks, dessert)

(iii) Round 3 (from 8pm till late): to be discussed amongst the participants

Thank you
Richard

MONTHLY GATHERING

Date: Saturday 16 January 2016
Participation: just come and join us at any round, no advance registration is required
Details:
(i) Round 1:
- Time: 3pm-6pm
- Venue: High Land Coffee – address: 181 Ham Nghi Street, District 1 (opposite Ben Thanh market, please go upstairs, look for the sign, say hi to the group with your smile and join us)
- Offer: drinks, cakes, breads, sandwiches etc.
- Price range: 10k vnd to 80k vnd
(*) For those who drive motorbike, please bring extra helmet if any; for those who don’t drive motorbike, please also bring your own helmet if any

(ii) Round 2:
- Time: 6.30pm-8pm
- Venue: Ban Mê restaurant – address: 24-26 Nam Quốc Cang Street, District 1
- Offer: steamed thin rice pancake rolled with BBQ pork, fermented pork roll, veggie (bánh ướt cuốn với thịt nướng, nem chua, rau cải); juice, budding etc.
- Price range: actual costs will be shared equally, up to 100k vnd/ person (including main course, drinks, dessert)

(iii) Round 3 (from 8pm till late): to be discussed amongst the participants

Thank you
Richard

Oops   sorry..its 4pm to 6pm for round 1

Great! Love to join you guys.

nathantonthat wrote:

Great! Love to join you guys.

Great..see you all tomorrow.

LONG HAI - BINH CHAU - HO COC TRIP (1 day trip)

Date: Sunday 24 January
Time: 7am - 9pm
Estimated cost: from 700k vnd - 1 mil vnd (actual costs will be equally shared amongst participants; personal costs will be paid individually)
Schedule and activities:
- 7am: gather in front of High Land coffee - 181 Ham Nghi street, District 1 (park motorbike at Saigon hospital parking lot); a rent van will pick us up (Mercedes sprinter or equivalent)
- 8am-9am: breakfast on the way
- 9am-10am: reach Ba Ria market, buy fresh seafood
- 10am-12pm: enjoy cooked seafood at Long Hai beach
- 1pm-2pm: van takes us to Binh Chau-Ho Coc
- 2pm-6.30pm: enjoy swimming at the beach or swimming pool, mud bath, egg boiling, massage at Binh Chau-Ho Coc, small games etc.
- 6.30pm: departs back to HCMC
- 9pm: reach High Land coffee, tour ends
Come to the gathering to register . See you

Hello Richard,

it sounds great. see you this afternoon.

Ngalevn wrote:

Hello Richard,


it sounds great. see you this afternoon.

Yes. .today is our gathering.  Hope to see you all .

Thank you all for coming . It is always great to meet new friends and catch up with familiar  faces. Over 20 attendees came from 8 different  countries . We had a good time chatting then proceed to dinner. This time we found a great place where we stack up the plates after we eat them.....great fun. See how many plates we ate? Thank you Nathan for picking up the bill. Coffee on us the next time.
Round 3 .We went to 17th saloon for a great live performance and a drink.
Hope to see you guys next month. We will also having  out one day trip to beach and hot spring pool next sunday.
Have a great new year. Take care

Sad that I missed this chance to catch up.

Hope will see you guys next time.

John

Here the photos of Round 1:

And:

Round 2:












Can you count how many plate did they eat?

Round 3:

Thank you for sharing your photos. Hopefully I will be able to go to Feb meeting if there is one. Have a good day. Scott