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9 hours ago, Lucius verus said:

......or bad hat day !

Did anyone know there were almost 400,000 Catholics here. 

I know there are several churches in and close to Bangkok but almost 400k ?

I thought the churches were for expats.

I have never met a Thai catholic.

Maybe the TAT supplied these stats to lure in big spending Italians.(sic)

The Diocese of Chanthaburi has a congregation of 45,800 (as at 2016). 

The high school in Chanthaburi city has less than 100 Catholics in its 1500 pupils, a higher standard of education is the attraction. 

3 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said:

Well there are 3 Catholic Church's in Nong Khai Alone....

Five within 15-20 minutes of us - Chan city, Laem Sing, Khlong Khut, Tha Chalaep, Tha Mai, presume there are more on other side of the city 

Departing today .. . a new personal best... from being dropped off, check-in, bag-check, immigration - 21 minutes total. 

My last arrival, a Friday evening 5.15pm I was in a taxi heading south by 5.50pm. 

Just lucky I guess

10 hours ago, pegman said:

Catholics have a presence in Thailand? Who knew? 

Chanthaburi. Cathedral, schools in Chanthaburi city.

Our town has church, junior and high schools.

Many of the local towns have churches, in the 70s Vietnamese Christians settled here fleeing Communism, there was already a substantial population of Vietnamese descent living here. 

The Cathedral would be the best-known building in the province and features in local government promotions. 

Local Catholics held their 300 years celebrations in 2011.

6 minutes ago, thesetat2013 said:

Sports.... Thai again caught cheating at scrabble competition for a second time after being banned several years.. 

 

I'm impressed ... blaming a low-level Scrabble player who cheated for tourism downturn ... any actual stats on that one?

N1 O1 but you'll score 6 if you get to a triple word score

Perhaps best comparison would be the impact the British champion Allan Simmons' cheating has had on UK tourism, he remains banned, but I suspect the impact was less than minimal?

17 minutes ago, Date Masamune said:

Internal life only comes by allegiance to DAGON.

 

HAIL DAGON!

 

So to summarise, your answer to the question would be 'no'

Best wishes for what remains of your own 'internal life' ... 

Redevelopment of the tourist rest area, and extended seawall construction, at Paknam Khaem Nu, Chanthaburi, 15 July 2019

We've had an enjoyable social time this morning, temple from 5.30-8.30 great opportunity to catch up with friends, and people away from their workplace. In a town of around 9000, events like this bring people together from the surrounding orchard/horticulture areas, groups heading off together afterwards to homes and cafes.

Our town is almost 'dry' in that while Tesco, 7-11 and a few stores sell alcohol ( but not today or tomorrow), there's no bars, only one of the restaurants has beer. And yet miraculously, people survive. 

Wishing you all a happy day.

5 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

Incredible photo. What did you take it with?

Canon camera, from about 3m distance. Lighting is wrong, but I wasn't staying there too long ...

It was in the shade of trees at Ao Krathing beach, Chanthaburi, I'd never considered snakes at the beach before and was more focused on looking ahead at the view of the sea through the trees rather than what may be underfoot. Daughter knows better ... 

I saw (almost stood on - daughter pushed me away) this one in April - from pics I believe it to be a Malayan Pit Viper, looks different to the one pictured in #1

Wat Wiwek Karam, Tha Chalaep, Chanthaburi

Display from the Humanitarian Mines Action Unit HMAU in Chanthaburi; as well as de-mining activities along the border the HMAU staff play an important role in educating children in the dangers presented by landmines and unexploded bombs.

My pics in April, mot daeng on a construction project

I understood they were beneficial to have in the mango trees as kept other insect pests away