Are There Any Afrikaner Community In Chiang Mai?

[ARISTIDE]

I know mainly migrated to the UK, Oz, or NZ but how many are here in the LOS. Are there any community in Chiang Mai, I mean there are even Israelis here so the town should not be too bad for the white African?

[Semper]

there are even Israelis here

Meaning?

[Naam]

there are even Israelis here

Meaning?

meaning an Afrikaaner in Chiang Mai can wish his jewish friends "a gitn schabbes" on a friday late afternoon. and if he doesn't master yiddish he resorts to a simple "shabbath shalom". as simple as that.

[Jingthing]

there are even Israelis here

Meaning?

meaning an Afrikaaner in Chiang Mai can wish his jewish friends "a gitn schabbes" on a friday late afternoon. and if he doesn't master yiddish he resorts to a simple "shabbath shalom". as simple as that.

Don't be presumptuous.

Reminds me of this gentile character I met who volunteered to me that he loved Fiddler on the Roof. I hope the vomit washed out of his clothes OK ...

[LarryBird]

I'm friends with a Zimbabwean guy who is half black. Interested?

[NxaiPan]

There's a handful of South Africans/Zimbabweans working in the tobacco business around Lampang.

[Loaded]

They used to always hang out at the UN Irish pub

[Semper]

I'm friends with a Zimbabwean guy who is half black. Interested?

Sounds almost like you want to sell him.

[kalbo123]

The F&B manager from Shangri-la hotel is Afrikaans.. you could ask him.

[ARISTIDE]

Yeah right, it doesn't mean anything, I only say that because it is an odd place to find a Jewish community that's all.

there are even Israelis here

Meaning?

[Boksida]

There used to be quite a large community 20 years ago but has dwindled as the tobacco industry moved elsewhere. As other posters mentioned:

• They are still always at the UN Irish Pub when the Springboks are playing
• Several of them are members of the Gymkhana Club and you might catch them there on a Friday evening
• The Pub also used to be a regular hangout but not sure about that now.
• They have always played a big part in the Chiangmai Cricket Sixes
• The tobacco factories were located in Lamphun, not Lampang.

[VerbalKint]

the white African ?

[Beetlejuice]

there are even Israelis here

Meaning?

meaning an Afrikaaner in Chiang Mai can wish his jewish friends "a gitn schabbes" on a friday late afternoon. and if he doesn't master yiddish he resorts to a simple "shabbath shalom". as simple as that.

I thought all white South Africans were Jewish and sexpats?

[Thakkar]

I know a Liberian albino chap. He's been trying to organize a white African meetup for ages.

T

[ARISTIDE]

My most grateful thanks :jap:

There used to be quite a large community 20 years ago but has dwindled as the tobacco industry moved elsewhere. As other posters mentioned:

• They are still always at the UN Irish Pub when the Springboks are playing
• Several of them are members of the Gymkhana Club and you might catch them there on a Friday evening
• The Pub also used to be a regular hangout but not sure about that now.
• They have always played a big part in the Chiangmai Cricket Sixes
• The tobacco factories were located in Lamphun, not Lampang.

[Boksida]

My most grateful thanks :jap:

I forgot to add that the last two times I was in the Irish Pub, there was bloke selling biltong and boerwors (my spelling is probably wrong, but sausage anyway).

If that doesn't make you homesick, nothing will.