This year´s Round Table International Worldmeeting has been moving us all to far east Thailand!
About 230 tablers / partners from 35 different countries have been travelling to Pattaya - to meet up with lots of old friends and also a couple of new members on this "international stage"!
The evening before the official start most of us met in Bangkok - Thailand´s capital city - to be witnesses at the Charter of the first ever Round Table Club in Thailand - RT 1 Bangkok! Their 12 new members have been introduced one by one - and I´m quite sure they all had a real blast - in the center of more than 100 international "RT-maniacs"...... - We all gave them a great welcome to the RT International Family - and at the end of the night all of their jackets have been full of RT-pins from all over.....
Me I´ve been flying via Munich to Bangkok - straight to this Charter-Ceremony - where I met already most of my Austrian delegation´s friends. This year at the Worldmeeting our delegation has been one of the biggest: 8 tablers, 5 tablettes (wifes) and 5 kids!
After the party we´ve been transfered to Pattaya - where we have been guests in a brandnew wonderful hotel - called "The Zign"!
The Worldmeeting for me this year has been much more relaxing compared to the last couple of years! First time not beeing an official Association´s delegate you could find me most of the time either at the pool-side, in the gym, at the pool-bar or hanging around with tabler-friends - what we call "tabling" (and some short moments even in the delegate´s meeting.......)! I really, really enjoyed this so much - can´t tell you!!!
The evening-events have been organised in a very nice and wonderful way: Welcome-Party (incl. Nation´s Night), Fisherman´s Party, Gala-Night and Beach-party (incl. Beachvolley-Night-Tournament)!
The tablers of Sri Lanka - this year´s convenors - did a real great job!
My personal highlights have been the Nation´s Night (as always) - and this special moment at the Gala-Night when my National Association Round Table Austria has been awarded for the "Best International Service-Project Of The Year"! In this moments I really felt very very proud - my team an me have been working really hard in the last year when I´ve been National President.... - therefore the Austrian delegation have been celebrating "toooo looooooong" (last men standing......)....
After the meeting I stayed two more days in Pattaya (even more relaxing! - including a nice day-trip to Kho Lang-Island) - and on my way back I stayed for one more evening in Bangkok to meet up with the new tabler-friends of RT 1! Together with 5 friends from RT in Kenya and one Sri Lankian tabler we had a fantastic Thai-dinner with "Joe" and Somporn!
A fantastic conclusion for a fantastic trip.....
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