Arun talks about the Thames Festival 2009 Meet-up

Arun Nagrath, the founder and owner of bodyodorsupport.com, arranged the highly successful London Body Odor and Halitosis meetup this past weekend. It has come a long way since he set up the first such weekend (based around the annual Thames Festival) 5 years ago. Here is a video of Arun on the 2nd day of the meetup, with the following text being what Arun wrote about it on the bodyodorsupport.com forum

Hi guys, As some of you know, we had our Annual UK Meetup here in London last weekend. On Saturday, there were 20 members present and we met up at 12pm outside the Tower Hotel, next to Tower Bridge, London. The weather was surprisingly very sunny as we chatted under the umbrellas outside and had our drinks/ light snacks. We recalled our experiences, discussed what tests we had done and shared tips on what had helped us. Around 4pm we all walked across the bridge and sat down on the grassy area on the other side. Here we listened to the sound festival as we tucked into some of the international food from the stalls. We then headed over to Brown's Bar / Restaurant in Butler's Wharf where we sat until late and had drinks under the canopy. I left around 10.30pm but a few of us then walked along the embankment and started to party until as late as 6am! On Sunday, we again met outside the Guoman Tower Hotel and had our drinks/ light snacks. We then walked the short distance across the Marina to Dicken's Inn Bar/ Restaurant. We had a hearty meal and a drink there then walked back to the Tower Hotel. It was 5pm and the indoor bar upstairs had just opened. We sat inside and marvelled at the view as the bar had panoramic views of the river Thames and we could see Tower Bridge open to let the tall boats come through. At 10pm, a few of us came outside to watch the fireworks which were launched from a barge moored on the river. We exchanged contact details and hugged each other goodbye. It had been a magnificent event, with members also coming from America, Norway Spain and Scotland. I am hoping members who attended will be amongst the first to enter their details (tests/ diets/ products tried and their effect) in our Database/ Survey which I will be posting on all the Group sites VERY SOON. I will be posting the questionnaire to get your feedback on it to decide what further questions we need to ask in the Survey. Last year we had nearly 100 members enter their details in the survey! The new (final) survey is designed for more detail and will be freely accessible to scientists, medics and us all. It will be used to produce a treatment protocol for every type of odour condition. Arun