Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Laos List

Katie and I came up with thist list while waiting for... our train, a cab, bus? It's a list of things we learnt while traveling around Laos.

-Kopchai means thank you. Kopchai lailai means thank you very much.

-Sabaidee means hello. Everyone says this to each other.

-Laos P.D.R = Laos: Please. Don't. Rush.

-Lao lu: field dwellers
Lao camu: midland
Lao mu: mountain dewllers

-There are 4 different tribes in Laos.

-The people in the tribes are a mix of all different Asian countries.

-There is no common language due to this. The most commonly spoken one is Lao-lum.

-BeerLao is the native beer. It's mascot is a tiger. It is good and cheaper than water in many places.

-Oh my God in Laos = Oh my Buddha

- Vietnam = friendly neighbour.
Thailand = boundary issues (espescially with the border).

-Fish- a lot of bones when eating it.

-The Mekong River is a brownish/orange. It is not blue.

-Sai = left, hao = right, bai = forward, tui = backwards (at least this is with elephants).

-Few cars, almost everyone drives motorcycles.

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