We have made it safely to Vientiane, the capital of Laos! We arrived at about 6:00 pm last night. When we landed we were picked up with two other Cuso volunteers (Cuso is the organization my mom works for), and driven to our apartment. When we got to the apartment we were surprised to find 5 kitties there.
This morning we went out and explored a bit, we went to one of the markets with Pat and Vivekan (the other Cuso volunteers), and got some food there. “Kip” is what the currency is called here in Laos, to give you a scale 10,000 kip is about 1 Canadian dollar. At the market it wasn’t very expensive, as almost everything was under 100,000 Kip (or 10 dollars).
Its very, very warm here, even at night time. And we have to make sure to only drink bottled water as our immune systems aren’t used to the water they have here. But other than having to adjust to the heat, its pretty beautiful over here and I’m finding that I really like it.
I also was given a very good suggestion to teach you all a new word in Lao everyday, so here’s your word of the day: sá-baai-dii (pronounced: sa-ba-dee), which means hello.
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Sa baai dii, Taya! It is going to so much fun to have you teaching us Lao! How fun to come to a house full of cats for two cat lovers. It is rainy here on the wet coast…winter is coming! Are you in your rainy season? Xxoo alynn
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Thank you! I’m glad your following the blog. The rainy season is just ending here!
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Sa-baai-dii TAYA & Bonny … I am so happy you like it there Taya – I love you so much … The kitty is so cute – what a gift for you xoxoxo … another tip for you & mom – when I was in India, aside from drinking only bottled water, we were told not to have fresh salad as it is washed in their water … take care loves – so much love, Tricia xoxo
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Thanks for the tip! Love ya lots xo
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Do you get to keep the kittens?
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hey lu 🙂
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And how do you say dog in Lao?
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We just learnt it in our language training today actually! Dog is “Ma”
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Sa-baai-dii Taya! That’s a great idea- I’m going to keep a list of all the words you teach us.
The market must be amazing. What kind of local fruit can you get?
Watch out for ice cubes too!
So glad you’re enjoying the great adventure!
ME
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Yay! I’m excited to teach everyone. There are dragon fruit, lichi fruit and more over here!
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Sa-baai-dii tay tay & bonny love you both and hope you get used to the water soon. p.s what r the kitties names? p.p.s if you haven’t chosen names I suggest sweet pea (for short pea) or luna.
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-Ayla:)
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love you too alien. there is a black kitty, a speckled kitty, a white kitty, a white and speckled kitty (the mom), and a black and white one (the kitten). we named the black one “dash”, the speckled one “speckles”, the white one “lilac”, and the back and white one “kitten”. But we haven’t named the mom yet so I think “Luna” would be a perfect name!
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haha xoxo you have been having fun naming them … I cannot wait for your next word for us to learn and your blog … thank you Taya xoxo
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