Sa bai dee dawn sao (Good morning)! Today we had another day off since it was the weekend, we decided we would climb up the monument “Patuxay” (pronounced: Pat-oo-sye) since it was right next to our apartment. Patuxay is basically the central hub of the city of Vientiane, it looks like this:
So we started our climb, together it cost us 6,000 KIP to go up Patuxay which is about ¢60 CAD. As we went up we noticed some really pretty details:
So after that we kept going and soon reached the top. It was a little bit of a trek but not too bad! And the view from the top was amazing!
When we came back down, we decided to go to the “Morning Market”. We went and got some clothes, since we needed more for the hot weather. And treated ourselves to chocolate chip cookies afterwards. It was a bit hard shopping for the clothes though, since the people selling them speak little to no English and we only barely speak Lao. But eventually we were able to understand each other, with hand gestures and such.
*Word of the day/Phrase of the day: la garn (pronounced: Law-gawn), it means “goodbye”.
Hope all is well, Phob kan mai and la garn!
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Sa bai dee dawn sao (( pronunciation, please )) Taya ….. Khwap jai for the beauiful photos – beautiful city …..are you wearing your sinh at all OR will you save it for the village you are going to soon ….. I love you and think of you a lot xoxoxo ….. La garn ….. Phob kan mai …..
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It is pronounced: Sa ba dee dawn sow, so pretty close to how it looks. I haven’t really been wearing my sinh that much, but I suspect we will be wearing them a lot more at the village.
xoxoxo Love you
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khwap jai Taya Have a happy day prob kan mai xoxoxo
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haha .. almost forgot … such a beautiful picture of you — khwap jai Mom xoxo & BIG HUGS to you both
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Thank you! Or should I say khawp jai!
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haha 🙂 laos always 🙂 then I learn la garn xoxo
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xoxo
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Wow so beautiful!
With Laos money, is kip less, more, or the same price as Canadian money.
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I’m not sure, all I know is that 10,000 KIP is about 1 Canadian dollar (CAD)
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Sá-baai-dii.
Best post yet! Khwap jai! What a beautiful place! Glad to hear that your starting to be able to communicate- it will only get easier.
Have fun, la garn
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I hope you are just as happy as you sound in your posts.
I also hope you think about your friends here, but don’t feel sad about it.
The ma is pining for his Tay, he cherished your pats.
Love, Lu
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I am very happy, but of course I miss you guys soooo much, I also miss Bow, I hope you and him are well
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Taya. Please keep up the postings,they are wonderful. I am enjoying the experience of sharing your adventures. Kiss to you and your mom. Love Aunty Penny
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Thank you, Love you xoxoxo
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Se bai dee dawn sap, Taya. What a beautiful temple! Give your mommy a birthday kiss! khwap jai. La garn. I love yous. Alynn
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Thank you! The temples here sure are beautiful, Love you
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It should read we bai dee dawn sao..silly autocorrect, 😁
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Still wrong……you know what I mean🤣
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haha 🙂
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