For the second day of Pii Mai Lao, my Mom’s other friend, Khongxay, had offered to drive us in his truck to Tad Lo (the waterfall with the elephants that is just nearby), as a lot of people like to go there for the New Year. He also offered for me to take along a friend so that it was more fun. When I asked one of the girls to come with me however… there was a bit of a misunderstanding – so it ended up that six of my friends from the neighbourhood all thought that they were coming!
It ended up working out though, and all seven of us piled into the open-air back part of the truck. Because we were in the open-air part, I learnt about another custom of Pii Mai Lao the hard way… throwing water on the passing cars! I discovered this when I noticed that all the girls had scattered to the far side of the truck and were calling me over, but I didn’t have time to react so I got a bunch of water thrown right over me. The rest of the way to Tad Lo we were bombarded with buckets of water, water balloons, and water guns. It definitely made for an exciting ride and was actually very refreshing.
When we arrived at Tad Lo, there were cars, motorbikes, and tons of people as far as the eye could see. In fact it was so full that it looked like a completely different place from when we had last seen it! We headed down to the waterfalls and had fun climbing up them (they weren’t very tall), although it was a little tricky and slippery in parts.
After we had got to the top, we decided to go see the Elephants, which are the same ones that I posted about a little while ago. Mom bought some bananas for us to feed to them, but the elephants didn’t really want them, I guess they were too full already! After that we headed back to the truck and set off back to Lao Ngam – again finding ourselves doused with water as we drove down the street.
Tad Lo, and the whole festival was really fun and I’m really glad that I had my friends with me. That’s all for now, La garn 🙂
*Word of the day: Sang (Pronounced how it looks), It means elephant
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Sounds like a great day. I wouldn’t mind being doused with water! Hung li li- did I spell that right?
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Mom and I usually spell it “Hawn” but I don’t think there really is just one right way to spell it. Hope you’re enjoying the 4,000 Islands!
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Thanks- I’ve changed the spelling in my Laos notes on my phone. I’m so disappointed that I forgot the sheet that I printed all of your ‘words of the day’ on!
See you on the weekend!
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Okay! See you 🙂
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sa-baai-dii ….. hahaha too funny – the look on your face when you got splashed with water – a little shocking I can imagine but once you know you are okay, a little funny & refreshing xo ….. who ended up eating the bananas – you & your ngam meus ? ….. I am so happy you are experiencing all these special celebrations – people over there seem so appreciative of so much xo ….. Take care my niecey friend – you are the best – Dan, Adalyn, Noah & I had so much fun talking with you the other morning / night !!!
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Haha, yep! We did take a few of the bananas, but left the rest for the elephants to eat when they were hungry. It was so much fun talking to everyone, hopefully we can do it again soon! Say hi to Uncle, Noah and Adalyn for me! Love you guys xo ❤
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