Lao PDR
October 7th 2008 Sabai-dii! That means "hello" in Lao. We left Thailand about a week ago, and since then have been in the country of Laos. To get to Laos, which shares a border with Thailand, we had to cross a river in a small boat.
Laos is similar to Thailand in many ways, but also very different. For example, the language is very close, but not the same. "Chicken" in Thai is "gai," whereas in Lao it is
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