Bit of a combo but Thai is better to use I have found. I have learnt a lot of Lao and we speak it at home, but when I have been in Thailand and spoken in Lao not using the polite Thai norms poeple have thought I was a bit rude (actually a kind of farang rude as if I didn't care to learn Thai properl...

That the magic of Thailand. Isn't it

Very good piece Dave. I certainly don't hold a torch for Mr. T (a fact that no doubt worries him considerable every night :D ). But some of the possible alternatives are very worrying. I don't think that any Falangs or Thais would wish to swap him with any of the neighbouring countries leaders, for...

How does that work?

This may be a bit off track but here goes. Our niece (one of many) now 25yrs has just met and got engaged with a European bloke while working as a bar girl in Phuket, she only has one child but because her and LW were close growing up we sent here 45k bht last year to help out with things (this was ...

LW sold some of those whiting cream products at her shop/stall in Vientiane all the ingredients were written in English good for someone like me who can read them Bad for the Lao folks pasted that nasty S**t on three or four times a day. Now our niece is has an incurable rash similar in colour to an...

Thanks for the info I am generally fairly good at avoiding any military crowd on leave (Bulgarian especially), I will make note of early May thanks again.

Not that I think the Lao Government is good or anything but I have plodded through the bureaucracy for a while now without too much hassle. It has taken time for things to happen and cost more than the Australian government would charge but not a great deal more, all in all I haven

"Why do they come to Udon?" coz they got hooked up with an udon girl that they met in pattaya,phuket,bkk,,(not all ,but a lot),im in phuket now theres so many girls working here from udon..and so many farang,they marry ,and bobs ya marley,they live in udon... and then theres cobra gold in udon...o ...

well now I have a different question to ask ! What would u buy to ur gf on valentine's day?? I would love to know what a guys think the girl might like :D Beer Lao x 3 cartons & a suprise visit by her neice from Lao (I won the visa battle with immigration finally) not really romantic but it was pla...

It must be the Thai Breeding my Holden kept taking me to the nearest set of red and blue flashing lights.

Last year we gave cement (as good as money) to the local, very small school, LW was worried that people would think she was being a snob or that we were made of money, so all the cement was given though the village head (hua na ban I think they

I have had to listen to very similar cases before, it is really embarrassing to sit and watch these guys (oops bad habit) I mean ladies tell their story looking to me for some kind of explanation. I have a usual response

Thanks everyone for the help! It looks like the AEK Udon will be the go, I have ordered the pickup (no more motocy for me) hopefully all should be well but you never know, thanks again.
Now to sort out the relatives.

Trying to organise the annual Lao family reunion for LW in Udon, we have done this before but not with our new 5 month old son, I was wondering if anyone was able to recommend a local doctor for the little one. LW doesn

[quote="TC"]On a more serious note

Another excellent idea would be a

I was tortured in my school years with vegemite and banana sandwiches every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. But to top the cake when I first met my father in law on a cool dark Vientiane day he greeted me with a friendly hello and two days worth of vegemite and cheese sandwiches, apparently the shop ...

Originally I am from a farm in NZ but moved with the family to OZ at age 11 (now 29 years) as I was new to Australia I got put into a class for new Aussies, my new classmates were all Lao refugees from the war. I completed high school with them and in the process became apart of an extended family (...

A few school friends and I (Lao/Aussies) crashed our motor bikes in front my LW's stall (sober I think). Anyway one thing lead to another and here we are.

We are in the process of going through the second round of scrutiny for a business visa. The system is always changing as the investment standards are constantly being tinkered with, our application has taken some time and probably won