"Sabaidee"

I wrote in the post about Si Phan Don, that people on Don Khone were greeting me all the time. This wasn't actually something unusual. Wherever you are in Laos, there's always someone smiling at you and greeting you. "Sabaidee" means hello, welcome, and it could be this country's second name. It's simply marvellous, unlike any other country I've been to so far...
It's almost impossible being in a bad mood here. The country's slow pace, the absence of traffic, noise, aggression of any kind, and above all the Laotians themselves... If someone needs a time-out or to recover from whatever, doctor Micha recommends you one month Laos: it's the perfect cure from any kind of hardship or stress...