Songkran in Sipsong Panna 2008, Happy Songkran everyone! Options

[erla]

Fireworks last night












More to come later...

[erla]

Hey, ohoo wow you´re so ahead of me...555 so all of these pictures are yours? Such a lucky girl, me i´m trabt in my own life. Hold on for another 2 months till going back home again.
So maybe you might visit him, if you do say Hi to him for me and ask him why he didnt came back to AF, maybe he felt too much hate? 555
Anyway have lots of fun there nurrr...you only live once, you will not have lots of time anymore after the uni start.

IC, It surprise me alot, also what about R do Zhuang ppl use too? Been hearing and reading R doesnt exist in Tai language, i wonder.
LolZ...they can understand central Thai this really surprise me also. Do you mean if you fully speak central Thai they understand everything? And do you also understand Kam Tai Zuang dialect? Northern or Southern? Guess Neungtinbao is Southern Zhuang isnt?
So you are now in Guangxi?

Miss you too nongsao! Oy...got a hug hehe feel so

Hehe, the pics officially belongs to my friend, as she's the one taking it while I just sit on the bench and eat ice cream (Did I mentioned that the camera used was crappy too ? But that's another story, lol)

I've seen Zhuang people used R, as in "Rao" they called themselves "Puad Rao" kaa. And so far I've never heard Tai people in Sipsong Panna used "R" ka. The reason P'Nueng never come to AF again is because, he is pretty sick and tired of all those lao members here ka. And he did passed on a word that he pity the Thai members dealing with those unreasonable people too. There are a lot of Tai kadai language variety, those people in Dehong seems to be more comfortable with central Thai dialect, but those in Jinghong can almost understood "Kam muang" perfectly, but have trouble understanding lao from lao PDR.

And yes, my friends from SipSong Panna have a message to lao members here, that echo the thoughts of all of the Tai. They painstakingly type in out in Chinese, and I will take that message and post it here+providing the translation myself. (Some of the teens uses very harsh language, but I think I'll omited that out.)

Oy Erla, have u left Singapore already for good??? Backpacking in China now?

I hadn't known that Sip Song Panna is Xishuangbanna...wow... can u understand the local people's language when they speak their Tai dialect???

Yo tanga *HUGS* Not for good, have to still come back after 4 years There's no Nasi Lemak in China, wakao eh! I'm going to China,before I'm embarking for my prison in the USA, and yes the local Tai people can understand me, and vice versa. They're so cool to Thai tourists,btw! My luggage now is loaded with freebies

สุขสันต์วันสงกราน นะครับทุกท่าน กระผมเพิ่งจะเเต่งงาน เเละเพิ่งกลับมาจากอันนีมูนครับ

P'Peaceman is married ??? Oh wow, I'm now like totally broken hearted Happy Honeymoon!

Thanks for the pics erla, going to sipsong panna for songkan sounds fun. did you try any foods or do any fun things while over there? tell us about your trip.

No prob. The staple food there is khao niew, and there's bbq fish with lemongrass, fish tom yum, nor-mai with nam jim. The sauce taste like those of Suki MK in my opinion. And there's Yum kai mod daeng too, and most of all, their gai yang taste great!!!!11 We've eaten lots of fruits too, and their taste is not too intense as the ones we have in Thailand. Pretty palate cleasing The Songkran is very wild there, they will use water guns and huge bucket of water to splash you, and the guys can be pretty lecherous too..Not going to go into details about it, but it was rather fun. A slightly tone down version of Khao San Road Songkran, in my opinion. Oh, and their Mahnorah dance was great too, stars perform on stage with songs from Golf and Mike (They're popular there now) Potato, and the other Tai songs.