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SABAI DEE BPII MAI!

Capital of Sipsong Panna, Jinghong.

Thanks babelone, and happy Songkran to you too ^ ^

sipsong panna is so amazingly beautiful and clean!

i don't see any stupid billboards in those pictures.

if i become Thai PM, i will clean the country up starting with advertisement billboards.\

Beautiful

Wow the nong Erla, nice pictures of Jiang Hoong! Wanna go there someday!Jiang Hoong used to be partof Lanna kingdom too.
Happy song kran day! Sawadee Pee Mai!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCKSDRWPxk

Thanks for the VDO, I've notice they used words such Hao instead of Rao and Bor for NO instead of Mai. You seems to know much, please explain to me why is that?LOL

Oh, and thanks to the picts of the THAI new year in 12 ban na Earla.

I want to visit badly.

What´s so funny huh?
Why? Cause other Tai dialects is much older and authentic then central Thai dialect thats why! Do you think Mai is original Tai word? What about Jing? Is it also a Tai word? Well explain to me why these 2 words Jing and Mai came from when other Tai speaking ppl dont use it. Could it be Khmer influences? Well explain to me. LoL

Thanks everyone, and once again Happy Songkran to all of you! P'Hari *HUGS* Miss you naa, but am now too tired from my trip to Yunnan and now mabe planning on visiting P"Neung in Guangxi before I venture to the States (I'm procrasnating again)

And regarding to the usage of "Mai", the Tai use it naa, just not the Tai Lue in SipSong Panna. The Zhuang in Guangxi use Mai too, and when I try to talk to the average Tai in Lao dialect, they don't really understand, but yeah they could understand central Thai, believe it or not.

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

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???

Really!!!!! Central thai are claiming that they have a hard understanding Lao dialect, which is closer to Tai Lue dialect. Viengchan dialect are much closer to the Tai Lue dialect, but not the central thai. There are whole bunch of Tai Lue living in the Northern Lao, and they can understand Lao almost perfectly. I don't believe you a bit, you have too much thaification in your head. I was in Sisongpana 8 years ago, and i was able to communicate with them with out the translator helps.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-6xPFOEx0V4&...feature=related

สุขสันต์วันสงกราน นะครับทุกท่าน กระผมเพิ่งจะเเต่งงาน เเละเพิ่งกลับมาจากอันนีมูนครับ

Wow, congratulation to you and your bride, PeaceMan!

I thought you were only in your very early 20s or something!

Thank you so much Bounthy...I'm already 31 ...And old man compare to other members here.

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.

If any lao have any problem understanding the lue language they wouldn't be lao . How can any lao not understand what she said in the music video . Even a 4 year old can understand everything she said . I believe the majority of northern Laos speaks that way .

Well i think they can na only ifthey willing to make effort. But yeah rich @$$ act high society ppl might play dumbo anyway. Those ppl dont give so much care for culture, dont you mind that kind of ppl. Still not all Thais act dumbo na have some faith 555. Nong Erla she do speak Lao dialect too Buddhalove.

Oh you even went there before. Well even if i havent yet go there i know that Tai Lue have many similatiry like Tai Yuan in Lanna too. But Dai have more Shan influences, you can see it by the clothing of it. Well Tai Lue is part of Tai Luang group. No surprise there.


สวัสดีปีใหม่นะอ้าย 555 ไงก็ปีใหม่ทั้งทีขอสุมาลาโทษกับสิ่งทําลงไปแหะๆ ยกโทษให้ข้าน้อยด้วยเทิด นี่อยู่ไทยจะแวะไปดําหัวเลย 555 โหแต่งงานแล้วด้วย ขอแสดงความยินดีด้วยคน รักกันนานๆน้าขอรับ อ๋อ31ยังแจ๋วอยู่เลย หุๆ

I have no problem understanding it at all only some words pi-nong Dai use it a little different. Well maybe i think what older ppl will completely understand each other but the younger generation (mine) dont understand a few words. Overall i think i will have no problem understanding with it, some word are easy to guess though. All i know i can speak kam muang with them like you guys can speak Tai Viengchan at them.

Issan style?

Korat style, also known as เรือนสองจาว

Sip song panna was the cradle of civilization where Lao n Thai folks came from?

It seems to be totally assimilated to han chinese culture in that all the road signs there were mainly in chinese. the buildings and food are quite chinese in design and there's alot of han chinese making their living there.

How do the indigenous folks deal with this? It looks like a perfect blissful and peaceful kinda place when we backpacked through there, but we didn't talk to people on the streets so it's kinda hard if there is any tension beneath the surface. But I wonder if china wants Tibet to be developed in the same way as Sip Song Panna?

สวัสดีปีใหม่ด้วยจ้า ขอบคุณมากๆสำหรับคำอวยพร อภัยให้"กันเเละกัน"เน่อ วันปีใหม่เเล้ว ขอให้มีเเต่สิ่งดีๆเข้ามาในชีวิต เเต่ถ้าต้องเจอะเจอกับปัญหา ก็ขอให้มันกลายเป็นยาที่ทำให้ยิ่งเข้มเเข็งเน่อ

Wow, congratulations P'Peaceman.
Where did you go for your honeymoon?

PeaceMan:

31? young and beautiful age! I think that's the age when we are ready to begin discovering life at its fullest!

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.)



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


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



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.

Hey erla, sing this with me "Dee Jai Jung Lah Gung La Gaw Lao...Dee Jing Wah..Oahi Kun Nah Lah Gaw Lao..."

looks like china, what with all the chinese stuff. i take it you are chinese then erla?

I've got a feeling that they don't have anything against the Han. The Tai's a pretty peaceful type of people, and the men are too busy with going into karaoke and drinking to care about being too assimilated into the han culture, lol. But all is not lost, as there's a Tai studies centre, and the people there consist of dedicated professional like doctors,lawyers, professors and the likes. They're very dedicated to the preservation of Tai culture, and I'm just so glad to have a chance to meet up with them and discuss things ranging from history to politics.

It's in China ka, but this is a Tai city, and populated mostly by Tai instead of Han chinese. Technically, I am a Singaporean Chinese, as my dad is one. But I hold a Thai passport too which state that my ethicity is Thai

thanks for the information. given that , you actually sound like a regular thai. chok see bii mai na khrap!

beautiful pics!

Thank you Euphoria-cheers

I went to honeymoon in Hong Kong....I know it's not a very romatic place for a honeymoon trip,but I got to stay in 5 stars hotel for free for 3 nights(Peninsula HongKong) as a gift from the Pennisula Thailand. Hard to resist

So we went there for 5 days and try to go as many places as we could including paid our friends a visit.Quite tired... The MRT interscetion in Tsim Sa Tsui is quite big and too many exit A B C D E F L1 L2 L3 and so on.....

If you want to see some of my honeymoon picts.You can teach me how to post picts in here,step by step like teaching a 5 years old boy, then I could post some of them up for you guy.

Thank you dear.You're always my little princes.

Are you now instigating Airhead Erla ? Northern lao starting from Viengchan up are of Lue you idiot . Viengchan originally are the same as Tai Yai . Tai Yai came from Tai Lue . Luangpranbang are all Tai Lue . Tai puan are of Tai lue . Tai yuan of northern also came from Tai Lue . Almost all of northern Lao are of Tai Lue . Northern Lao speaks like Tai lue in sipsongpanna and deep north speaks the same as Lue in sipsongbanna . You think the Lue will hate another Lue just because lao(Erla) under Thaifiacation (Siamese Fication ) told them Lies in desperate for them to hate Lao PDR . Lue is our heritage and they were once called Ailao . Wait till they find out the truth , it will make them hate you and the Siamese even worst than you can ever imagine . It will be just like how Issan and lanna found out how they were taught to hate their own Lao people in Lao PDR. Who will they choose the Siamese or their own kind ? I think they will choose their own kind over the Lao that wants to be Siamese (Erla ) and the Siamese .

In this video a Tai Lue is speaking . If a Tai lue speaking like this can't understand Lao in Lao PDR then I will jump off a bridge for you . What she speaks is 100 percent speaking Lao . This girl speak exactly like the northern Lao . This girls speak closer to the Lao PDR then the people of Lanna . Khammuang speaks like Viengchan but Tai lue is alot closer to Viengchan dialect . Hold on I forgot to laugh at you Tai Lue can't uderstand Lao PDR 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz crack head , you just made yourself look stupid lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz .
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0EvLBLo_S8Q&...feature=related

Go seek medical help Erla ! Sipsongbanna been apart of Lanxang since king Fa Ngum . Fa ngum ask Praya Ba- Nuar(north) and Praya Ba - Tai ( south ) of Sipsongbanna to surrender but they didn't . Fa ngum killed them both and had their relatives become king of Sipsongbanna under the Lanxang kingdom . The French gave Sipsongbanna to China .


About the Zhuang , they are not the ancestor of the Lao . They share a common ancestor but we split apart . They had their own kingdom and we had our own kingdom . We split apart from them since the migration from Pay Ngai , Muang Loong , and Muang bPa around the Yangtze river and Huang Ho river .

Tell Nung Tibao I said he is afraid of elephantking . All the audio he posted was from a western scholar that went to china to do research . He didn't post those up online . I was one of the first few people that got to hear those audio . If was sent to my office once before . That idiot is probably a Chinese Thai making $hitz up . A Chinese Thai knowing how to read and write Chinese went and got all those audio online then posted up making up his own $hitz . He then went online and scan up some Chinese people pictures then posted on this site . Nung Tibao is a fonie . I challenge Nungtibao on a debate if he dares . That idiot is afraid of elephantking .

Wow... That's nice. After I graduated from the university, I have a plan to travel abroad once a year with my own money haha.
Last year I went to KL and Genting, Malaysia. For this year I'm in a process of collecting the datas about a good and cheap place to visit. And Hong Kong is also in my choices.
Is Hong Kong a good place to visit. Is it expensive traveling there?

Yeah yeah, I wanna see your honeymoon pictures. So can I use Thai to describe how to post some pictures in here? Because I'm not quite good describing in English.


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this is me and my wify in front of the HK bank.the lion statue is the same one they printed on the HK dollar bill.


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This is the view from HK side toword Kawloon side. The tall building still underconstruction behind me is going to be another finacial center pararall with the one on the HK side. Like the twin world trade center buildings in US.

EDITED: sorry I give up, it's keep on telling me this:Sorry, dynamic pages in the [IMG] tags are not allowed

OK, let me help you na P'Peaceman.

Wow Erla i envy you jung. thanks ka for sharing. i will visit Yunnan someday.


P peaceman got married? My heart is broken too. Congratulations to you and p puying naka. i will at 27 muahahahaaahaha I will honeymoon in Similan island i watched Navigator program today on channel 3 very beautiful place. I will go to the place I never been tovsure such as Yunnan by car.


Last time i went to HK i stayed at the Park Lane hotel just opposite Victoria park. Good view. i played Badminton every morning with my cousin there. I could go to Tsim Sa Tsui alone too to change my dress color I had bought. from the station i take behind the hotel then changed to the train to Kowloon. Very comfortable by subway I recall the exist F yeah so many exist but very narrow escalator for just one person. I rarely traveling by subway in Bangkok though. I wish all step of sky train in BKK changed to escalator all tomorrow. Piang!

LOL,




you make sense Elephantking.

lolzzzzzzz its funny how she said they can't understand Lao PDR . I wonder what language did she speak to them . She must have spoke central Thai to them lolzzzz... A Lue will understand Central Thai ( Siamese ) but can't understand another Lue speaking exactly like them lolzzzzzzzzz , only according to Erla . 5555555555555555555555555555555555555 lolzzzzz She must be smoking something lolzzzzzz !

I wonder if the Lue was trying to speak English to Erla saying :

U Rrrrrr Sa Mo King Kuk = YOu are smoking crack lolzzzzz.

It is soo distasteful and insecure of erla to go spreading lies and the hatred of her towardLAO people to our Tai pi nong in Sipsongpanna Yunnan, China.

How low life, dirty and looney erla is.

I wonder if she even know that Tai Lue are very close related to the Lao people out of all the other Tais groups.

Liu=Lue=Liao=L'hao=LAO. We used to be one people and kingdom.

lolzzz, Ok Ok Ek, take it easey on Erla. Man ur making her sound like an idiot.

All erla has is her own madeup words, vs all the facts you present. just take out the names, and merely post both of ur opinions. Its like night and day, Erla makes no sense

This is too funny, anyone who can read will look at erla's post vs ur post and say what the hell is this chick erla saying.

She actually thinks that the ppl of Sipsongpanna can understand Siamese language more easely then Lao Language. lolzzzz
When Sipsogpanna use to be apart of Lanxang, and are the same bloodline as us Lao. I guess the ppl of Sipsongpanna jump on a plain 700 years ago and landed in Central Thailand. lolzzz

Erla did u know the Maekong river running through Sipsongpanna is called Lancang River. lolzzz

stop making Erla look like an idiot EK, man im starting to feel sorry for her.

Half breed loves to twist Lao/tai history around so it fits her chinese heritage. she must have learned from her dad.

Wow... good to see u check out the old country before going to the new!




Yep, when i backpacked over there, i had the same thoughts about how the folks are are relaxed easy going people, but i couldn't stand knowing the Han tourists from Beijjing were coming in the busloads to watch these 'spectaculars', you know, the shows which have topless women dancing... These uptight Hans think it's easy to get laid there. Anyways, its cool u didn't hang with the tourists but rather the intellectuals and professionals over there to learn about culture and history!

Half breed.... hmmm. You've revealed more by using those two words to every other person with a sense of decency on this board than you think. I don't see how someone's ethnic lineage or background has anything to do with this.

@ Erla - if you're in Beijing soon feel free to hit me up. Do tell about southern china - the furthest i've been was Guanxi province (yes i went to Guilin and Yangshuo just like everyone else and yes it was nice but too touristy blah blah blah).

As for the han tourists.... try living side by side with them! Alot of the men don't like the idea of westerners mixing with their women (and its pointless me explaining i am a dual citizen as most cannot comprehend that a country can allow dual citizenship etc) and its amazing how many guys have come up to my female beijing friends with comments about me being there. The women are really cool though generally.