Laos: land of many hellos

We've learned to say two Lao words: "sabaidee" (hello) and "kawp djii" (thank you). If you know these two words, the Lao people are happy.

In Mongolia, it was considered strange to say "sain bain uu" (hello) more than once to the same person in a day. Here it's perfectly acceptable. You can greet someone as often as you wish. There's no need to keep track of whether you've seen the person already that day, you can greet away.