If you want to visit somewhere to get the peace and the silence in your mind or relieve the worry and busyness in your daily life, welcome you to beautiful Laos. This country is covered with green color of plateaus and very large fields. Especially, Laos is not really noisy, modern, flashy or magnificent but it is still extremely attractive because of hidden mysterious, romantic and peaceful beauties. Tours in Laos
Laos – the peaceful and beautiful country-source: https://www.bestprice.vn/
However, coming to this nation means that tourists come to a strange land when compared with their hometown. Therefore, tourists need to know how to change before traveling Laos.
Change eating habit in Laos
Besides visiting the famous places of interest in Laos, tourists also have chance to meet and talk to native people. From that, tourists can understand more about local habits and customs. When visitors contact with local people, eating is considered as the usual way to get them close to each other. Therefore, tourists should learn how to adapt to eating habits of Laotian to express the respect to them and not to be considered impolite.
Laotian usually squat on the floor and enjoy the meal instead of seating on the chair around the table. Native people believe that parents are those who always eat first and the young have to eat after. Therefore, tourists need to note this problem. Marguerite cruise
Food in Laos is very spicy because Laotian usually use ginger, pepper and green pepper to add to food. They even create many dishes from green pepper which are invited for visitors to express their hospitability. It can be said that spice is the culture of Laos because the majority of Laotian are manual laborers and the spice stimulates the taste and makes food more delicious, which makes Laotian eat more and increases working capacity.
Papaya salad – one of the most spicy dishes in Laos-source: http://thoidai.com.vn/
Because of mentioned reason, if you don’t practice eating spicy food and eating habits of Laotian, you can be misunderstood that you are arrogant or impolite. Moreover, you can be hungry due to not eating anything.
Spicy Lap- one of the most popular dishes in Lao-source: http://blog.clingme.com/
You need to learn how to eat the spicy food gradually or you will be hungry during the journey and your holiday will become terrible instead of being wonderful as in your imagination. You can add spice in your every meals from now. The amount of spice should be raised day by day for you not to be shocked.
Change sleeping habit
Sleeping habit of Laotian is quite different from other people in other countries. They go to sleep soon and wake up soon as well. This habit is formed because of cultural belief of Laotian. In Laos, in every aurora, monks walk on the street to receive food and flowers from native people and wish them a nice and lucky day. Therefore, if Laotian wake up late, they will miss this blessing, which expresses the contempt to Buddhism.
Monks receive food and flowers from local people-source: http://travelling24h.com/
And because of waking up soon, Laotian have to go to bed soon. They usually go to bed before 10 p.m. At this time, almost lights are turn off and the space becomes very quiet. And this is the reason why tourists shouldn’t go to bed too late because your turning on the light will certainly bother others.
If tourists are used to surfing on the Internet too late or any habits which can affect on Laotian’s sleeping, you need to change right now, especially if you will be in homestay when traveling Laos.
Change hungry lifestyle
Laos is the country which have slow lifestyle, which reaches the purpose of many holidays – the peace in mind. The majority of Laotian are Buddhists. Day by day, they remain the methodical style of life.
If tourists are used to hungry habit of industrial style and bring this to the journey, it is not good. Tourists should learn how to speak, move or do anything calmly and lightly. This will show Laotian that you are not careless people.
Coming to other lands means getting acquainted with other customs. Changing yourselves to get on well with culture is the way for you to enjoy the journey and have unforgettable memory. Moreover, this will create the happiness between tourists and native people as well as avoiding unworthy misunderstanding.
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