I worked/interned for a consulting firm in Lao PDR a year or so back, we used to go to Thailand in the weekends. I have been to Thailand many times but usually only for a couple of days whilst heading through. I would like to explore a bit more and learn the language, I find it similar to Lao language.
I work in a laboratory In NZ, brew/test malt/beer for the brewing industry in New Zealand and Heineken for export.
You live in the South? Near Malaysia?
What do you like to do in your freetime?