We Have Rooms ha! ha!

I park the rented Flying Pigeon on its stand. It falls over. Kun Dom (I later learn his name), watching soccer on TV, calls from reception.
Lock the stand. Bicycle will fall down. Is Chinese.
You have rooms?
We have.
Why ha ha?
Makes good feeling.
Ah, a room with a view. A view of the Mekong. River's a little low isn't it?
Chinese dams. How you like Laos?
Wonderful. One country I can cross the border and still use the same language. My pidgin Thai turns out to be pretty much pidgin Lao.
Not same.
No but the differences are small. 'Thank you' in Thai is 'kop kun,' 'kop jai' in Lao, is it not? 'Good luck' in Thai is 'chok dee', 'sok dee' in Lao. Many important words are the same.
Important?
Like 'sticky rice with mango', 'khao niau ma muang.' Very important word.