@@guneytopal1713 nothing wrong with advising future travellers to be aware, especially if they're traveling on a budget, cheap drinks are an attraction...
You are warned about this and bottled water in countries like this, in China for example there are a lot of counterfeits of big name alcohol brands and in India, you are warned about bottled water because people simply refill empty discarded bottles and sell them to tourist, whilst in the UK cryptosporidium has been found in tap water, so your not completely safe at home either
BOOTLEGGER here; don't blame the salesman, blame the producers of these defective products. As for me, I take great pride in my work and I work hard and earn good money to support my girlfriends.
From what I've read & studied, it is a HORRIBLE way to go - or to survive, but be in a coma in the hospital - & likely messed up for LIFE!! It's CRAZY how people can do this to others!!
@@SparrowHills08I doubt it was malicious. I've been to Laos a few times and I've never met a malicious Laotian. More likely someone trying to make some money by selling dodgy alcohol
Methanol can cause blindness too. ..... if no hospital treatment is available drinking good ethanol is said to be an emergency treatment, but don't take my word for it.
omg,,, as a former backpacker who has travelled alone, this has shocked me to the core as have never heard of this before,,,, so sorry for the loss,,,,
It's not laced with methanol. Nobody added it. It's naturally present in alcohol, because it *is* an alcohol. There are different kinds of alcohol. The one safe to drink is ethanol. Normal production methods produce them all in different quantities. Distillation is to separate them out. But the hypothetical spherical cows in physics/math don't exist in the real world. Neither is pure alcohol with only ethanol and no methanol. The dose makes the poison. This frequently happen when the person doing the distillation are too aggressive with not throwing away too much of the product in the head and tail.
@danielch6662 there is no methanol in alcoholic beverages you absolute moron. That's ethanol in alcoholic beverages lol. You are so stupid it's hilarious 🤡
So sad. This was not uncommon when I lived in Lao from the 90's. I'm a Brit and as I lived there I used to warn tourists and back packers about this back in the 90's and early 2000's. As a warning my wife and I saw the same thing in Sri Lanka when we were there so it's not just Lao.
@@milesinnzis that the young tourist fault they are bullet proof or the older generations guiding them and culture of their countries. We should do nore to support our young generations
@@Creees how do you guide 20 something western people who are on a buzz.. when I was their age, I was riding motorcycles and other dangerous activities at insane speeds no one told me not to. I am surprised I am still alive. I am not sure how the dangers of traveling in SE Asia are communicated.. I see so many cases of people making very basic mistakes..
The alcohol abroad can sometimes be dangerous. I had two bottles of seemingly ordinary Leo beer in Thailand a few years ago and woke up at 2am feeling the most ill I've ever been in my life. Bad batch.
Makes you wonder how many people have drunk alcohol partially adulterated with this stuff rather than in pure form and who have undergone organ damage.
Methanol comes from fermentation of pectins found in fruits, potatoes, carrots, sugar beet and lots of other plants. The concentration of methanol is relatively low compared to ethanol and should be almost completely removed by distillation (methanol has a lower boiling point than ethanol). In a proper distillery, the concentrations would be monitored all through the process. However, there are no safeguards with bootlegged alcohol which is common in some places. RIP to the unfortunate victims.
Some countries you can buy a gallon of ethanol and mix with water it will give you a berril of street alcohol that stuff is deadly if not mix properly 🥵🤧🤕😷🤒_crazy stuff pure evil and greed_
interesting question.. this is common in Laos and Cambodia.. would be interesting to know if other locals suffered from the same source.. just how much alcohol was involved ?
Innocent people must have been horrible deaths. I don't touch alcohol and never like it. I lived abroad in Africa when I was younger The alcohol was cheap but I was never interested.
@user-mj4vn1ev7b getting hit by a car is not always intentional, but this was done anonymously and intentionally with the intent to kill. How on earth could you put them together? Best if U stayed home and off the internet.
On behalf of Lao people, We would like to express our conlodence to both of them, 🥺 We won't this thing like this happend to ours or all beloved visitors WE APOLOGIZE❤
Not true... google it... we have had a few cases of moonshine made with methanol. Isolated cases... saying that is "very popular" when you don't even live there is so ignorant.
So in a nutshell they have murderers, just lacing people’s drinks and nothings being done about it. RIP to the tourists who succumbed to this situation. I hope we all have a eye opening on how careful we need to be and who we really should be trusting overseas
yahh nothing like that is gonna happen, in which case only police from neighboring country like thailand n stuff would gave much attention, in fact i dont even think this make a round in Lao's media or news site.
I stayed at Spicey Lao, loved that hostel. Vang Vieng was an epic week. Travellers have always died at VV usually its from drowning after they hit rocks in the river or something. Usually always Aussies too.
I was in Laos in 2011 and Vang Vieng was known as a place where backpackers went and did lots of drugs and drank a ton and went tubing. I skipped it and am glad I didn’t. I spoke to a French guy who seemed traumatized by things he had seen there. Apparently the Laos government intervened in 2012 but I still wouldn’t want to go there
Worked on a mine site about an hour drive from vang vieng 14 years ago, 5 Laos guys went to the local village on their day off and bought some local rice whiskey, they were all found dead in their rooms the next day
@@andyrome316 I know there's always a few dumb people on the internet that can't grasp the point so let me spell it out to you. The news story is about people who decided to go to Vang Vieng and have effectively been murdered. This person thought that this was a good opportunity to be self-congratulatory that they decided to pass on the most famous town in Laos. Cut the sanctimonious bullshit, it's a tragedy.
The body converts methanol into formaldehyde which is highly toxic. Abdominal pains, vomiting, eventually blindness, kidney failure and death, a horrible end to those affected.
Laos is dirt poor, some probably can't afford to buy quality alcohol which would usually need to be imported in from Thailand. So you get these home brew blackmarket alcohol cut with who knows what.
I am in vang vieng town now and I can say that laos is very poor so their food and drinks safety is an issue. Even the bottled water makes my stomach upset.
Vang Vieng doesn't correspond with lao common daily life and culture: it's a place which has been turned for backpackers young foreigners having misconduct there. When in Laos: drink Namsa, genuine Laobeer , water in capsuled bottles or Thea.
Not the alco that kills it's the fake alco that does. Especially in that part of the world anything goes to make quick money. $$$ is king there. Everything else comes 2nd , including human lives. One should be grateful that u aint living there
It's not for women. They should get a husband and travel with him and the kids. Of course modern western civilization is telling these women they can do what men do. They can't
Stay away from cocktails from street vendors.
No shit Sherlock
ຄົນໂງ່, ເປັນຫຍັງພວກເຂົາກິນ?
The shots were at there resort it wasn’t just some random drinks from the street
@@guneytopal1713 nothing wrong with advising future travellers to be aware, especially if they're traveling on a budget, cheap drinks are an attraction...
Never drink anything that has ice in it either from street vendors. You will up on the toilet next day
I learned from my travels early on never to drink alcohol abroad except in safe establishments where I bought it myself. This is a tragic situation.
Did something happen, so you learnt your lesson, just wondering
Na you just have to understand monsters exist no matter where you go.
You are warned about this and bottled water in countries like this, in China for example there are a lot of counterfeits of big name alcohol brands and in India, you are warned about bottled water because people simply refill empty discarded bottles and sell them to tourist, whilst in the UK cryptosporidium has been found in tap water, so your not completely safe at home either
BOOTLEGGER here; don't blame the salesman, blame the producers of these defective products. As for me, I take great pride in my work and I work hard and earn good money to support my girlfriends.
@@PrashantKumar-qp4er Ha! How many girlfriends do you have
From what I've read & studied, it is a HORRIBLE way to go - or to survive, but be in a coma in the hospital - & likely messed up for LIFE!! It's CRAZY how people can do this to others!!
So it was maliciously done?
@@SparrowHills08I doubt it was malicious. I've been to Laos a few times and I've never met a malicious Laotian. More likely someone trying to make some money by selling dodgy alcohol
@@michaelb2388Life is cheap in the third world
Methanol can cause blindness too. ..... if no hospital treatment is available drinking good ethanol is said to be an emergency treatment, but don't take my word for it.
@@michaelb2388trying to make money in that way selling dodgy alcohol sounds pretty malicious to me… well aware of the consequences
How very distressing and worrying.
Avoid Dominican republic also🎉
@@XnaihkKahtanhg is... is that a threat?
@vshazam it's a promise... Tourist are in danger they are known to give" ethanol" to people"fake vodka"
@PATCARSON-l6v they are know for ethanol_fake vodka
@@XnaihkKahtanhgrubbish
Sad news and my sincere love 🌹 to her close family and friends 🌹
omg,,, as a former backpacker who has travelled alone, this has shocked me to the core as have never heard of this before,,,, so sorry for the loss,,,,
your comment needs more commas,,,,,,,,,,,,,
So how will they find the person(s) responsible? Find supplier?
They won't
They are all making this elicit alcohol
@kingston4313 Most likely they will blame someone who had a minor role in this tragedy & it will then be business as usual
@@ga7a903 Thailand govt will cos they rely on tourism they are very strict there, 7 arrests have been made already.
They never will! This is hard 2 prove.😢
Condolences for the families loss
Which family?
Yeah I'm sure they'll be comforted by your "condolences"
@@JohnSaunders-k1eI'll expect you to be there at the funeral Jonathan
@ I’m sure your hard drive is toxic.
@@AkiraIlyas Haven't you heard? Condolences are internet based these days.
Invent a methanol quick test strip. Kinda like a pregnancy test. 1 line is negative, and 2 lines equals a positive. Make it available and affordable.
Not possible, methanol is too chemically similar to ethanol for that to work.
I too like giving advice about things i have absolute zero idea about lol.
@@Leviathan-h2hlol not true lol
It's not laced with methanol. Nobody added it. It's naturally present in alcohol, because it *is* an alcohol. There are different kinds of alcohol. The one safe to drink is ethanol. Normal production methods produce them all in different quantities. Distillation is to separate them out. But the hypothetical spherical cows in physics/math don't exist in the real world. Neither is pure alcohol with only ethanol and no methanol. The dose makes the poison. This frequently happen when the person doing the distillation are too aggressive with not throwing away too much of the product in the head and tail.
@danielch6662 there is no methanol in alcoholic beverages you absolute moron. That's ethanol in alcoholic beverages lol. You are so stupid it's hilarious 🤡
Rest in peace
Never buy open drinks unless you pour from your bottle ..
@vshazam they are known to sale fake vodka 🎉
u can have matehnol in look orgin abottels man,
its kinda hard, i mean it happens in restaurants etc, its normal
Could have been poisoned in the factory where it was made; then what?
@@Imjonjones2024 Fake Makes, like u can get Gucci dolce gabana, right, u can get in Vodka Whishkey all brands Fake. mades, even Cigarats,
So sad. This was not uncommon when I lived in Lao from the 90's. I'm a Brit and as I lived there I used to warn tourists and back packers about this back in the 90's and early 2000's.
As a warning my wife and I saw the same thing in Sri Lanka when we were there so it's not just Lao.
It's a thing in a lot of Asia. If people must drink alcohol I suggest bottled beer.
No its all the backwards countries
same in Cambodia... whole wedding receptions can go down... young tourists think they are bullet proof - guess it is too late for them to learn now..
@@milesinnzis that the young tourist fault they are bullet proof or the older generations guiding them and culture of their countries. We should do nore to support our young generations
@@Creees how do you guide 20 something western people who are on a buzz.. when I was their age, I was riding motorcycles and other dangerous activities at insane speeds no one told me not to. I am surprised I am still alive. I am not sure how the dangers of traveling in SE Asia are communicated.. I see so many cases of people making very basic mistakes..
Bootleg booze sadly.
Yes, I seem to remember something similar in Turkey a few years back.
The alcohol abroad can sometimes be dangerous. I had two bottles of seemingly ordinary Leo beer in Thailand a few years ago and woke up at 2am feeling the most ill I've ever been in my life. Bad batch.
Was probably the food or something else from that day. Sealed beer out of the bottle probably wasn't the cause. Who knows though.
Makes you wonder how many people have drunk alcohol partially adulterated with this stuff rather than in pure form and who have undergone organ damage.
Quite a lot of people in Asia
ข้อเสียอย่างนึงของการไปเที่ยวลาว คือ เมื่อคุณเจ็บป่วยหรือได้รับอุบัติเหตุ พวกเขาจะส่งตัวคุณข้ามพรมแดนมารักษาโรงพยาลในประเทศไทย ซึ่งมันทำให้ค่าใช้จ่ายของคุณเพิ่มขึ้นมาก
This increases the risk of death as well
@@JennyMapunda-d3m Still less risk than being treated in a Laos hospital.
Scary stuff. No one takes a drink ever thinking it could kill them. RIP.
What a statement.
Those who would think so wouldn't take the drink at all
But Alcohol does. 😂
millions of people do.....
@@Heshem_JoelYes but not in such a manner, it kills you in a much lighter way than the above.
Dignitas?
Methanol comes from fermentation of pectins found in fruits, potatoes, carrots, sugar beet and lots of other plants. The concentration of methanol is relatively low compared to ethanol and should be almost completely removed by distillation (methanol has a lower boiling point than ethanol). In a proper distillery, the concentrations would be monitored all through the process. However, there are no safeguards with bootlegged alcohol which is common in some places. RIP to the unfortunate victims.
Thats so sad. Rip
Sending love ❤️ from all Australians
Just so tragic
Seconded as another Australian. It's all just so incredibly heartbreaking
Tragic, my condolences 😞
What's wrong with this world
The human race are what's wrong.
The world is beautiful, humans are what is wrong with it.
Everything humans think of...
@@johnclegg4993 Thank You
Alcohol.
This is terrible, never drink any alcohol abroad. Or in this country either.
Give me a break
Methanol instead of ethanol.
Some countries you can buy a gallon of ethanol and mix with water it will give you a berril of street alcohol that stuff is deadly if not mix properly 🥵🤧🤕😷🤒_crazy stuff pure evil and greed_
Have any locals been affected?
interesting question.. this is common in Laos and Cambodia.. would be interesting to know if other locals suffered from the same source.. just how much alcohol was involved ?
Shocking and sad news. I was in Laos last month, but I rarely drink alcohol. Need to be careful in future travel in south east Asia.
need to be careful with alcohol in general in a place you don't know well, from Alaska to Zimbabwe shit like this will happen
they made drinks with methanol to save costs??
Innocent people must have been horrible deaths.
I don't touch alcohol and never like it. I lived abroad in Africa when I was younger The alcohol was cheap but I was never interested.
Probably saved your life.
Pure evil 😢😢😢
Evil?
40 percent evul
That's thhe bbc
@@hyperballadbradx6486ofcourse evil you twit
@@Tom-box1 not evil, just business.
Oh, how sad!
My condolences to their families!
You hear drinks being spiked, and now this. How about you don't drink at all?
You hear about people getting hit by cars, how about you never leave your house again?
@user-mj4vn1ev7b getting hit by a car is not always intentional, but this was done anonymously and intentionally with the intent to kill. How on earth could you put them together? Best if U stayed home and off the internet.
Next you are going to say I should stop doing meth entirely just because it can sometimes have some fentanyl or something in it
@@Seanb33ee I couldn't care less. If you want to be a junky, so be it. I have no sympathy towards people like yourself.
How about you stop displaying your stupidity on UA-cam for us all to witness
RIP
Condolences to the victims and their loved ones.
On behalf of Lao people, We would like to express our conlodence to both of them, 🥺 We won't this thing like this happend to ours or all beloved visitors
WE APOLOGIZE❤
It’s not your fault. It’s someone who engaged in poor practices.
Tourist bars will go bankrupt.
Lao people are lovely people.
This is why I stay-cation these days. Utterly tragic, poor women
Fake/Poison drinks are also very popular in Mexico and Central America.
Not true... google it... we have had a few cases of moonshine made with methanol. Isolated cases... saying that is "very popular" when you don't even live there is so ignorant.
Don’t drink alcohol. Poison
Not had alcohol for 5 years now i do not miss it one bit
Aren't you a boring soul
🙏🏾 for the families 🕊️
So in a nutshell they have murderers, just lacing people’s drinks and nothings being done about it. RIP to the tourists who succumbed to this situation. I hope we all have a eye opening on how careful we need to be and who we really should be trusting overseas
I wouldn't trust even the tourguide nor the manager of the hostel. All they care is how to get quick bucks.
yahh nothing like that is gonna happen, in which case only police from neighboring country like thailand n stuff would gave much attention, in fact i dont even think this make a round in Lao's media or news site.
you are clueless about life in say Laos and Cambodia.. you would not even be able to find them on a map..
@@milesinnz 👍
@@milesinnzit's not hard to find them on a map though. You talk bollocks
It's terrible 😢may they rest in peace amen 🙏
This is honestly so sad, I feel for these young people's parents man!
Nannas hostel is done now. Stayed there last year, pure vibes. Shame!
Did you get it on
I stayed at Spicey Lao, loved that hostel. Vang Vieng was an epic week.
Travellers have always died at VV usually its from drowning after they hit rocks in the river or something. Usually always Aussies too.
So sad for those involved, and their friends and family.
Why are they only showing 1 of the 5 people in all UK media outlets?
Only brits matter
Maybe because she's from the UK 🇬🇧 I'm in New Zealand 🇳🇿 and alot of our local media focus about this story is on the 2 Aussie girls
I was in Laos in 2011 and Vang Vieng was known as a place where backpackers went and did lots of drugs and drank a ton and went tubing. I skipped it and am glad I didn’t. I spoke to a French guy who seemed traumatized by things he had seen there. Apparently the Laos government intervened in 2012 but I still wouldn’t want to go there
Worked on a mine site about an hour drive from vang vieng 14 years ago, 5 Laos guys went to the local village on their day off and bought some local rice whiskey, they were all found dead in their rooms the next day
Some people have lost their lives, show some empathy instead of trying to get social credit points for avoiding the tourist hotspot.
@@Colin-jm8skwtf are you talking about?
@@andyrome316 I know there's always a few dumb people on the internet that can't grasp the point so let me spell it out to you. The news story is about people who decided to go to Vang Vieng and have effectively been murdered. This person thought that this was a good opportunity to be self-congratulatory that they decided to pass on the most famous town in Laos. Cut the sanctimonious bullshit, it's a tragedy.
Yes it is true Lao government used to poison people in Laos if they don’t like that person
Praying for your daughter to recover x
The body converts methanol into formaldehyde which is highly toxic. Abdominal pains, vomiting, eventually blindness, kidney failure and death, a horrible end to those affected.
My deepest condolences to your loss.RIP.🙏
So sad, just at the start of their lives.
😢🙏 RIP … So very sad
Even in USA many owners buy cheaper alcohol and mix it in expensive bottles or water it down.. at least they don't outright kill people
my gosh, this just sad, RIP🙏
One person did this. Rip to the young people who lost their lives. Very sad ❤
How awful and tragic. Rest in peace. 🌹
Sad 💔
Why the fake alcohol? Is it banned or something?
Poor manufacturing conditions
Laos is dirt poor, some probably can't afford to buy quality alcohol which would usually need to be imported in from Thailand.
So you get these home brew blackmarket alcohol cut with who knows what.
I am in vang vieng town now and I can say that laos is very poor so their food and drinks safety is an issue. Even the bottled water makes my stomach upset.
Vang Vieng doesn't correspond with lao common daily life and culture: it's a place which has been turned for backpackers young foreigners having misconduct there.
When in Laos: drink Namsa, genuine Laobeer , water in capsuled bottles or Thea.
Her stare is terrifying
And being a lawyer, imagine being the other person on the opposite side of the case in court being stared at like that and interrogated
Guys, she died. I don’t think her stare is the important thing here?
Yea she got that children of the corn stare
@@CTOTHER it most certainly is
OMG, yes.
Is it only vodka that can be laced with methanol or can other types of alcohol be laced with it?
Those cheap drinks might be made by dodgy local , u don't know what sort of chemical in there to imitate real drink.
scary stuff
Just more and more reasons for me to stay away from alcohol. Give me a bottle of orange juice and I’m chilling
Not the alco that kills it's the fake alco that does. Especially in that part of the world anything goes to make quick money. $$$ is king there. Everything else comes 2nd , including human lives. One should be grateful that u aint living there
Absolutely tragic!
💔💔💔
It's such a shame these vendors don't care never buy any kind of drinks from these vendors. Rip
It wasn’t from a vendor
Women accepting free drinks not knowing what’s in them. 😢
True - no club or bar is going to give men free drinks.
@@tomh6588you must have never been to south east Asia, it happens frequently that free drinks are given to everybody
Darwin awards
@@ElliotCairns-l2m I haven't , thanks for letting me know!
This sounds a whole lot like victim blaming. Be more careful with your words
Why would you wanna be so adventurous
It's not for women. They should get a husband and travel with him and the kids. Of course modern western civilization is telling these women they can do what men do. They can't
Bootleg means cheap produced alcohol made for profit. It must have been common in the prohibition era.
Prayers for the families of these young people 🙏
Abeautiful daughter gone to soon❤
This is outrageous #
JUSTICE NOW#
GODBLESS THESE
BEAUTIFUL🙏 BACKPACKERS R.I.P
Never trust strangers like that. Harsh realitu
Agreed. They'd never listen though.
Alcohol should be illegal anyways imo. It's one of the worst drugs out there.
they are the ones who chose to lace their drinks...
I live in Southeast Asia and when checking-in at hotels I’m never offered alcohol.
This isn't a hotel it's a backpacker hostel aimed at the 20ish party crowd.
Why was it in the drink though?
Y'all keep drinking that Laotian moonshine at y'all's own risk.
So sad
Insane thumbnail ngl
On behalf of Laotian people im so sorry for what happened 😢😢
Who will take responsible & who will take action..
This keeps happening. 😢 stay away!
How come we are only hearing about this now. This has been going on for years in countries like Laos so why has this never been a news story before?
My Prayers and thoughts are with all the Family's Bless you
This man is a loony.Stop gatekeeping!!!
Its not safe!!!
"It's not that we dont drink anymore. We just have to be careful" 🤦🏼♂️
2009 I remember my cousin warning me before holidaying in Kavos about certain bars rumored to serve watered down drinks with methanol
Wonder what they all did a quarter of a mile in after drinking it🤔
so glad i dont drink.
Was at the Nana Backpackers hostel in 2020… was free drinks from 7-9! Completely free! Was certainly not legit alcohol
Never drink alcohol from unknown sources
Teach people to stay in their own countries
Terrible 😢
Laced makes it sound like a deliberate attack rather than the dangerous trend of making knock off spirits.
That's why you should secretly bring your own alcohol
With how cheap alcohol is why even bother
Condolences to all the families RIP 🙏🏾☝🏾♥️🌹
It's not as if we are not going to drink anymore
.
???
What?
It's a problem in Bali from time to time. Stick to beer & wine, higher end bars.
It’s locally called Laolaos. It’s rice whiskey that tastes like paint stripper. Local people distil it and hand it out to tourists.
Sounds like the person distilling the alcohol didn't discard the first portion which is pure methanol.