Pak Lay hydro project is way south (downstream) of LP. There is a hydro project being built just upstream of LP which is a run of river dam. This allows the same cubic litreage to flow as it was studied previous to the construction. There are also 'fish ladders' designed within the construction to allow fish movement up and downstream. For river transportation there is also a navigation lock allowing boats to pass through the dam. Not ALL dams on the river have this design, but LPHPP and Xayaburi dam do.
Hello, I'm Thai. I'm glad to get to know and visit different areas of ASEAN countries. Thank you for presenting the good things of each area. I hope you enjoy your travels. Please maintain your health and safety. From Thai people.👌🙏
We were in Luang Prabang March of 2023. The pollution problem actually started in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I thought for certain it was COVID 19, but all tests I took were negative. Several of us on the tour with a constant cough and burning lungs/throat. Wonderful places to see, but not during burning season. Where else can you get fantastic meals for jus a few bucks?
Well not all of SEA has burning season. It doesn’t exist in Malaysia, Indonesia or the Philippines etc. But next year we’re definitely going to plan better and stay farther away from countries that do have it.
Fantastic video Ayngelina! Seeing the sights, the streets, the market and the river, you've brought back amazing memories and feelings of my time there. I have family in Luang Prabang and I love being there. It's truly a special place. As one friend, an American yoga teacher who lived and taught in Luang Prabang for a while once said to me "you don't go to Luang Prabang to do, you go to Luang Prabang to be." I thought that was such an apt way to describe the vibe there. Khoi soy in Luang Prabang for breakfast is the best! It saddens me to hear abut the Chinese dam project. I agree, it will negatively impact life on the river and displace many of the people there. The air pollution problem also worries me. Glad to hear that you'll be returning soon. Enjoy Cambodia!
i have not been to LP in a few years. went there in 1999 first time and fell in love with the place. there was hardly a car and very little motorbikes back then and you were lucky to see any men ,seemingly they were all stil in prison for helping the us in the SWinL kids and old women done the work in the market. i was offered a job over xmas dinner to help build a 5* hotel in LP , if only i had been in better situation at the time
To understand more about the impacts of dams in Laos please watch Australian Laotian movie called Rocket. It shows the displacement caused. A lot of these hydroelectric schemes were done with Australian money in the 90s. I believe now the new projects are Chinese firms.
Thanks for this I’ll have a look for it. Yes it’s a Chinese partnership meant to power China and likely pay them back for the train and everything else China has helped them with lately.
at the post ofice crossroad go to the mekong , turn right and the old style lo coffee shop , best in laos opens 5am-12. my favourite spot on the misty mekong morning watching LP wake up and eating the pastry things the locals dip in thei coffee ☕🍩
@@ayngelina there is a few vids on YT of the shop , but when i say shop be prepared to be transported back 20 years lol table and benches but its the coffee and the laid back ways of laos that you want eh . enjoy the coffee i will be going there in next few months too ❤
We came for the heat and stayed for the smoke! NOT!😢 You're a trooper, but it was a wise decision to leave and come back when the air quality improves. I actually enjoyed the different "vibe" of this video! Hey, it isnt always rainbows and unicorns. See you in Cambodia!❤
Thanks so much! I'm not sure about currency exchange, it's such a big tourist town I am sure there has to be somewhere. Because I travel non-stop I never use exchange I just use an ATM and my Wise card where you can transfer currencies and take it out at the regular rate. That said, most of the banks charge a standard fee AND a percentage. I only used BCEL as it's just a fee, which I think was $5 which is pretty standard but no percentage. And if you need a SIM card we got Unitel, which was recommended, at the Vientiane airport and had unlimited internet for the month for maybe $12 I think? It worked well.
Soft! 😆 just kidding, i was there during burning season and i was coughing up a lung every morrning.Come back at the end of the wet season and all the waterfalls are absolutely heaving.
Selemat Pagi, A & A, beautiful drone shot of architecture in Lao! Lari lari secapat anda bisa...run as fast as u can out of the country & start covering your face! Consider cooling gaiters supposedly keeping u "chilled out" for hours. Feel 4 u & all the Lao people. Looking forward 2 days & nights in Cambodia but be prepared 4 more heat! Take care. 💜
I heard when the dams are built you will no longer be able do the 2 day long boat trip. Do you know when the estimated date is when they will no longer be able to run the boats?
I’m not sure. Some of them are already complete but so far not the ones compromising travel from Thailand. If you want to do the long boat you better get a ticket soon! I’m already thinking about returning in autumn.
get to cambodia and get to the first mountain lodge you can find. you need fresh cool mountain humid air to ease those lungs! or back to Indonesia and recuperate on the highland shores of lake toba!
@@ayngelina Luan Prabang is my first place in Laos, I will go to Vang Vieng the day after tomorrow. I have been here around 10 days. Wish you have a good trip in further days. Best regards!
Whoa. After the heat in Cambodia we hoped to go to Chiang Mai but it seems like this year it ran longer than expected so we had to go to Indonesia. Next year I need a better plan.
October is good, be still rainy season into winter seasons is so good, winter start around the end of November to Feb next year be high season, Thai people love to travel these time because weather is cool ,not hot and raining suitable to travel .
Totally agree with you on the dam. Didn’t know what to think going into this video but glad to see you care enough about preserving the country and its resources. Not everything needs to be super industrialized and shitholes. Theres something about peaceful rural living off the land, it helps slows things down. Plus, its just going to be those big countries abusing this and scalping the lao people.
The city of Luang prabang, is well known for feeding and donations to the monks early in the morning. Bbq roast rice, sausage and morning noodle soup is popular in LPB Laos.
So I heard that this isn’t really authentic and now such a tourist show that the monks don’t want to do it but were told if they don’t do it then regular people will just show up in their clothing to keep the tourist show going.
Oh I didn’t know that about the orange sun! I’m a bit shy of using my drone in towns after I had an incident in Vientiane and the police wanted a bribe, for which I refused and finally they just told me to go. I try to be respectful and never fly it places where I know it’s not allowed. But I do love to see things from above as it gives so much more perspective.
Well thankfully not all of SEA has burning season. We eventually went to Indonesia which doesn't have it, neither does Malaysia, Philippines etc. But next year I am staying clear of Thailand and Laos.
Why are you calling it Low with no "s" at the end. Is that how they say it there? US dictionary pronunciation audios add an "s" at the end. Just curious.
So when France invaded the country it was originally called Lao, actually a lot of the names in English have been changed from how they spell it to French versions like Vientiane whereas they call it Viangchan. And they added an S to Lao. So when you hear Lao people pronounce Laos it’s usually no S or a very small one where as foreigners we are basically calling it LOUSE. As I travel I try to respect local language and attempt to use their words for their country. 😊
Great video, I love Asian people and respect their culture but the Chinese government has itchy hands and they help build the rail service that runs across Laos and China has been getting testy with Taiwan and the Philippines do you feel nervous they may start trouble to take over these countries and maybe Laos. As it is many have come across China to put up businesses in Laos which will take away from the citizens of Laos.
So with China's Belt and Road Initiative they don't need to invade countries because they have invested all over the world and those countries don't have the means to pay them back so then they own the ports/trains/airports that they initially built. It's like the new age of colonization. That said, I feel like China is demonized by the West when the United States does the same thing with foreign investments, and in particular their military presence or lack thereof. It's very complicated but foreign help and investment, even the IMF is not really benevolent. There are always strings attached.
Totally agree with you. I just want to be fair that it’s not just China. Western countries do the same, we just don’t villainize them in English media.
Mind a 3 laoszi videómra magyar feliratot tettem és a legújabb videómra Kambodzsában. Továbbra is tudom folytatni a magyar feliratozást, ha érdekel még több videóm. És ha vannak régiek, amelyekhez feliratot szeretne, csak szóljon.
Agreed, which is why I said it was my fault. I knew it was hot and it was burning season. I had been traveling all around SEA in the heat and that I could deal with but the burning season was worse than I expected. But I'm planning to go back and try it again.
It was bad! There was a reason Alan wouldn’t come out with me I had to shoot it at 6 am 🤣 but seriously we loved the place and I am thinking maybe this fall to combine more of Vietnam and what we missed in Laos.
Construction of these dams is unsane. As you say it will destroy completely what makes the " charme" of Luang Phrabang and the traditional lao habits and life. The sad reality is that since some years Laos is getting more and more a colony of greedy China with short sightseeing views of lao corrupted goverment. As I worked there some years and in Saignabuli it breaks my heart to know this so called "progress" and I don't want to go back there even as a tourist. Thr same for Vang Vieng which is now only a "dysneyland" tourist area and it will be worst with the coming consytuction of an international airport for bringing more and more chinese middle class hords of tourists. 😢😢
I did not know about the airport and that is insane, they already have airports in Vientiane and Luang Prabang with a high speed train connection to both. There's no need for the airport.
Damn! I often hear that SE Asia has the WORST climate on earth, which is why it didn't stay colonized for very long, and almost all the European people left the region after colonialism ended. I often hear there isn't a whole lot difference between summer and winter. I remember when I went to Taiwan in May. In the north of Taiwan, I was sweaty but it was bearable. It didn't feel any more humid than Barbados in winter, and I was like, "this isn't so bad." But when we took a day trip to Kaohsiung, which is south of the topic of cancer, we thought were gonna die. 😂Nothing you read or see on TV or the internet will ever prepare you for the weather of a place. I've been to humid climates a few times, and it's easy for me to sit here and say, you should have made the most of your time and tried to get some footage, because after a while I forget how uncomfortable it is to be drenched in sweat. I'm already warning you, Cambodia isn't going to be any better. There's really on a small gap in October and November where you can visit Asia, because the rest of the year, it's unbearable. IDK how those people can live there and how they don't sweat. Maybe you can try another part of the world when summer comes.
LOL so this made me laugh. I love to see your comments. It really depends on your tolerance for weather. And also SEA is huge so while Thailand/Cambodia/Laos/Vietnam share a similar season, it can be different in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines etc. Even Thailand has dramatically different seasons in the south depending on what side you’re on and Indonesia has so many mountains some places just stay cool. I would equate the weather in Lao then (March) to July in Havana and the Mayan Riviera of Mexico. It’s doable but not with burning season. Also colonists were invaders so when they lost control to Japan in WWII some European countries tried to take it back but SEA countries like Asia decided to fight back and finally gain independence. It wasn’t the weather that kept them from continuing to colonize because I’m sure they would have continued to take from the land if they could have. But now unfortunately Laos isn’t colonized yet somehow seems owned by China.
I just explained to a tourist that if you're here in Asia long enough , you're going to realize and see many things you don't like . UA-camrs paint everywhere as some paradise , which detracts from the fact that the culture is "human." You will experience differences from men to women , jealousy, lies and deception, refusal of service ... pretty much everything. It's not paradise . Everything that expats got sick of in Thailand is slowly spilling over into Laos . I'm dead honest with the Laos people, as well as the Vietnamese . Stop lying to yourself and others and just tell the truth . Expats that have more money than they need usually stay away from the actual culture . Married men generally are married to some Laos woman over 40, and he was her last hope. They yack yack about how wonderful everything is because they show their face on UA-cam and have to bend over to fit in , which is virtually impossible anyway. You're NEVER fully accepted as an outsider. But yeah... you can live here. Vietnam is more for normal living and way cheaper .
There's a lot of thought in this comment so I wanted to take the time to address it properly. I've been traveling 14 years, my UA-cam channel is young but my actual job is my website about traditional food around the world. I spent most of my time in Latin America (Cuba, Ecuador and traveled the rest) before coming to Asia - which is different but also very similar. I think your comments apply to all non-western countries. Because Western countries think immigrants should conform to their culture. But non-western countries don't. Regardless you will always be an outsider. In my region in Canada, a group of small Maritime provinces we have the term "come from away" for other Canadians who move here. And if you didn't grow up there your opinion about anything isn't as important because you're not one of us. Over time I've come to terms I will always be a "come from away" and that's neither negative or positive. It just is. As for what I share, it's not all positive. I do talk about the heat, the garbage, traffic, pollution. All of the things I experience. But in the end because I'm not trying to live my old life in a different country I am much happier experiencing things.
Pak Lay hydro project is way south (downstream) of LP. There is a hydro project being built just upstream of LP which is a run of river dam. This allows the same cubic litreage to flow as it was studied previous to the construction. There are also 'fish ladders' designed within the construction to allow fish movement up and downstream. For river transportation there is also a navigation lock allowing boats to pass through the dam. Not ALL dams on the river have this design, but LPHPP and Xayaburi dam do.
oh that is really interesting, thank you for taking the time to comment!
Hello, I'm Thai. I'm glad to get to know and visit different areas of ASEAN countries. Thank you for presenting the good things of each area. I hope you enjoy your travels. Please maintain your health and safety. From Thai people.👌🙏
It’s been a delight visiting your neighbour and we hope to be back in Thailand soon, we just need to decide where to go!
If you have a chance,come back and visit Laos again ..
Have a nice trip to Cambodia and all the best to you
Greetings from Germany .🇩🇪
I was thinking to go back in autumn I heard the weather is better. Where do you think I should go?
We were in Luang Prabang March of 2023. The pollution problem actually started in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I thought for certain it was COVID 19, but all tests I took were negative. Several of us on the tour with a constant cough and burning lungs/throat. Wonderful places to see, but not during burning season. Where else can you get fantastic meals for jus a few bucks?
Im hoping to get back, maybe this autumn because it was so lovely but we just weren’t enjoying it
I think you should avoid the whole South East Asia during the burning season for your health.
Well not all of SEA has burning season. It doesn’t exist in Malaysia, Indonesia or the Philippines etc. But next year we’re definitely going to plan better and stay farther away from countries that do have it.
Hi Angelina ! Laung Prabang city was birthplace my parents grandparents. I love that town enjoy your trip
Thank you so much, I can’t wait to return.
Fantastic video Ayngelina! Seeing the sights, the streets, the market and the river, you've brought back amazing memories and feelings of my time there. I have family in Luang Prabang and I love being there. It's truly a special place.
As one friend, an American yoga teacher who lived and taught in Luang Prabang for a while once said to me "you don't go to Luang Prabang to do, you go to Luang Prabang to be." I thought that was such an apt way to describe the vibe there.
Khoi soy in Luang Prabang for breakfast is the best!
It saddens me to hear abut the Chinese dam project. I agree, it will negatively impact life on the river and displace many of the people there. The air pollution problem also worries me.
Glad to hear that you'll be returning soon. Enjoy Cambodia!
I love this sentiment because I generally enjoy the places where we go "to be" than those where I feel compelled "to do."
Great insight info, TYSM for sharing and hope to see more, such a great info all around 💚
I’m so happy you enjoyed it. I hope to return soon.
@@ayngelina Yep, Subscribed, TY
i have not been to LP in a few years. went there in 1999 first time and fell in love with the place. there was hardly a car and very little motorbikes back then and you were lucky to see any men ,seemingly they were all stil in prison for helping the us in the SWinL kids and old women done the work in the market. i was offered a job over xmas dinner to help build a 5* hotel in LP , if only i had been in better situation at the time
wow I can only imagine!
To understand more about the impacts of dams in Laos please watch Australian Laotian movie called Rocket. It shows the displacement caused. A lot of these hydroelectric schemes were done with Australian money in the 90s. I believe now the new projects are Chinese firms.
Thanks for this I’ll have a look for it. Yes it’s a Chinese partnership meant to power China and likely pay them back for the train and everything else China has helped them with lately.
Yes “investment”, the new form of colonialism.
100%
at the post ofice crossroad go to the mekong , turn right and the old style lo coffee shop , best in laos opens 5am-12. my favourite spot on the misty mekong morning watching LP wake up and eating the pastry things the locals dip in thei coffee ☕🍩
Thank you for this tip. I'm going to use it when I return.
@@ayngelina there is a few vids on YT of the shop , but when i say shop be prepared to be transported back 20 years lol table and benches but its the coffee and the laid back ways of laos that you want eh . enjoy the coffee i will be going there in next few months too ❤
We came for the heat and stayed for the smoke! NOT!😢 You're a trooper, but it was a wise decision to leave and come back when the air quality improves. I actually enjoyed the different "vibe" of this video! Hey, it isnt always rainbows and unicorns. See you in Cambodia!❤
I really tried but it was unbearable. But it’s supposed to be nice in autumn so I’m thinking it could be nice to go back along with more of Vietnam.
Love your videos. Ayngelina, I heard there are no currency exchange in Luang Prabang. Is this correct.
Thanks so much! I'm not sure about currency exchange, it's such a big tourist town I am sure there has to be somewhere. Because I travel non-stop I never use exchange I just use an ATM and my Wise card where you can transfer currencies and take it out at the regular rate. That said, most of the banks charge a standard fee AND a percentage. I only used BCEL as it's just a fee, which I think was $5 which is pretty standard but no percentage. And if you need a SIM card we got Unitel, which was recommended, at the Vientiane airport and had unlimited internet for the month for maybe $12 I think? It worked well.
That's not true. There are currency exchanges in the center of the town.
Soft! 😆 just kidding, i was there during burning season and i was coughing up a lung every morrning.Come back at the end of the wet season and all the waterfalls are absolutely heaving.
What month is that? I was thinking about going back this autumn.
Selemat Pagi, A & A, beautiful drone shot of architecture in Lao! Lari lari secapat anda bisa...run as fast as u can out of the country & start covering your face! Consider cooling gaiters supposedly keeping u "chilled out" for hours. Feel 4 u & all the Lao people. Looking forward 2 days & nights in Cambodia but be prepared 4 more heat! Take care. 💜
I’m ready for the heat. I’m at the point where if I can breathe without a burning throat I can manage the heat.
@@ayngelina sounds good. Take care. Shocked. SNG airlines crashed in BKK.🔥
I know! I am definitely always wearing my seatbelt.
I heard when the dams are built you will no longer be able do the 2 day long boat trip. Do you know when the estimated date is when they will no longer be able to run the boats?
I’m not sure. Some of them are already complete but so far not the ones compromising travel from Thailand. If you want to do the long boat you better get a ticket soon! I’m already thinking about returning in autumn.
The boats will continue, but the LP port will be just upstream of the new dam, with the last few km into LP center by road transport
@bonneville1972 thank you for the info.
Omg you making hungry every time im watching your video 😂. I love the exploration .
This makes me so happy to hear. Food is the best way to explore a city.
@@ayngelina gosh, you have no idea how many people out here felt so hungry 😂.
get to cambodia and get to the first mountain lodge you can find. you need fresh cool mountain humid air to ease those lungs! or back to Indonesia and recuperate on the highland shores of lake toba!
Does Cambodia have mountains?
Glad you had good time in lao❤🎉
I did and I really want to return
here is one of the best VDO , thanks so much
I hope to come back soon!
love your video. I just visited morning market in Luan Prabang. It's really a quite and beautiful city, and with nice local people.
It really is! Where else did you visit? I’m hoping to return in November l.
@@ayngelina Luan Prabang is my first place in Laos, I will go to Vang Vieng the day after tomorrow. I have been here around 10 days. Wish you have a good trip in further days. Best regards!
I loved Vientiane and made a video. I think it's very underrated.
If you come to Thailand You will experience friendliness, delicious food, welcome to Thailand.
I do love Thailand. Where do you think I should visit besides Bangkok?
@@ayngelina north of Thailand.
(Chiangmai,Chiangrai)
it's on my list! Any other areas?
Thanks a lot...warm regards from Turkey
Oh thank you! I really hope we can visit Turkey soon as Alan can get a visa there but the costs to visit keep rising.
I was in Chiangmai Mai during burn. I feel you!
Whoa. After the heat in Cambodia we hoped to go to Chiang Mai but it seems like this year it ran longer than expected so we had to go to Indonesia. Next year I need a better plan.
Now chiangmai rainy everyday no smoke since early May, now rainy season, hot is over
What will it be like in October?
October is good, be still rainy season into winter seasons is so good, winter start around the end of November to Feb next year be high season, Thai people love to travel these time because weather is cool ,not hot and raining suitable to travel .
Have a Nice Weekend 👍
Thank you Ivan, you know it’s always a pleasure to see you’re still watching.
Totally agree with you on the dam. Didn’t know what to think going into this video but glad to see you care enough about preserving the country and its resources. Not everything needs to be super industrialized and shitholes. Theres something about peaceful rural living off the land, it helps slows things down. Plus, its just going to be those big countries abusing this and scalping the lao people.
Unfortunately things like this never benefit locals and they will be the ones who suffer the environmental consequences.
Ayngelina thank you for the knowledge and support information about mother mekong river. ❤🙏
The city of Luang prabang, is well known for feeding and donations to the monks early in the morning. Bbq roast rice, sausage and morning noodle soup is popular in LPB Laos.
The last Laos royal family lived in Luang prabang, before majority lao royalty moved to Australia.
Si Phan Don means Four Thousand Islands, is pretty cool. Near Cambodia and Laos border. Also they have dolphins 🐬
I Love the drone visuals. Amazing views
So I heard that this isn’t really authentic and now such a tourist show that the monks don’t want to do it but were told if they don’t do it then regular people will just show up in their clothing to keep the tourist show going.
Your drone shots, though very few and far between, are excellent. BTW the bright orange sunrise is a sign of severe air pollution.
Oh I didn’t know that about the orange sun! I’m a bit shy of using my drone in towns after I had an incident in Vientiane and the police wanted a bribe, for which I refused and finally they just told me to go.
I try to be respectful and never fly it places where I know it’s not allowed. But I do love to see things from above as it gives so much more perspective.
I think you need to avoid Southeast Asia during the burning season. This is the way of life for some tribal people and highland people.
Well thankfully not all of SEA has burning season. We eventually went to Indonesia which doesn't have it, neither does Malaysia, Philippines etc. But next year I am staying clear of Thailand and Laos.
i believe the dam you talk about is pak ley dam. thailand hold 40% china hold 60% stake
You know I thought it was also a partnership to power Thailand as well but I wasn’t sure.
@@ayngelinait is Thailand who buy the most electricity from laos. and China offers financing and construction capability
Nice
Thanks!
Why are you calling it Low with no "s" at the end. Is that how they say it there? US dictionary pronunciation audios add an "s" at the end. Just curious.
So when France invaded the country it was originally called Lao, actually a lot of the names in English have been changed from how they spell it to French versions like Vientiane whereas they call it Viangchan. And they added an S to Lao. So when you hear Lao people pronounce Laos it’s usually no S or a very small one where as foreigners we are basically calling it LOUSE.
As I travel I try to respect local language and attempt to use their words for their country. 😊
@@ayngelina, that's correct!
I try to do my best. I don’t always get it right but I do try 😊
The “s” is silent.
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Great video, I love Asian people and respect their culture but the Chinese government has itchy hands and they help build the rail service that runs across Laos and China has been getting testy with Taiwan and the Philippines do you feel nervous they may start trouble to take over these countries and maybe Laos. As it is many have come across China to put up businesses in Laos which will take away from the citizens of Laos.
So with China's Belt and Road Initiative they don't need to invade countries because they have invested all over the world and those countries don't have the means to pay them back so then they own the ports/trains/airports that they initially built. It's like the new age of colonization.
That said, I feel like China is demonized by the West when the United States does the same thing with foreign investments, and in particular their military presence or lack thereof.
It's very complicated but foreign help and investment, even the IMF is not really benevolent. There are always strings attached.
@@ayngelina I feel they will just take no matter what.
Totally agree with you. I just want to be fair that it’s not just China. Western countries do the same, we just don’t villainize them in English media.
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Üdvözöllek Budapestről. Magyar felirattal szeretném nézni, mert nem értem más nyelven.
ok, ezeket hozzáadhatom neked ma. még soha nem volt senkim Magyarországról 😊
Köszönöm! Örülök, hogy én vagyok az első ❤
Mind a 3 laoszi videómra magyar feliratot tettem és a legújabb videómra Kambodzsában. Továbbra is tudom folytatni a magyar feliratozást, ha érdekel még több videóm. És ha vannak régiek, amelyekhez feliratot szeretne, csak szóljon.
Köszönöm szépen! Nagyon kedves vagy! Ha a jövőben csinálsz még videókat, kérlek tegyél mind alá magyar feliratot. Feliratkoztam, szeretném nézni. ♥️🙂
Megvan az üzlet, mostantól hozzáadom őket!
When go then . Nappy poon tang . Laos is wonderful...... ❤
I think January or February. I just need to check weather.
hello well come to laos
Thank you. I have enjoyed the people and food here. Any recommendations on what to see next?
It's wasn't fair to go during the HOT months and complain about it lol
Agreed, which is why I said it was my fault. I knew it was hot and it was burning season. I had been traveling all around SEA in the heat and that I could deal with but the burning season was worse than I expected. But I'm planning to go back and try it again.
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Thank you 🙏
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It was bad! There was a reason Alan wouldn’t come out with me I had to shoot it at 6 am 🤣 but seriously we loved the place and I am thinking maybe this fall to combine more of Vietnam and what we missed in Laos.
Construction of these dams is unsane. As you say it will destroy completely what makes the " charme" of Luang Phrabang and the traditional lao habits and life. The sad reality is that since some years Laos is getting more and more a colony of greedy China with short sightseeing views of lao corrupted goverment. As I worked there some years and in Saignabuli it breaks my heart to know this so called "progress" and I don't want to go back there even as a tourist. Thr same for Vang Vieng which is now only a "dysneyland" tourist area and it will be worst with the coming consytuction of an international airport for bringing more and more chinese middle class hords of tourists. 😢😢
I did not know about the airport and that is insane, they already have airports in Vientiane and Luang Prabang with a high speed train connection to both. There's no need for the airport.
China project for sure.
Will Kommen in Laos ja ich lebe in Germany ich bin Laotien
Thank you! I How long have you lived in Germany?
Interesting and peaceful place
It’s really so nice but I went at the worst time. I’ll be back!
Damn! I often hear that SE Asia has the WORST climate on earth, which is why it didn't stay colonized for very long, and almost all the European people left the region after colonialism ended. I often hear there isn't a whole lot difference between summer and winter.
I remember when I went to Taiwan in May. In the north of Taiwan, I was sweaty but it was bearable. It didn't feel any more humid than Barbados in winter, and I was like, "this isn't so bad." But when we took a day trip to Kaohsiung, which is south of the topic of cancer, we thought were gonna die. 😂Nothing you read or see on TV or the internet will ever prepare you for the weather of a place. I've been to humid climates a few times, and it's easy for me to sit here and say, you should have made the most of your time and tried to get some footage, because after a while I forget how uncomfortable it is to be drenched in sweat. I'm already warning you, Cambodia isn't going to be any better. There's really on a small gap in October and November where you can visit Asia, because the rest of the year, it's unbearable. IDK how those people can live there and how they don't sweat.
Maybe you can try another part of the world when summer comes.
LOL so this made me laugh. I love to see your comments. It really depends on your tolerance for weather.
And also SEA is huge so while Thailand/Cambodia/Laos/Vietnam share a similar season, it can be different in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines etc. Even Thailand has dramatically different seasons in the south depending on what side you’re on and Indonesia has so many mountains some places just stay cool.
I would equate the weather in Lao then (March) to July in Havana and the Mayan Riviera of Mexico.
It’s doable but not with burning season.
Also colonists were invaders so when they lost control to Japan in WWII some European countries tried to take it back but SEA countries like Asia decided to fight back and finally gain independence. It wasn’t the weather that kept them from continuing to colonize because I’m sure they would have continued to take from the land if they could have. But now unfortunately Laos isn’t colonized yet somehow seems owned by China.
I just explained to a tourist that if you're here in Asia long enough , you're going to realize and see many things you don't like . UA-camrs paint everywhere as some paradise , which detracts from the fact that the culture is "human." You will experience differences from men to women , jealousy, lies and deception, refusal of service ... pretty much everything. It's not paradise . Everything that expats got sick of in Thailand is slowly spilling over into Laos . I'm dead honest with the Laos people, as well as the Vietnamese . Stop lying to yourself and others and just tell the truth . Expats that have more money than they need usually stay away from the actual culture . Married men generally are married to some Laos woman over 40, and he was her last hope. They yack yack about how wonderful everything is because they show their face on UA-cam and have to bend over to fit in , which is virtually impossible anyway. You're NEVER fully accepted as an outsider. But yeah... you can live here. Vietnam is more for normal living and way cheaper .
There's a lot of thought in this comment so I wanted to take the time to address it properly.
I've been traveling 14 years, my UA-cam channel is young but my actual job is my website about traditional food around the world. I spent most of my time in Latin America (Cuba, Ecuador and traveled the rest) before coming to Asia - which is different but also very similar.
I think your comments apply to all non-western countries. Because Western countries think immigrants should conform to their culture. But non-western countries don't.
Regardless you will always be an outsider. In my region in Canada, a group of small Maritime provinces we have the term "come from away" for other Canadians who move here. And if you didn't grow up there your opinion about anything isn't as important because you're not one of us.
Over time I've come to terms I will always be a "come from away" and that's neither negative or positive. It just is.
As for what I share, it's not all positive. I do talk about the heat, the garbage, traffic, pollution. All of the things I experience. But in the end because I'm not trying to live my old life in a different country I am much happier experiencing things.
Are you that ignorant? How many times have you been there?
What are you referring to?
You have bags under your eyes coz u are old. Nothing to do with early morning 😂😂😂
How old you do think I am?
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Shes a turist complaining about turists .....'
Did you watch the video? I think you missed the point of it.
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