Too Scared to Travel Laos Now? | Big Loop Tour E19

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  • @oboedr
    @oboedr День тому +2

    My parents were missionaries in Lao from 1960 to 1975, and I spent my early childhood there. Until I was about 5 we lived on the Boloven plateau in Ban Nong Met and Houay Kong, and I remember well playing under the house. We had to move because of the war to Thakek after that, and my parents went out to villages all around the district. I love these videos of the big loop tour, it is really moving for me to see the area where my parents worked. As a child I did not get much chance to see this countryside because of the war, although a few times we did go out visiting villages and a few caves.
    I came across a recording a few years ago of music of the Khaen. I played it for my parents, and theirs eyes got big and they smiled at each other when “Lam Mahaxai” played. They heard it many times out in the villages! I noticed it as background music I think in one of Neenee’s videos and it made me smile.
    Love your channel!

  • @terenceolsen1769
    @terenceolsen1769 День тому +7

    I spent 9 years in Laos and did learn the language. Watching Tod's videos brings back a lot of memories. I left Laos 9 months after the Pathet Laos took over. Terry

  • @scottgordon1781
    @scottgordon1781 День тому +4

    " In her blood ' brought tears to my eyes :-)

  • @costasworldofmusicmemories5792
    @costasworldofmusicmemories5792 День тому +4

    The Big Loop Tour E19 was indeed epic. Harriet and I totally enjoyed it. You know Todd, a lot of misinformation is out there about Lao. It's great that you are there to set the record straight.
    Love the musical selection for this video. Perfect for this vlog. Thanks for taking us along this journey. Much appreciated. All the best my friend 👍👍 Jim and Harriet

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому +2

      @@costasworldofmusicmemories5792 Thank you Jim, Harriet. Yes, unfortunately most misinformation is from those who have never visited or left many many years ago. Laos is a very safe country by any standards.. anybody who has spent some time here will no doubt agree 😉
      Take care guys 💚

  • @ForRiel
    @ForRiel День тому +1

    That village was stunning!

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому +1

      ahh the serenity! 💚

  • @Valent_Nomad_vlog
    @Valent_Nomad_vlog День тому +1

    I enjoyed also vlogging while exploring Laos. It is beautiful in terms of nature but had some wild experiences over there to be honest . Stay safe!

  • @alastairross9628
    @alastairross9628 День тому +1

    Great drone shots ❤ Good to see Neene connect with her many relatives

  • @CynthiaNordstrom
    @CynthiaNordstrom День тому +1

    Love your videos! Absolutely beautiful country. Thank you so much for sharing.

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      @@CynthiaNordstrom Thanks Cynthia

  • @davesbikelife
    @davesbikelife День тому +1

    Great stuff buddy. Very interesting 🙏🏽🤟🏽👍🏽

  • @georgemahlum6542
    @georgemahlum6542 23 години тому

    Another great video...I really like your still photography at the end of many of your videos (my girlfriend is from Tad Pha Suam Lao...(Pakse)...We live in Bangkok but she goes up to Mukdahan every month or two for border crossing.. ( I am a US serviceman retired in Thailand)...I first came to work in Thailand in 1972... Cheers

  • @chiccenhawkc
    @chiccenhawkc 5 годин тому +1

    💯🔥💙👍

  • @banfielddavid
    @banfielddavid День тому

    Yet another amazing production, Todd. The music set the mood perfectly once again. Wonderful drone filming and lovely countryside, visiting special places like the cave temple, and Nee Nee's family places. I'll be back to the UK on Saturday. Traveling from city to city, and town to town like I've done recently is in contrast to your precious countryside journeys. keep it up, and thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      Thanks David.. be well mate, and hopefully we can enjoy another drink together again soon. Was a pleasure meeting you and very generous of you to help out with donations. Take care mate

  • @_Alfa.Bravo_
    @_Alfa.Bravo_ 2 дні тому +3

    2:02 ... my Mekongpearl-wife would have killed me for looking or filmimg that smile ...

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому +1

      Lol.. Maybe your Mekongpearl would see it differently if she knew it's those little exchanges that make videos more interesting and therefore helps with revenue generated.. Yeah? or still no.. hahaha

  • @jamespunch8049
    @jamespunch8049 2 дні тому +1

    The village you drove through with only timber dwellings was a beautiful use of wood and very rustic in appearance.

  • @teoschatz8430
    @teoschatz8430 День тому

    🤗🙏🏼!
    Great video, enjoyed it, thank you. Special occasion for Neenee, I bet she is happy finding out more about her ancestors.
    Take care ❤

  • @jacquelinesullivan5873
    @jacquelinesullivan5873 День тому

    Absolutely beautiful place and stunning drone pics. Thanks again 😊

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      @@jacquelinesullivan5873 Thanks Jackie 👋

  • @Vinnie101a
    @Vinnie101a 2 дні тому +2

    Yessssss, bring it on folks.

  • @lesleyculley9682
    @lesleyculley9682 День тому

    Stunning footage from using the drone .......and the way you edit it into the rest of the video, with the accompanying music is just breathtaking

  • @donaldthomas7753
    @donaldthomas7753 День тому

    Thanks for Big Loop Tour E 19. Drone footage was beautiful and best of all, the black and white stills were amazingly interesting, and I was very happy to that you took so many. Like all the water in Lao, Big Loop Tour E 19 has sailed and Big Loop Tour E 20 is on the horizon. Thanks again, Todd.

  • @Arctic_Traveller
    @Arctic_Traveller День тому

    Definitely a lovely picturesque country with abundance of natural resources.

  • @KennoRob
    @KennoRob День тому

    Wonderful that Nee Nee is catching up with relatives and re -visiting where she came from as a young girl. The Aunt would of enjoyed the ride and visit to her brother too. Always beautiful,natural Laos scenery. 21 : 00 awesome village and water ways.I'm always fascinated with those huge big, old shady trees. Great video mate. Cheers .....Kenno

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      @@KennoRob thanks Ken Oath 😉👍

  • @franckjames9052
    @franckjames9052 День тому

    Nice the audio track 😇

  • @sisakhonevilayphone8087
    @sisakhonevilayphone8087 День тому

    Thank you for sharing! ❤️🤩🙏😇

  • @darncarlin115
    @darncarlin115 2 дні тому

    Absolutely amazing 🙏💚💚💚

  • @ThePonderosa72
    @ThePonderosa72 День тому

    Great video mate 👍

  • @antruok4950
    @antruok4950 День тому

    Looking good Todd & Neenee 👍🙏

  • @LimitedShed
    @LimitedShed День тому

    Beautiful......Thanks for sharing........Namaste

  • @nevillelomas6368
    @nevillelomas6368 День тому

    Hey Todd, Nee needs and Mina, have a great trip to Aus. Regards Nev

  • @rusty-n4o
    @rusty-n4o День тому

    great vlog

  • @mrkus-nc7od
    @mrkus-nc7od 18 годин тому

    Looking for a Heart of Gold ? Good one 😂

  • @roadwarrior1439
    @roadwarrior1439 День тому +1

    That's a statue of a "hermit" 😊

  • @Akhirahoverdunya1997
    @Akhirahoverdunya1997 День тому +1

    Rainbolt brought me here

  • @BrianMax
    @BrianMax День тому

    Do your videos with a beautiful girl in the thumbnail get more views? She did give you a nice smile.
    Like the Beer crate step, it works.
    Thanks for introducing us to Neenee's extended family and friends.
    That bridge at 7:45 is so picturesque and a little bit scary. What beautiful country, forests, farm fields and mountains.
    Those dragon stairs are amazing. Another one for the bucket list.

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      Hmmm sometimes it does, sometimes not. All depends on the context of the video title.. Cheers mate

  • @SteveSmith-zz4ih
    @SteveSmith-zz4ih День тому

    Todd somewhere down the track, you may be able to do a book with your stills and a small story for each visit etc etc. Not sure if sell your stills now? Yer i know a lot of "P-ss farting about" and is it worth it.

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      @@SteveSmith-zz4ih Maaate.. I'd love to do something like that with them, yeah.. but you nailed it. Just too much life getting in the way right now, and the editing takes up a huge hunk of that. Many have said to hire an editor, but they fail to see how much that would change the videos. From the story I'm telling, the music and to WHY I'm doing the videos to start with.
      Yeah.. I need a clone 😕

  • @aussieroo
    @aussieroo День тому

    Unfortunately there may be even less travelers to Laos from Australia after the methanol poisonings. There have been a significant number of cancellations, particularly from young women. Great to see the Government there taking steps to reduce the risks.

  • @MrLittlelud4
    @MrLittlelud4 День тому

    Forewarned may be a clearer way to express the awareness now present .

  • @indiandaeng
    @indiandaeng День тому

    Laos new on line visa requirements, cash only must be paid at your home embassy, wait weeks until you can get an answer, will keep tourist and visa runners away.

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      False, people pay for visa online all the time, but most still opt for visa on arrival.. it's cheaper and in most cases quicker.

  • @SteveLebeau
    @SteveLebeau День тому

    Todd, beautiful!

  • @pj-vq3by
    @pj-vq3by 2 дні тому +2

    First comment

  • @terranceyeo3087
    @terranceyeo3087 День тому

    hi guys

  • @aukhamlee2032
    @aukhamlee2032 День тому

    Hi, Tod
    My name is Kham from U. S
    Please tell me what city where Wat Nanglao you are visiting now?

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      @@aukhamlee2032 There's a map at the start of each of these travel videos showing you where we are in Laos. Vilabuly

  • @williammckeon6521
    @williammckeon6521 2 дні тому +1

    Young men with pretty girls on motorbikes begs for WILD NIGHT, come on you know I'm right. Any reason to play Van The Man

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      I hear ya! Haven't been able to find a copyright free version 😕

  • @BobMelsimpleliving.
    @BobMelsimpleliving. День тому +1

    I had noticed the absence of coins there. Makes me wonder how many other countries don't use coins.

  • @bobwelo
    @bobwelo День тому

  • @daniellearu538
    @daniellearu538 День тому

    Excuses moi Tod's mais depuis ce soir, j'ai tes videos traduites en français par IA?, je n'aime pas cette voie, je préfère ta voie celle de Nina et Néenée, pourtant je suis français et ne suis pas au top en anglais, surtout en autralien , comment faire ? merci

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. How to do what? Change back to English, or do you mean you'd like subtitles?

  • @wayneburke4381
    @wayneburke4381 День тому

    rule 1 never screw with the people who make your food

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому

      @@wayneburke4381 😆👍

  • @georgecowart5348
    @georgecowart5348 День тому

  • @Jimihendrix1834
    @Jimihendrix1834 День тому

    No no no.

  • @milesGD
    @milesGD День тому

    those here because of rainbolt?

    • @NowinLao
      @NowinLao  День тому +1

      That temple he visited chatting to the monk is only a few hundred meters from my house.. I drive past it everyday! 😉👍

  • @Alexanda-mj5vd
    @Alexanda-mj5vd День тому +1

    Thanks for the honest and open footage.
    Not for me. No thanks.
    Standards are just too low .
    Did you see the ladies around the 9 mins mark- sitting around and two feet from them a pile of freshly dropped manure .🥴

    • @Dan-uc7vl
      @Dan-uc7vl День тому +2

      You need to harden up 😂

    • @Alexanda-mj5vd
      @Alexanda-mj5vd День тому

      @@Dan-uc7vl 😆😆😆🤣🤣
      Just could swing in a hammock a few feet away from fresh dung. Seriously- what are they thinking?

    • @tbnc70
      @tbnc70 День тому

      Yes I did..... and it didn't bother me in the least. I respect folks like that more than most others. They are real people.

    • @Alexanda-mj5vd
      @Alexanda-mj5vd День тому

      @@tbnc70 Im a real person too.
      It was a real pile of manure.
      Casually sitting that close to a pile of manure, then letting a kid into a hammock swing right next to it, like it doesn't matter, is too low a standard IMHO.
      Sometimes we cant see the wood for the trees.

    • @tbnc70
      @tbnc70 День тому

      @@Alexanda-mj5vd then I guess I appreciate people with "low standards" much more than others. 🤷🏻. I'm definitely a "low standard" person going by your honest opinion. I grew up around cows. I even eat them from time to time 😁

  • @_Alfa.Bravo_
    @_Alfa.Bravo_ 2 дні тому +2

    Fortes fortuna adiuvat
    The luck is with the brave

  • @darrenwatson4477
    @darrenwatson4477 День тому

    Hey smiling lady on the bike. If your leaving , can i come to ? 😂 Hey todd i have a recue pit bull pup whos now grown up now. She is like a young child and that is how i treat her. Maybe if Mina can see the dogs as small children not vicious animals it might leason her fear of dogs. Ofcourse their are dogs that are not safe but they let you know long before anything happens . Trust your sensors. Thoughs dogs looked happen and well socialized. Anyway love your channel.

  • @YwjpheejYaj-zc7lm
    @YwjpheejYaj-zc7lm День тому +4

    I was born in laos and move out of laos in 1975. I always told you that laos is never safe. Especially for those are moving out, is not safe for them to visit. When I cross the mekong river I never look back and I promise to myself never return. Maybe watch from UA-cam a distance away.

    • @Stickman7.9
      @Stickman7.9 День тому +1

      Hello how are you? I have a question, and hoping to get some first hand advice from someone like yourself that truly knows...
      I'm from Texas, born and raised... traveling is deep in my blood, absolutely love it... I just turned 45 and inmy days I've been dang near all over the world... except southeast Asian... from the time I was around 10 I've been in love with the Asian culture... for the last 8 moths I've been saving and just sent off for my passport renewal...
      My plains are to stop in the Philippines and see a friend east of manila, then Vietnam, Cambodia and maybe Thailand...
      But I was really doing some research and looking Forward to visiting Laos, but I came across you text here...
      I'm a 45 yr old white male but looks like I'm Cuban, so I've been told...
      My question and advice from you is, do you think anyofthe places I've named are not safe for me to go?
      I will be solo, but I've done 80% of my traveling solo, so I'm not scared, but I'm not stupid either... I want to be wise about things also...
      Any feed back would be much appreciated... thank you for your time...

    • @brucesibounheuang5027
      @brucesibounheuang5027 День тому +2

      ​@Stickman7.9 hi im Bruce ( English name ) from pakse Laos. Again affected by sad truth reality. Warfare 1975..living with my folks. Parents overseas. Yes of course. My friend 😊😅 do research. Planning ahead prayer ❤😂 🙏 be wise. Do enjoy 😅😊 it's supposed to be much better with current lifestyle
      Yet please extra careful as per drinks 🍸 cocktails. Or and lovely lonely back country. With respect of local authority. I'm we are of similar heart ❤️ feeling. Wish desire to travel 🏝 🍔 🍺 🍜 👍 🚗 🚆 ✈️ .🎶 💃 🕺 or solo peace ✌️ 😅😊 enjoy 😉 sir. Kub jai . Cherrs Thank you. Bruce sm😊

    • @femkesaenen9770
      @femkesaenen9770 День тому +1

      I travelled 3 times in laos (last time was 3 weeks ago and after 3 times you see a lot of laos. I never ​was scared and it one of the most beautiful countries i saw especialy in the north@@Stickman7.9

    • @femkesaenen9770
      @femkesaenen9770 День тому

      I m 43 from belgium by the way

    • @jtns2845
      @jtns2845 День тому +3

      @@Stickman7.9 your biggest dangers arise from a lack of competent emergency services (fire, ambulance, rescue), abuse of intoxicants (drugs & alcohol) and forgetting to bring your common sense. have medical insurance. avoid motorbikes, all drugs and any sketchy liquor. don’t argue with anyone. act and dress respectably and you will receive respect in return. enjoy!