Erm, not really what I'd call a disaster. Breaking ribs on the Mekong ferry in Savannakhet, overlanding on dirt roads with a bicycle, finding unexploded bombs while wild-camping, being bitten by a poisonous something in the night and dealing with fever in the middle of nowhere, and to top it all - being surrounded one night by machine-gun toting men while camping in a dried-up paddy-field and talking my way out of that..... That was in 2002 during my trip in Laos. Seems like getting caught with a 'Vape' in a posh railway station is a bit of a Luxury-Problem, Dudes!
Follow the laws, people! It's illegal to use vaps in Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, and Thailand. There are also good websites that tell you when the best time of year to travel to different locations.
You said you were for two months in Thailand, where vaping is absolutely forbidden and penalized (you wouldn't have escaped with a $100 fine). Why you didn't inquiere on the legality of vaping in Laos?
Number one rule when traveling. If you break the law and they just try to squeeze some money out of you, then consider yourself lucky. You pay the money, you grin ear to ear, bow at the officers, and then move on. Also, please familiarize yourself with the laws of other countries. For example many countries outlaw pepper spray.
@KyleJess You break the law first, they just ask you some money into their own pocket, it is a little thing, you needn't exaggerate it is a complete disaster. On the contrary, I think it's disgusting for you to use this title🤮
Yeah, we were just trying to share our experience, so others don’t have the same issue. Lesson learned for sure, and hopefully people can learn from our experience 🙂
1. Search forums before travelling to understand the local scams. 2. Dont vape or smoke in public terminals. 3. This isnt not an unusual scam, Malaysia is another place that will hit your wallet for smoking in public places 4. The title to this video is a scam
fine of a whooping $10,000 with a possible sentence of up to six months in jail,you got off lucky ,it is your fault for bring a vape and not read it is not allow .i am from singapore and you need to respect the law of each country and not said they are corrupted cause they ask you for money , you did commited a offence and should be fine .
@@ModernnannenginemarineengineLao is a poor country but still it doesn't excuse anyone in breaking their laws. Bring your $€£¥ to rich countries, I guess the more you wouldn't want to break their laws. 😂
I’ve just had the same thing happen to me at Vientiane. I was told to pay USD$200. I politely told them I don’t have that much cash on me and I was very aware the the train was due to leave in 5 mins. I took out my wallet and the police officer saw THB1000 (USD$28)and then decided that would be fine. It was all very sketchy. I think I got off likely since I never said I wasn’t going to pay and managed to stay relatively calm considering there were 5 officers in a small room, an intimidating experience. Like you say lesson learned, don’t vape in Laos and know the rules. There are many countries taking vaping very seriously, so it’s important to be aware when hopping around different countries.
Yeah, gotta be careful with some of the laws that appear to be loosely enforced, totally depends on the officer and the day they’re having. In Thailand, there’s literally people walking around with suitcases full of them, selling them on the street! Yet if you’re a foreigner caught with one, they then decide to enforce 🫤
Yes and thank for social media . It became a big news in Thailand and 6 policemen got fired and Locked in jail now . Looking for next from Loas in this case.
Makes you wonder how many cases go unaddressed, due to not having a platform to express what happened. Also being she is a popular actress, hard to fly under the radar with her
Yes, we’re from Canada, and you could be right, probably put a target on our backs in that regard. Unfortunate that they don’t realize we come to enjoy the country, and as a result, help support local economies. Instead they just look to line their own pockets
@@KyleJess Laos is still quite backward. I think the corrupted ones also cherry pick their victims. No one will complain or squeal on them if victim is from either US or Canada. Canadians are viewed as Americans. You need to understand the history of Laos to understand the animosity. Laos has so many unexploded bombs and mines that it took China 2 years to clear before building the railway line. It was one of the most bombed countries in history other than Yugoslavia, Iraq, Syria, Cambodia, Vietnam & etc. All with compliments from the USA.
Sorry to say this, but i went to the Kuang Si Falls and its by far the most beautiful waterfall iv'e ever seen, i think the issue is you visited during the rainy season.
Yeah really unfortunate. We left Thailand when it was rainy season there, it was a bit on and off though, allowing us to go out periodically, and we assumed we'd get a similar kind of weather situation. But it just would not let up for us to go out and explore unfortunately! When we go back, will defintely be a different time of year for sure.
Yeah unfortunately we were taking advantage of. It is “illegal” in Thailand, but it’s also everywhere and you see Thai police vaping on the streets even haha. So we figured it may have been the same lax situation, sorely mistaken! 😐
2m kip is not extortion, maximum fine is $10,000 USD and 6 months jail time for importing into LAOS and its a minimum 500,000kip fine for using it, sadly unless you familiarize yourself with local laws as tourists we leave ourselves wide open to being ripped off, why is it another countries responsibility to warn tourists. HOWEVER 2M kip is more often then not negotiable if you stand your ground and are polite but firm.
KYLE & JESS, I THOUGHT THE 🇱🇦 🇨🇳 🚆 CRASHED OR SOMETHING ... ...by the way you titled this video. Turns out you had problem with the SECURITY at the Railway Station. If you have any problems, LODGE A COMPLAINT with the higher-up authority. The issue you had at the station's security checkpoint is UNFORTUNATE, but it is PART OF TRAVELLING which no travellers wish to face. But sometimes, they still happen. Why make such a BIG DEAL out of it? If after lodging the complaint, you didn't get a SATISFACTORY REPLY, that's another issue.
Gosh that's so terrible that the Lao police department would do that. I'm sorry that happened to you both. I wouldn't want that happening to me or my family. They took advantage of you for sure. Shame of the Lao officers.
Oh absolutely! We just figured, as mentionoed by many others, that it's on for only a couple hours each day. While we were there, it was raining nonstop for 3 weeks, everyday, all day. Lesson learned, it's a different rainy season in different places
Glad u guys moved on to happier travels! I was camping on the beach in Mexico yrs ago which is not illegal but then police hid + waited for us to pee in the night (bc that is illegal in public places). When they asked for a fine, I was very willing, realizing that I broke the law and grateful that it was an amount I could afford (prob around $100 as well). Whether a legal fine or not, we are in another’s country + they have their ways of generating income, we are guests and it is our responsibility to know the laws. I would feel the same in Laos, and just grateful that luckily the fine is not a detrimental amount + learn+ move forward + feel grateful for travels ahead. Thks for sharing your learning experience. I don’t vape + had no idea that it’s illegal in some countries 😅
Yeah absolutely! Like we mentioned, we never think we're above the law, or intentionally break it. But it's a lesson learned to really look into the different laws and how they can affect you! We quit for the longest time and don't know why we bought another one, but that was enough a scare to get rid of them and quit again haha
@@KyleJess I have only one question. If you thought there was any possibility of them jailing you, why the hell would you hesitate to pay a $100 bribe? Parking fines cost more than that in the west. I imagine you would lose all your luggage, your camera is worth more than $100 alone, & Lao jails suck. People seem to loose their perspective on reality so easily.
@@Tungku66 your probably one of them many many Chinese that's all flocking to live in Laos. Smh. Over populated nation. That destroying Lao culture & custom. Being very disrespectful in a peaceful country and have no shame. What kind of human nation are you
Hello Kyle and Jess. Thank you for visiting my homeland of Laos. I am sorry for your bad experience at the train station. That should NOT have happened! The easy solution was either confiscate it or ask you to throw it out! Done! But there are bad apples everywhere when traveling internationally! I would like to emphasize that this was action of corrupt people with authority abusing, taking the opportunity to capitalize and taking advantage of foreigners for their personal gains. This was NOT representative of the country of Laos!! And even I as Laotian-born foreigner visiting the homeland have to be careful not to be taken advantage of.
I've seen other cases like this, but usually there is a Chinese manager or advisor around that can clear things up. Laos just doesn't have a lot of experience with tourists, so they just play everything the Laos way.
Just happened to me few hours ago over a disposable vape. Paid the $100 and another 1000 baht to get my liquor thru that the security guard brought to me in a box inside the train before it took off. Crazy thing is that I had 10 grams of flower and 2 other vapes that were in my pants pocket they didn’t find 🤦♂️. But found a vape I forgot in my school bag. They just basically extorted me and my wife.
when i feel sorry to hear your sorry, i don't like your title at all. you may think the title grabs attentions （& it did), the title is totally misleading and unfair to the railway as your suffering was at the station, not on the train.
Glad you guys came out of it ok and sorry you had to experience that BS. Excited to see what comes out of the Malaysian videos. Twin Towers in KL are a must see!
Yeah, was a bit of a scary BS moment for sure. But one of few we’ve had in all of our travels, so consider ourselves lucky in that regard! Malaysia is amazing, looking forward to sharing it with you all! 🙂🙌
Very true! Haha we had, then after a few beers, and they’re being offered at your table, they start to look like a good idea again. 😬 But you’re right, not something to get back into for multiple reasons
I am so sorry for your experience I am ashamed as a Laos person, you got scammed no doubt about it. I'll repost on my page and call out these Terrible behavior that makes us all look bad 😢 enjoy your travels...
Hey Saivong. Im Vincent from Indonesia. And I will visiti Lao next week. I have a couple questions about the culture and the transportation there but I dont have any local friend who can I addressed my question. Can I have your email or whatsapp so we can talk?
The same thing happened to me today at the train station in Luang Prabang 😢 I payed so that I got my passport back and they confiscated my vape, but it was all under the hood, I got nothing official that shows that I payed the fine. Furthermore they made a photo of my passport. I'm still in the country and I'm worrying that I could get more problems when leaving the country, as they could probably send the picture of the passport to the police. I just hope that they do let me go and I can leave the country.
Oh no! That sucks… So unfortunate they seem to just target foreigners like that. If it gives you peace of mind, we had no issues in leaving the country and was never mentioned when we got to the airport
Well it is corrupted. I was stop by the police for crossing the red light in Vientiane. They wanted to bring me to the police station or pay them immediately. I said I knew some people and gave them the phone number and they let me go.
You guys spent lot of time in Thailand. Seems you came to Laos with negative views energy. Thais probably told you not to go to laos , they don't want your tourist dollars to leave Thailand. Something tells me you plan Laos trip to have this outcome!
Whatever’s telling you all that, couldn’t be more wrong. We came excited to tour around and explore the beauty of Laos. It was the rain that made us change our plans and the bad experience with the law that made us question coming back tbh. But we were very excited to come there in the beginning. Lots of amazing things to experience in Laos, unfortunately didn’t turn out that way this time around 🤷♂️
Seems like you're just fantasizing stories so it fits your own narrative. "LaoVietnamChina" like what even is this name? Also, Thai people have generally positive view of Lao people, so i imagine you're even not from this region at all.
Blessed are those who do not know such things happen. Because everything starts with thoughts. It would least likely happen to people who dont even know that such drama could happen to them. The law of attraction is real.
That’s what we did. It’s just unfortunate that the authorities take the law into their own hands and put out whatever “justice” they feel like that day
Yeah, we loved our time in Panama! 🇵🇦 Gonna be in this region of the world for sometime, but will definitely come back eventually. There’s a few places there for us to still explore! 🙂🙌
I heard and many could back it up if you live in this country..its not uncommon for their employees not to get paid for months and sometimes be given rice instead of cash. Vaping in Asia is not the same as in the West it is dangerous drugs and substances they use over there from the neighboring countries. Sure to you was innocent but it's a major problem for them…. I believe Myanmar is too. In Singapore, you can't chew gum or spit on the street and get a fine 10 times…know the law before you go.
Actually it doesn't sound authentic to me. Others don't have any problems. Or they could have been involved with drugs at some time or they could just fabricated this story.
Ignorance of the laws of the country you are visiting is no excuse. Laos for the most part is a beautiful country. This goes for the Laotian people as well. You have to realize that the Laos China railway is an international railway subject to the same security as international airlines. As white tourists you are open to scams by some corrupt police. You need to research the countries you visit better. I understand your anxiety at them taking your passports. It happened to us in Shanghai China, after our flight was rerouted. It’s a scary moment. Before our connecting flight was boarding, our passports were returned. To this day I don’t know why they took are passports, no explanation was given. Perhaps they thought we were criminals or drug dealers. This problem you had could have happened in many countries, not only Laos. One of the downsides of international travel.
This is not a disaster. I thought the train blew up or something. An extortion from corrupt officers, yes. As experienced travelers, you ought to have known better. Ridiculous clickbait.😂
So you went during rainy season, knowing that it was rainy season then you complain, hmmm not very smart of you. Then you break a law then complain about it, maybe you should've done more research. And you add a click bait title. 😂
As we said in the video, we did know it was rainy season, and we know now it’s against the law. What’s also against the law is extortion… Thanks for the comment 🙂
Erm, not really what I'd call a disaster. Breaking ribs on the Mekong ferry in Savannakhet, overlanding on dirt roads with a bicycle, finding unexploded bombs while wild-camping, being bitten by a poisonous something in the night and dealing with fever in the middle of nowhere, and to top it all - being surrounded one night by machine-gun toting men while camping in a dried-up paddy-field and talking my way out of that..... That was in 2002 during my trip in Laos. Seems like getting caught with a 'Vape' in a posh railway station is a bit of a Luxury-Problem, Dudes!
Thats wild
you're not on the high-speed train but at the station. So no disaster on the Laos China high speed train per see
That's not what the ticket we bought said.... 🤷♀
It is not high speed train.
@@abcddef2112..it travels at 100mph , that's fast , you halfwit 😊, especially for loas
@@KyleJessyou just just want views. It’s only 100 USD
Follow the laws, people! It's illegal to use vaps in Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, and Thailand. There are also good websites that tell you when the best time of year to travel to different locations.
It's illegal. Face the consequences. That's how the cookie crumbles.
You said you were for two months in Thailand, where vaping is absolutely forbidden and penalized (you wouldn't have escaped with a $100 fine). Why you didn't inquiere on the legality of vaping in Laos?
exactly i am living here in Thailand , so they very lucky 100usd
Number one rule when traveling. If you break the law and they just try to squeeze some money out of you, then consider yourself lucky. You pay the money, you grin ear to ear, bow at the officers, and then move on.
Also, please familiarize yourself with the laws of other countries. For example many countries outlaw pepper spray.
Absolutely! As experienced travellers, we should have done our research and known better. Lesson learned, won’t be doing that again! 🙂
@KyleJess You break the law first, they just ask you some money into their own pocket, it is a little thing, you needn't exaggerate it is a complete disaster. On the contrary, I think it's disgusting for you to use this title🤮
i am from Malaysia , what can i say is you can't bring vape to thailand and singapore even if you enter by land :) just a friendly reminder
Don't mind people trying to blame you. You're sharing valuable information for other tourists and it's a good thing.
Yeah, we were just trying to share our experience, so others don’t have the same issue. Lesson learned for sure, and hopefully people can learn from our experience 🙂
1. Search forums before travelling to understand the local scams.
2. Dont vape or smoke in public terminals.
3. This isnt not an unusual scam, Malaysia is another place that will hit your wallet for smoking in public places
4. The title to this video is a scam
fine of a whooping $10,000 with a possible sentence of up to six months in jail,you got off lucky ,it is your fault for bring a vape and not read it is not allow .i am from singapore and you need to respect the law of each country and not said they are corrupted cause they ask you for money , you did commited a offence and should be fine .
Lao is a super poor country. And they need tourism $€£. But there crooked behaviour means. They lose millions of free tourist money.
@@ModernnannenginemarineengineLao is a poor country but still it doesn't excuse anyone in breaking their laws. Bring your $€£¥ to rich countries, I guess the more you wouldn't want to break their laws. 😂
I’ve just had the same thing happen to me at Vientiane.
I was told to pay USD$200. I politely told them I don’t have that much cash on me and I was very aware the the train was due to leave in 5 mins.
I took out my wallet and the police officer saw THB1000 (USD$28)and then decided that would be fine.
It was all very sketchy. I think I got off likely since I never said I wasn’t going to pay and managed to stay relatively calm considering there were 5 officers in a small room, an intimidating experience.
Like you say lesson learned, don’t vape in Laos and know the rules. There are many countries taking vaping very seriously, so it’s important to be aware when hopping around different countries.
Yeah it’s unfortunate for sure, sorry to hear that!
Never had any problems in Laos I travelled there already 3 times. You just have to look up the laws before going somewhere.
There was a similar story in Thailand in February 2023 which taiwan actress was extorted 27000 baht in Bangkok for e-cigarette
Yeah, gotta be careful with some of the laws that appear to be loosely enforced, totally depends on the officer and the day they’re having. In Thailand, there’s literally people walking around with suitcases full of them, selling them on the street! Yet if you’re a foreigner caught with one, they then decide to enforce 🫤
Yes and thank for social media . It became a big news in Thailand and 6 policemen got fired and Locked in jail now . Looking for next from Loas in this case.
Makes you wonder how many cases go unaddressed, due to not having a platform to express what happened. Also being she is a popular actress, hard to fly under the radar with her
It's illegal...why do tourist think they don't have to follow the law when touring around?!
Traveling to Southeast Asia during the monsoon season is big mistake.
Absolutely. We were spending a full year touring many countries, so somewhere had to get the short end of the monsoon stick haha. 🤷♂️
Just out of curiosity, are you guys from US or Canada?? If you are, then it figures the treatment you received from the authorities.
Yes, we’re from Canada, and you could be right, probably put a target on our backs in that regard. Unfortunate that they don’t realize we come to enjoy the country, and as a result, help support local economies. Instead they just look to line their own pockets
@@KyleJess Laos is still quite backward. I think the corrupted ones also cherry pick their victims. No one will complain or squeal on them if victim is from either US or Canada. Canadians are viewed as Americans. You need to understand the history of Laos to understand the animosity. Laos has so many unexploded bombs and mines that it took China 2 years to clear before building the railway line. It was one of the most bombed countries in history other than Yugoslavia, Iraq, Syria, Cambodia, Vietnam & etc. All with compliments from the USA.
Sorry to say this, but i went to the Kuang Si Falls and its by far the most beautiful waterfall iv'e ever seen, i think the issue is you visited during the rainy season.
Yeah really unfortunate. We left Thailand when it was rainy season there, it was a bit on and off though, allowing us to go out periodically, and we assumed we'd get a similar kind of weather situation. But it just would not let up for us to go out and explore unfortunately! When we go back, will defintely be a different time of year for sure.
1 thing is certain! Your choice of title for this video is very misleading! Intentionally or unintentionally, I rest my case..!
"some people kinda ask for problems" takes a vape where its illegal to have one looooooooool
*Bought a vape in a shop, where it's supposedly illegal to have one... A little bit of a different scenario
nicotine vape is also forbidden in Thailand! they should have warned you the laws in this country... 2m kips is extortion because you re tourist : (
Yeah unfortunately we were taking advantage of. It is “illegal” in Thailand, but it’s also everywhere and you see Thai police vaping on the streets even haha. So we figured it may have been the same lax situation, sorely mistaken! 😐
2m kip is not extortion, maximum fine is $10,000 USD and 6 months jail time for importing into LAOS and its a minimum 500,000kip fine for using it, sadly unless you familiarize yourself with local laws as tourists we leave ourselves wide open to being ripped off, why is it another countries responsibility to warn tourists.
HOWEVER 2M kip is more often then not negotiable if you stand your ground and are polite but firm.
KYLE & JESS,
I THOUGHT THE 🇱🇦 🇨🇳 🚆 CRASHED OR SOMETHING ...
...by the way you titled this video.
Turns out you had problem with the SECURITY at the Railway Station.
If you have any problems, LODGE A COMPLAINT with the higher-up authority. The issue you had at the station's security checkpoint is UNFORTUNATE, but it is PART OF TRAVELLING which no travellers wish to face. But sometimes, they still happen.
Why make such a BIG DEAL out of it?
If after lodging the complaint, you didn't get a SATISFACTORY REPLY, that's another issue.
Western, they thought they are king and queen at other countries 😂
If it's that bad at the bottom, how bad is it at the top?
😬 Don’t wanna think about it! Haha
Gosh that's so terrible that the Lao police department would do that. I'm sorry that happened to you both. I wouldn't want that happening to me or my family. They took advantage of you for sure. Shame of the Lao officers.
Yeah it was definitely unfortunate, but lesson learned and hopefully help others by sharing our experience 🙂
Shame on them to for breaking the laws
Guys, now is the rainy seasons...as from S E Asia l knew about the raining seasons.. will start to trave from November
Oh absolutely! We just figured, as mentionoed by many others, that it's on for only a couple hours each day. While we were there, it was raining nonstop for 3 weeks, everyday, all day. Lesson learned, it's a different rainy season in different places
I'm going to Vientiane next month. I you tell how to get the train tickets
Glad u guys moved on to happier travels! I was camping on the beach in Mexico yrs ago which is not illegal but then police hid + waited for us to pee in the night (bc that is illegal in public places). When they asked for a fine, I was very willing, realizing that I broke the law and grateful that it was an amount I could afford (prob around $100 as well). Whether a legal fine or not, we are in another’s country + they have their ways of generating income, we are guests and it is our responsibility to know the laws. I would feel the same in Laos, and just grateful that luckily the fine is not a detrimental amount + learn+ move forward + feel grateful for travels ahead. Thks for sharing your learning experience. I don’t vape + had no idea that it’s illegal in some countries 😅
Yeah absolutely! Like we mentioned, we never think we're above the law, or intentionally break it. But it's a lesson learned to really look into the different laws and how they can affect you! We quit for the longest time and don't know why we bought another one, but that was enough a scare to get rid of them and quit again haha
@@JoeHan268 😂
@@KyleJess I have only one question. If you thought there was any possibility of them jailing you, why the hell would you hesitate to pay a $100 bribe? Parking fines cost more than that in the west. I imagine you would lose all your luggage, your camera is worth more than $100 alone, & Lao jails suck.
People seem to loose their perspective on reality so easily.
Hi I am going to work in Laos. I am an Indian. Is it going to be safe to work?
Laos is a very safe country.
@@Tungku66 your probably one of them many many Chinese that's all flocking to live in Laos. Smh. Over populated nation. That destroying Lao culture & custom. Being very disrespectful in a peaceful country and have no shame. What kind of human nation are you
So sorry for the inconveniences, so sad. Hope things get better
Hello Kyle and Jess. Thank you for visiting my homeland of Laos. I am sorry for your bad experience at the train station. That should NOT have happened! The easy solution was either confiscate it or ask you to throw it out! Done! But there are bad apples everywhere when traveling internationally!
I would like to emphasize that this was action of corrupt people with authority abusing, taking the opportunity to capitalize and taking advantage of foreigners for their personal gains. This was NOT representative of the country of Laos!!
And even I as Laotian-born foreigner visiting the homeland have to be careful not to be taken advantage of.
The clip where you two sit on the couch afterwards seems to have something wrong, the audio of left channel is way louder than right channel.
no right channel?
Sorry to know what happened with you.. Did you btw ask for a receipt against the fine you paid?
Y’all just experienced a simple shakedown.
It is a higher-speed rail of 100 mph (160 km/h) so not a bullet train from Laos to China!
I've seen other cases like this, but usually there is a Chinese manager or advisor around that can clear things up. Laos just doesn't have a lot of experience with tourists, so they just play everything the Laos way.
Yeah unfortunate, but seemingly so!
Station manager doesn't deal with the police work
Just happened to me few hours ago over a disposable vape. Paid the $100 and another 1000 baht to get my liquor thru that the security guard brought to me in a box inside the train before it took off. Crazy thing is that I had 10 grams of flower and 2 other vapes that were in my pants pocket they didn’t find 🤦♂️. But found a vape I forgot in my school bag. They just basically extorted me and my wife.
Ha sorry to hear that. Seems to be a common thing at that location unfortunately
I guess the word 'disaster' doesn't correctly describe what happened, but it described how you felt towards it. Kinda click bait though.
when i feel sorry to hear your sorry, i don't like your title at all. you may think the title grabs attentions （& it did), the title is totally misleading and unfair to the railway as your suffering was at the station, not on the train.
Maybe you were mistaken for drug addicts or smokers of marijuana!
Glad you guys came out of it ok and sorry you had to experience that BS. Excited to see what comes out of the Malaysian videos. Twin Towers in KL are a must see!
Yeah, was a bit of a scary BS moment for sure. But one of few we’ve had in all of our travels, so consider ourselves lucky in that regard! Malaysia is amazing, looking forward to sharing it with you all! 🙂🙌
Quit vaping???
Very true! Haha we had, then after a few beers, and they’re being offered at your table, they start to look like a good idea again. 😬 But you’re right, not something to get back into for multiple reasons
I am so sorry for your experience I am ashamed as a Laos person, you got scammed no doubt about it. I'll repost on my page and call out these Terrible behavior that makes us all look bad 😢 enjoy your travels...
Hey Saivong. Im Vincent from Indonesia. And I will visiti Lao next week. I have a couple questions about the culture and the transportation there but I dont have any local friend who can I addressed my question. Can I have your email or whatsapp so we can talk?
The same thing happened to me today at the train station in Luang Prabang 😢 I payed so that I got my passport back and they confiscated my vape, but it was all under the hood, I got nothing official that shows that I payed the fine. Furthermore they made a photo of my passport. I'm still in the country and I'm worrying that I could get more problems when leaving the country, as they could probably send the picture of the passport to the police. I just hope that they do let me go and I can leave the country.
Oh no! That sucks… So unfortunate they seem to just target foreigners like that. If it gives you peace of mind, we had no issues in leaving the country and was never mentioned when we got to the airport
Well it is corrupted. I was stop by the police for crossing the red light in Vientiane. They wanted to bring me to the police station or pay them immediately. I said I knew some people and gave them the phone number and they let me go.
100 usd aber so eine drama? typisch amerikanisch 😂
Lies. This propaganda Chanel lies about Laos. Witch is a buetifuf country
$100 your lucky you got off so cheap.
sorry to hear that guys, you guys have do some reseach, vape is illigal in most county in Asia, im sure the cop's crook as well.
Disaster is clickbaiting
You guys spent lot of time in Thailand. Seems you came to Laos with negative views energy. Thais probably told you not to go to laos , they don't want your tourist dollars to leave Thailand. Something tells me you plan Laos trip to have this outcome!
Whatever’s telling you all that, couldn’t be more wrong. We came excited to tour around and explore the beauty of Laos. It was the rain that made us change our plans and the bad experience with the law that made us question coming back tbh. But we were very excited to come there in the beginning. Lots of amazing things to experience in Laos, unfortunately didn’t turn out that way this time around 🤷♂️
Seems like you're just fantasizing stories so it fits your own narrative. "LaoVietnamChina" like what even is this name? Also, Thai people have generally positive view of Lao people, so i imagine you're even not from this region at all.
Blessed are those who do not know such things happen. Because everything starts with thoughts. It would least likely happen to people who dont even know that such drama could happen to them. The law of attraction is real.
Yeah, we definitely didn’t even think about it honestly. But a great way to get one to quit
This is not high speed bullet train😂man.
Yep, that is the Laos-China speed train from the boarder to Vientiane that we took that day
Bullet Train are not necessarily mean high speed
Hi, I am Indonesian. In a next few weeks, we are open HSR for trial. Kindly please come and try the comfortable of Indonesia. 🙏😊
Would you have rather go to the police station and been prosecuted for a law you actually broke. It is illegal :-(
Just pay. If it can be solved by 100 dollars, then you are lucky.
That’s what we did. It’s just unfortunate that the authorities take the law into their own hands and put out whatever “justice” they feel like that day
Great info , have been looking into a trip in January, defo corrupt scum , will not bother ,
Thanks 4 vid
Beautiful country, just need to watch for certain things and be aware of how all the laws differ
click bait title. please quit vaping ok?
That sucks should stay in Panama
Yeah, we loved our time in Panama! 🇵🇦 Gonna be in this region of the world for sometime, but will definitely come back eventually. There’s a few places there for us to still explore! 🙂🙌
I heard and many could back it up if you live in this country..its not uncommon for their employees not to get paid for months and sometimes be given rice instead of cash. Vaping in Asia is not the same as in the West it is dangerous drugs and substances they use over there from the neighboring countries. Sure to you was innocent but it's a major problem for them…. I believe Myanmar is too. In Singapore, you can't chew gum or spit on the street and get a fine 10 times…know the law before you go.
Yeah, lesson learned for sure!
Actually it doesn't sound authentic to me. Others don't have any problems. Or they could have been involved with drugs at some time or they could just fabricated this story.
You need to know the laws before you travel to a country
Good advertising to stop vaping
Rubbish title
Can’t please everyone 🤷♂️
Can't accept the truth?
Ignorance of the laws of the country you are visiting is no excuse. Laos for the most part is a beautiful country. This goes for the Laotian people as well. You have to realize that the Laos China railway is an international railway subject to the same security as international airlines.
As white tourists you are open to scams by some corrupt police. You need to research the countries you visit better. I understand your anxiety at them taking your passports. It happened to us in Shanghai China, after our flight was rerouted. It’s a scary moment. Before our connecting flight was boarding, our passports were returned. To this day I don’t know why they took are passports, no explanation was given. Perhaps they thought we were criminals or drug dealers. This problem you had could have happened in many countries, not only Laos. One of the downsides of international travel.
This is not a disaster. I thought the train blew up or something. An extortion from corrupt officers, yes. As experienced travelers, you ought to have known better. Ridiculous clickbait.😂
Thanks for watching! 🙂
So you went during rainy season, knowing that it was rainy season then you complain, hmmm not very smart of you.
Then you break a law then complain about it, maybe you should've done more research. And you add a click bait title.
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As we said in the video, we did know it was rainy season, and we know now it’s against the law. What’s also against the law is extortion…
Thanks for the comment 🙂
This is not a disaster. An extortion from corrupt officers, yes. As experienced travelers, you ought to have known better. Ridiculous clickbait.
Middle speed train.
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