What is a Homestay in Laos | BIG WET E11
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2023
- It is still FLOGGING down! So what better place to wait it out than at a traditional Lao Homestay in the highlands of the Bolaven Plateau, Laos.
What is a Homestay in Laos | BIG WET E11
The big wet southern tour continues as we make our way up on to the Bolaven plateau in the province of Champasak of Southern Laos. Here we stay with a Lao family in the only type of accommodation this little village offers.. Homestay. Nong Luang is perched close to the southern edge of the plateau in amongst coffee plantations and untouched dense jungle, which is perfect for adventure travellers wanting to escape. This little known part of the plateau is great for trekking to the massive waterfalls in this area, with the opportunity of staying overnight in a treehouse in the jungle and zip lining.. Enjoy!
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Salt of the earth these Lao people opening up their homes and hearts to you making you feel welcomed . Sharing what ever they have even if it is not too much ? .
We in the West can take a lesson from these good people .
PS: great black and white photos , to be kept forever ❤
Thank you 🙏
Another great video guys, love the homestay, I'd pay $50AUD just for the experience in such a remote place, all the essentials are there....beer lao. Just as a side note I think your viewers hearts will be breaking as will yours and Neenee when Mina has to return home 😢
I could listen to her laugh and cry in the backseat safe and secure with the rain noise and think HEAVEN on Earth in Laos. She is Sweet and Cute as Sugar Canes and Buttons !!!
Honestly this is the best way to feel immersed in something magical.
I did this for a couple of years and you become fluent and feel different after.
Live like a local. Best way to learn a culture and language......I should add you have to stay a few months for that to happen .
Mina keen are grateful for your help.
Todd, that last photo brought tears to my eyes. I look forward to Big Wet E 12.
😮 Ich hoffe sehr, das es Dir und Deiner Familie gut geht ❤
Passt auf Euch auf ♡
Ich wünsche Euch alles alles Liebe und Gute 🙏🙏🙏
Ich freue mich immer wieder auf Deine neuen spannenden Videos aus Laos ❤ 😮
Ich sehe mir mit Freude all Deine Videos an, einfach schön 🥰
Danke Dir dafür und mach weiter so 😃👍
Absolutely beautiful and informative video for alternative lodging using home stay to help local families. Love those B&W photos at the end. Mina and NeeNee are so beautiful. You are a lucky man, mate. Cheers.😊
The Bolaven Plateau , the temples are majestic and so beautiful. Staying in a Homestay must have been quite interesting with locals. It's so nice when locals open up their homes.
Todd, what was the biggest takeaway staying in a Homestay? Would you recommend it ? As always, great video. All the best 🙏 🙏 Jim and Harriet
I answer this in the next one guys 😋
I love the people simple living ,I miss this .Thank you for your videos
I guess I am not allone, to admit that I am going to be very happy, to see Mina getting a bigger bicycle in two years 🚲
Hi brother,,outstanding! Very interesting place to stay. The waterfalls definitely look worthy of a visit. Well,,buddy,,I have to admit I was another one that misunderstood the last vlog title,,and I read your reply to Costa's and felt better. That homestay place was fairly surprising inside. Couldn't in a million years,, beat the price,,even with the squatter😲🙈. Todd,,I have to say,,2 of the b&w shots were mind blowingly good. The shot of the niece in front of the beautiful temple and the one of her kneeling next to her backpack. Perfect area for b&w shots in that gorgeous wooden house. Thank you Todd,,thank you Neenee and thank you Mina for brightening every days that you're in a vlog❤❤❤ proud of you all. Ttyl,,,Marlon
Great video...can't wait to see it all with my own eyes ...
What a great experience mate! A real taste of local/traditionally Lao living. 👍👍
NICE !!!
Nice that the homestay is available in this area . Everyone seems very welcoming - Thanks T 🙏
It was a really 🙂 ce experience mate, and the locals are all very happy with the setup 👌
ANOTHER EPIC VIDEO TODD👏👏👍👌😋 SO INFORMATIVE👍
Hl ,not been following you for awhile,lost your channel, glad l found it,,again, good
Glad you found your way back 👌😊
🤗🙏!
Great video, loved it. Thank you.
Take care.
Great vlog Todd
I haven’t done a home stay oddly enough since Australia
Crickets are good when spiced and de legged
The photography is always superb wherever u insert it
Thank you ❤️😇🙏
Hi Guys Well that was a diffearant experiance heading out in the pissing rain to use a squater.
A bit of background on what the families have to do to run a home stay. It is illigal in Lao to have non family guests in your house. That said it is a law that is ignored in some places. So the families have to get a liecence, pay some taxes, and be at a standered that the government sets.
Those bananas are better than what you used to buy in the market they have no cyanide
nice place
Brilliant folks Cheers Todd.
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Love the choice of music you use !
Did i hear that you're going to take beautiful photo and show us the wonderful waterfall 2 kilometers long away for us ?. 😂
Enjoyed Show !
Fabulous as ever
Love it 👍🙂
g-day mate
Nice videos
Good weather for the waterfalls they should be pumping.look forward to the next vid.i was in that area in 2009..some hidden gems to be found.enjoy.keep up the good work.
This year seems to be pretty wet in Ladu fontok in Laos.
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Now i think i get it. Both you and Nene didnt have a daughter, and maybe felt after you were married it was probably better not to share a a child again naturally. Until this little Mina blew herself in to your lives and hearts. Now shes the daughter you both would have had... I got it!!! i just hope it all works out!!! cheers you all are great together, and i love the content!
Good video .
THANK YOU I need my fix
Hi Todd, yes I am aware only Lao people are able to purchase land the same as Thailand. I believe as Thailand there a few way to get around that but I will check with a Lawyer there in Lao. What is being done in Thailand is a Thai purchase the but the house on the land title deed a non Thai can own. The land can eg in a lawyers name with a pre signed sell contract.
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Hey there Todd....
Top viewing as always...
Did my eyes deceive me or did i see the leg of your Jim jams just as you were descending the stairs ....?
My love to your ladies and i feel you all have a growing bond with young Meena...
She really brings something specual to your travels....
Catch ya later...Andy,Herefordshire, England...
Lol.. your eyes don't deceive you mate. I'm in the habit of wearing those 3/4 length Thai fishing pants.. you know the baggy ones with a deep crotch. Comfy as 👌
Always pack a pair to slip into 👍
Thanks mate
Another lovely village ❤️
ຕາດໂອດ Oat Waterfall where E18 and E11 are meeting at Attapeu looks great, too. Please give us a link for this 90m waterfall
They used to build the libraries on stilts and over water, to stop ants and termites eating the structure and the scriptures held within. There's a very similar library at Wat Thung Si Mueang, in Muang Ubon Ratchathani.
Building over water to stop ants...Brilliant!!!! I been a builder for 20 yrs and never gave it a thought
We actually visit a very old temple library later in this series and I ask why it's built above water.. Dave is spot on 👌
Ingenious idea!
@@NowinLao Sorry to steal your thunder Tod, looking forward to the next episode, big respect to you and P'Neenee , jai dee 🙏
great video, Mina seemed to enjoy the homestay, Ive stayed in many Thai villages in Trang , Krabi Province and Nakhon Si Thammarat, you get a blanket to sleep on, you had thin foam mattress ! is that outside table supported on BeerLao empty plastic cases?
Haha yes! I never noticed that till editing either 😝
Bath is so big ,not like in philippines,
Clean too
7:56 ... what is the nice smiling lady cooking there, please ?
Crickets 😋
You can take the bloke out of Australia, but you can't take the Australian out of the bloke!!
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I now live in Thailand and I am considering moving to Laos. I am thinking of purchase a house ,it will depend if comfortable with the location. I now live at a fruit farm o stranger living in the country side. I also like to convent to the city. Any advise you are able to give is much appreciated. I will make a trip to Vientiane as soon as clear so matters here.
Hi Jimmy. You're aware that only Lao citizens can buy land here?
Do you have a video on citizenship routes?
Citizenship is not realy an option for most farang. You need to be fairly fluent in Lao, and have a lot of money for the paperwork. Better options are the LA-B2 if you are not married to a Lao citizen, or an SP-B3 if you are.. It is possible to reduce an SP-B3 to as little as US$6 a year.
@@chrisperkins7331 Thank you much my research begins.
Homestay also provide breakfast and dinner, do they?
You could ask to share the families meal with them, but most tourist would consider what most Lao eat as inedible. Local resturant would be happy to sell more farang type meals to you.
I think it depends on each homestay.. ours prepared us a light breakfast both mornings.
Hey, can you do a video on the wife market? I just saw a tiktok video that there is a great male shortage. Consequently there is a market to acquire wife quality women. I'm in US, so I can't be flying over for just a date. Especially since I have my own children that personally take care of every day.
It's somewhere around Laos.
Can you help?
I am not sure that there is a shortage of Lao men, it is more a case that many of them don't treat the woman well. To find a partner in Lao takes time, Lao is not Thailand. With the hand held tanslators that exist today communiation is not so much of an issue. As comeing to Lao is not possible I would suggest you look on line for Lao community groups that exsist near you. good luck they are worth the effort.