LAOS-CHINA High-Speed Train to VIENTIANE 🇱🇦
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- After a lovely start to our trip in Laos, exploring the city of Luang Prabang, seeing the gorgeous waterfalls and eating delicious local Lao foods - it’s time to head to the capital. We are so excited to be doing this trip on the brand-new Lao-China high-speed railway.
This train actually goes all the way from China, with future plans potentially even involving stations in Singapore. Today, we are simply taking it from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. With ticket sales being a bit more confusing than we are used to for this train, and only Chinese or Lao nationals being able to purchase the tickets, we were just happy to get our hands on some! The trip was gorgeous and SO much faster than the other option… taking a 10-hour bus!
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Subed, great video guys, are you planning to travel to China also?
The two of you take the Chinese high-speed rail, I thought you were from China, but you have never been to China? Very strange😇
@@REDSUN-8 we are not from China, the train we took started and ended in Laos (but it is the Laos-China train)
Try jakarta bandung...high speed buket train ...😊
If you ever come to China, the train stations are massive. They are similar to airports tbh.. Also, this train just looks like a normal train in China not the bullet ones.Bullet trains in China go as fast as 200-350 km/h (120-220 mph). The seats with this one are quite basic too but atleast this train cuts down journey time for all people.. thumbs up for the convenience.!
Wow that sounds so cool!! We would love to visit China one day 🤗
And if you speak up against the government you’ll get banned from high-speed trains...
@@CryptocurrencyInsider really? Have u experienced it yourself here in China?
人家广播就是说的动车
@@2Passports1Dreamwelcome too China
I think all the tunnels along the railroad is key to Laos problems. Travelling by road or shipping goods across country takes so much time that its an adventure. The railroad cuts right through the mountains, so its going to be huge for Laos.
Definitely a step in the right direction
What do you think a mountain is ?? Nothing ?? .what do you want to see ?? Shopping centres ?.. the train will ruin Laos
@@CarlosSanchez-dv1ew So far, the modern world has only given Laos bombs and pain. It's about time they get something positive as well.
Ive been yo Laos travelling for many years love the country and the people ..im just saying be carefull what you wish for regards dealing with China ...and most up country laos could not afford a train journey
@@CarlosSanchez-dv1ew Why do western developed countries not build a free railway for Laos.
I am happy to see my fellow Asean/Asian countries making good progress and success like this one for Laos. Congratulations to all people of Laos for a good job!
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Finally, this highspeed train will all the way to Singapore. Someday!
Why so many people complaining that "160 km/h" is not High-Speed enough? The train is passing through challenging mountain terrain and tunnels, which cannot be compared with routes on flat terrain with 250+ km/h, due to safety reason.
and low cost ,their economy is not enough to afford more speed ,and not necessary ,160km/h is quite fast for now ,with developing ,they could have better infrastructure in the future.
In the future, the sections connecting the south will be more high speed because of the flatter geography
more speed, more energy consumption/cost.
160kmph is affordable.
because they are ignorant and they dont know the geography. they take for granted.
不止地形原因，这条铁路还要负责货运职能。
Hello from Vietnam. Great video. Vietnam we are also looking forward to a high-speed railway from Hanoi - Saigon. I really admire the neighboring Laos friend who has a quality railway
Xin chào. Tôi là người Trung Quốc. Tôi cũng mong Việt Nam sớm có đường sắt cao tốc để du lịch lại ở Việt Nam được thuận lợi.
Great job China and laos! Other our country chose Japan but till now its not yet even started delayed by 5yrs already! China is really helping poorer countries prosper hope they can help more countries
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yeah! japan will built it for free!@@smsmurni
Cool, very modern. This is how the world should be connecting together. 🙂
So true 😍 well put!
I look forward to your videos all the time - love the energy you both have and how happy you seem to discover new things. Keep up the good work!
Ah thank you so much 🤗💖 we really appreciate that!! More fun stuff to come soon!!
OMG! That lodging is gorgeous! Great price. I love trains! I SO wish the states had more ALL OVER.
Oh yes we love trains too!! Such a quick and comfortable mode of transport 🥰😍
The next possible route is from Vientiane to Vietnam or to Thailand HSR(meter gauge already exists)
I am amazed by the hotel price as well. The cheapest motel in the US cost more than that...
we were looking forward to making this journey tomorrow but... a last minute change of plan has led to us staying in Laos for an extra month and do an epic road trip! We cannot wait! 😁
Wow really! You must be loving it here 😊. We are leaving in a few days (videos are a bit behind schedule)
@@2Passports1Dream We are absolutely loving it and after spending today organising plans are constantly changing but it is going to be crazy! 😁
Technically not a high-speed service as it goes at 'only' 160km/h (~100 mph) but of course even that is unheard of in Laos or neighbouring countries except of course China itself. Good for Laos to have implemented such a project. Good passenger transport is very important.
Sure but with the amount of at grade (steep, yes) tunnels it's as good as high speed can get, considering the terrain and tunnels is the onvestment
Since 2008-2014, Tran Euro and many countries, Technically a high-speed service as it goes at 160km/h (~100 mph).
@@sirisakpimchan7014 160km/h is not considered high-speed in any country.
@@DS.J Thailand only, more than 200km/h is considered high-speed service.
@@sirisakpimchan7014 That's right, in most countries 200km/h (sometimes 250km/h) would usually be considered HSR. Mostly going after European definition of 200km/h for upgraded lines and 250km/h for new lines of *design* speed. 160km/h is not a HSR by any standard, even though it's still quite fast.
We just took this train 10 days ago. We got a man who got a man too! So funny. We started our journey at the Na Toey Station to Vientiane. It was a nice experience. As many have shared, I hope it brings prosperity to Laos as well.
Haha such a lovely experience 🤗
Lao is fast develop with the high speed train! hope they expand to whole country soon
Chinese money debt for the whole generation
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@@isami3811 yeah , so u are the most clever person in the world !
@@isami3811 That is nonsense.
Congrats Laos. Well done. Even the US does not have a single bullet train. Success to Laos❤
I loved Laos when I went there in the 1990s, so great they have a train now.
Oh cool! Oh yes it’s definitely a futuristic addition - we were so happy to check it out!
Great train, massive debt. High chance of default by the government in coming years.
@@Gunyoro LOL. most of the time train tickets were sold out. Even these 2 vloggers could not get train tickets. and here you talk about default because of the train. Only don't know if it has to do with jealousy or naivety or ignor..
@@Gunyoro 这就是你们不发展基建的理由吗
@@applebee3735 Oh mate.. do you really think the money made off a fully ticketed train will pay off the debt?
Let's talk reality - the majority of the money earned goes straight to the operational expenditure of the infrastructure of the train (i.e., simply, maintenance, upgrades and administration costs). What little they may have (if any) after will only contribute a small amount to to the bill they'll be getting to service the debt. Then combine the debt with the interest on top, it becomes exceedingly hard for the Lao government to service. Since the Lao government went into the agreement with China - the benefactor of the debt - at an almost 50/50 equity to debt split, a split way to low on the equity side to manage relative to the Lao governments intake - they fall into a 'debt-trap' with China.
That, unfortunately, means a political trap by the Chinese government to hold influence and power on poorer SEA countries through debt (hence the defensive reply in Mandarin when I raised the issue of debt). If the Laos government contest anything China does - China pushes for the money back putting a strain on the Lao government, if Laos agrees to Chinas needs and wants - China takes a 'softer' approach on the repayments. For what it's worth, the Group of 7 nations are raising their own funds to combat these practices to fund nations like Laos so they are still able to develop infrastructure but with more realistic budgets and repayments.
If you are indeed Laotian, I am in no way attacking the progress of your country. I'm just making you aware of the agreement that's been made and the political impact it has on your country on the world stage. Laos should be free to decide it's own decisions; not forced into following China due to debt.
Oh I love watching you two, the way you bounce off each other. Adriana your enthusiasm and excitement about everything is so genuine and cute - adorabubble. Keep being yourselves, it's awesome
Thank you so much! Trying to be more ourselves on camera every day 🙌
Nice trip with high speed train in Laos very fantastic vibe between the trip.Have a nice trip in the capital of Laos.❤❤
Thank you very much!! ❤️
I love train travel too. One of the most relaxed forms of travel 🤗💞
I bought tickets for this train on railway station in LP without any extra charges so it is possible to buy them by foreigners but a lot of hotel owners say that no because they want extra charges. And copy of passport is enough to buy them :) our passport was in motorbike rental so copy was ok ;)
That’s so lucky because we didn’t have the ability to do so! 🤗🤗
Yeah!!! Waiting for this content. Thank you for reviewing this train.
🤗🤗 thank you for watching!!
实事求是的讲，没有任何偏见。赞
The train is cool. The only regret is nothing much to see on the way apart from mountains. I salute you guys for being brave and adventurous enough to travel in a place you guys don't know much about.
The view was still amazing when we did see it 😍🤗 thank you very much 🤗
You try to visit Laos, I welcome you.
1:54 Awwww.. that little angel tried to help his dad or supervising him!!! 😂👼👼
I know WHAT A SWEETHEART 💖🤗 the cutest little helper!
Thanks for making this video. We're looking into taking this train and you've given a great overview. Awesome work!
Damn, Lao already has a high speed train while Vietnam still hasn't even had a proper modern metro line in HCM city 😭😭😭
Same in Thailand. The train here take 4-5 hours instead of 2 hours for same distance in laos
It is not hi-speed train. 250km up is high speed. Laos is not.
@@mabo9636 But when we have one it will be TRUE HI-SPEED.😂
@@jomontanee hi speed are not it takes only 2 hrs from.Vientiane to Liang prabange
It’s pretty high speed in my opinion 😆
Wow. Impressive. Enjoy
You guys caught the "Lang Xang" express (Laotian name for the Mekong) it is also a name of the Laotian dynasty. It is a special painted version of the Harmony (Hexie) express you have reaching most major cities in China😁
Oh cool!! 😍
The entrance with the traditional laotian roof looks beautiful.
Such a grand station! 😍
Wouw, what a super-nice hotel in Vientiane. It's very cheap also, consider the space and facilities.
I agree with Adrianna (?), it's more like an apartment unit.
Looking another wouw vlog(s) from Viantiane, Laos.
We really hit the jackpot with the hotel!! Our next vlog from Vientiane should be out in a few days!! ❤️🤗 (and yes it’s Adriana - but just one N) 🤗
LONG LIVE THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN LAOS AND CHINA
Wow!! Its huge very nice appt/holtel. Enjoy the sightseeing of Vientiane 💖 from California
We couldn’t believe how much it kept going haha! 🤗 Thank you! It’s such a lovely city!
Don't forget to take a little ride to explore VangVieng and Muang Fang
I love to watch your videos. Thank you for traveling in Laos
Thank you very much ❤️🤗
Wow I like. LAOS-CHINA High-Speed Train
You always have the best outfits! Your style is appreciated
Oh thank you so much!!! 💖🤗
Looking forward to taking this train all the way to Kunming.
Amazing
🤗 hehe it was so much fun!
It looks like a very nice train. It just looks like everybody is very close to each other and the seats are not as large as I would like to think they would be. But once you got your accommodation. It looks very nice. And it’s a plus that the mini bar is stocked up with lots of goodies. Very nice video. And also I love the puka shell necklace that you’re wearing lately. Because it looks nice and thin not like the larger puka shells. Where did you get that? I’m hoping to order one like that if I can. Or I might just have to go to Laos to get it😊
Ah yes you’re right, perhaps the seats are slightly more narrow - it didn’t feel crowded though! The accomodation was amazing 😍🤗
Oh thank you - I actually bought it from Lazada in Thailand (online) but I think it was actually made in China 👀👀 very cheap and cheerful but it’s lasted very well - I never take it off!
즐거운 여행이 되시길 바랍니다 👍
부럽습니다…
Thank you very much 🤗🤗
Hope the best！
Love from 🇨🇳❤~~
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I wanted to visit China one day
What a beautiful building that is a train station
It was sooo nice!
Laos is so lucky to have a high speed railway from China's BRI.
It is!
Look at the number of passengers using the Laos high speed train. Doesn’t seem to be a white elephant despite western criticism.
There were so many people - apparently it often gets sold out!
I'm so glad you visited my country.
We really enjoyed it 😍
Cool train
Beautiful Laos, when the pandemic is over, I hope to travel there.
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Villa Merry Lao BanAphay welcomes you to Luang Prabang👌
One day come to Indonesia and travelling to bandung, usually use car to bandung 3 or 4 hours, but with high speed railway 350 km/hours to bandung only 45 minuts. And this is high speed railway the first in southeast. Laos speed railway 160 km/ hours. And thailand speed railway 250 km/ hours. Thailand speed railway finish on 2027.and Indonesia high speed railway 350 km/ hours open to public on July 2023
We would love to 🤗🤗 ah thank you for the info!!
@@2Passports1Dream I check Jakarta to Bandung high-speed rail project details, from engineering Contractor CREC.Track design speed is 350km/h at the DK85+043～DK139+726section. Approximate train speed estimated to be between 200km/h and 250km/h.
Actual speed 142.3 km per 46 min.=142.3*60/46=185.6 km/h
Thanks!
Thank you sooo much!! This will buy us many coffees and cake heheh!
Really appreciate the train info. We will be there in February. Was hoping to avoid a connecting flight to Hanoi by taking the train to Vientiane. Hopefully ticket purchase requirements will be relaxed in the coming months.
But there is no train between laos and vietnam
@@mabo9636 You can take a direct air flight from Vientiane. Other Luang Prebang is connecting.
We are hoping to be there in feb too 🥰 might see ya there! And really hope the ticket process does ease as this would be a life saver! The last time I did the 10 hour bus journey I cried because it was so awful
Yea they should relax the rules, you could only pay with one pay as well (Laos bank)
Episode 4 and already miss little Mikey 🥲 but i gues you had some more fun with that little one then the trip in episode 3 for sure 😉
Realy good to see that you took the train ride, back in 2019 they where still workingbon it, and we travelled by bus, which took very long as i recall 😏 it is all funded by China and the traintrack will be going into Thailand in the near future, plans are in and working hard to get is done somewhere end of 2023 i think for the fisrt part into Nong Khai and finished into bangkok late 2026. So in the future get on that train in BKK and drive al the way in Laos and ending up in China 💪
Thanks for sharing you experience on this train with us, will want yo use it in the future for sure 😊
And as always Adriana and Dylan, C Ya in the next one, cheers 🙌🍻🍹
Love you both. Great vlog as always. 100k subs very very soon
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Trains have levers on the end that flip the seats around 180. For the next time you are facing backwards.
Cr200j can not change the direction of seats
Not sure this train can do that!
Whilst it is undestandable that 160km/h is technically not highspeed, one needs to consider the terrain and geology of the route. Even in the Alps in Austria or Italy, many trains don't travel at high speed anymore (except maybe in Switzerland). I travelled to Laos some ten years ago, and it took me almost 10 hours by car from Luang Prabang to Luang Namtha (around 300km) on bumpy and dangerous mountainous road!
Oh yeah definitely!
Since2014,Trans Euro and may country in Europe specify 160km/h is technically high speed rail.
Fantastic
The bright sunshine in Southeast Asia alone is worth the whole trip, have fun!
Oh yes it is!
Hahaha lol , that Wow ! Clip is hilarious
Hahah keep an eye out - he will make an appearance here and there 👀😂 makes us giggle so much!
The building looks an exact replica of Muzium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, on the outside only!
Oh cool!!
High speed train is contrast to a slow life in LPB ❤️
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍✌️✌️🤚🤚
Thank you for watching 🤗🤗
Welcome to Laos 🇱🇦 der
Thank you 🤗🇱🇦
ขอให้มีประสพการณ์ดีๆที่ลาวนะครับ ติดตามดูคลิปวิดิโอ แล้วรู้สึกเหมือนเดินทางไปด้วยเลย เดินทางปลออภัยและมีความสุขครับ.
Thank you we are having a lovely trip so far 😄
Very very good. Beautyfull
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希望老挝富裕起来，希望世界和平而富有和美丽、Gute Reise!🌹🍻
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Stylish train, stylish apartment… stylish country with an interesting culture…
Oh yes!! 😍😍
The train looked nice, clean and fast. Much better than Amtrak 😂. Dylan, you may be my long lost brother. We have a couple things in common. I quite don’t like coriander as a garnish as you said in a previous video, I’m also diabetic, and when booking accommodations my top priority is a pool. Love the vlogs.
Hehe sounds like we could be!! 😂🤗
Welcome to Laos🙏🏻🇱🇦❤️🥰
Laos is best place in the worlds
I enjoy your trip video. It is short and informative on LCT train trip.
Thank you 🤗
I am from Lao love you
I love laos ❣️❤️❤️💯
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greetings and blessings from sri lanka
❤️🤗 thank you!
CHINA GREAT COUNTRY LOVE IT
Thank you wish my friends
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谢谢拍摄分享👍
Thank you 🤗😍
New subscriber from China here! I love watching your vlogs. And, 140 USD for 4 nights in an apartment like that is just mindblowing.
Thank you and hello! Haha you’re so right, that was an amazing deal! 🤗
Vientiane is very close to Nongkhai province, north-eastern Thailand ,where the hi speed train will connect to Bangkok Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
Enjoy traveling na kha 😘
Connect with Thailand take 5-8 years. Judge from the current progress
That will be a great journey!
No HSR to Singapore. Foiled by Malaysia. Did you know that Malaysia was the reason the Concorde did not fly to Australia?
Anyway, Malaysia is too stingy. Treasury is broke. Kitty is empty. No HSR.
@@danielch6662 People like Muhyiddin would waste no opportunity to torpedo any Chinese projects agreed on by earlier administrations. He is a well known anti-C person.
@@danielch6662 Will the new PM change that?
I’m happy watching your video ☺️ very nice
Thank you ❤️❤️
wow!!!!!!
สบายดี🇱🇦🇱🇦
Lovely couple, hope you had/have a great trip. I feel very strange that they don't, at each terminal, rotate the seats so every body faces the front. I'm sure you can do that in these Chinese trains. Saw a vid in which a cleaning lady did that in 3 minutes the whole carriage.
Yea apparently they forgot?? I’m not too sure! We didn’t even realise it was possible hit the comments said that they must have forgotten hehe
good, next is thaiand, then malaysia to singapore. Hopefully, I could one day take high speed train from singapore to China with train, seeing all the landscape along the way. Flight is boring, seeing cloud only.
That would be so cool!!
Wow love the green scenery. The train looks awesome, cannot wait to hop on it next year in my visits to Lao
Such a cool way to travel!! 🤗🤗
Love your show, if you're still in the Philippines, Adriana being piscaterian, try the boneless milk fish
节约了八个小时，真的很好
The apartment is amazing, especially for its price
Totally agree 🤗
😀 😃 at least there's not only me who don't understand the audio announcement in the waiting hall. Stay safe and have fun in Laos
Hehe it was impossible 😂🤗 thank you!!
Engineers had to clear thousand of unexploded US bombs for make this railway possible.
Oh wow no way!
Welcome to Lao PDR 🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦
Thank you so much 🤗🤗
Come to see lao train ... how difficult
What do you mean?
@@2Passports1Dream i mean the procedure how to get ticket and going in coming out I think difficult for foreign travellers
@@Joblovenuk definitely difficult! Luckily someone bought them for us 🤗
🙏🏻🥰🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦 welcome to laos country bro
Thank you so much 🤗🇱🇦
@@2Passports1Dream your welcome bro🥰🥰🙏🏻
รถไฟมีคนขื้นเยอะทุุกวัน😮
It’s very popular!
Hello FC. Have a nice trip. Laos.
Thank you so much 🤗🤗
这个高级的火车和这么乡土的环境，有点魔幻，但是对老挝来说，真的是个大利好，旅游业和贸易会很快发展。中国的发展经验就是：要想富，先修路。
So true - it was very magical 😍
Maybe Next Expres train 🚝🚃🚃from Aceh City to Lampung City continued to Jakarta City and Finish Surabaya City.
So sad i didn't see you guys there because i worked in the night shift for this month😭😭.
By theway thanks againg for come to stay there again hope you have a good trip in southeast Asia
Hehehe we had a lovely stay!! 😍🤗
the railway system is really based on China's standard, we can see the Chinese characters almost everywhere, like the tickets, waiting room, even the radio was broadcasted in Chinese! hahah, have fun~~and come to China when free~~
Oh that’s so interesting!! Yes we would love to visit China too one day 😍🤗 thank you so much for watching!
I'm here to correct the misinformation regarding this railway line. No jealousy nor anything
This railway line tbh caused a lot of trouble for Indonesian trust in its first high-speed rail project. So in 2016, China said that JKT-BDG high-speed railway would be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. Chinese HSR constructor promised that JKT-BDG HSR could finish by 2019, but as land acquisitions were challenging and due to the global pandemic the schedule was late until 2023. So these small mistakes are used by the opposition of Jokowi (politics and stuff) to make misleading information about the China-Laos railway line and said that this railway is the actual first high-speed railway in SEA, not the Jakarta-Bandung HSR. Well of course this is totally wrong.
So both of the railways use Fuxing type train, Chinese homegrown high-speed train. These series of trains are categorized into 3 series of CR200J, CR300AF, and CR400AF. The numbering on the name is showing how fast these trains could go. E.g. CR200J can go up to 200km/h, CR300AF could go up to 300km/h, and so on. The train Laos uses is the CR200J series which can go as fast as 200km/h but is limited to 160km/h due to safety reasons. To be categorized as a "High-speed train" a train should run at a minimum of 250km/h for a brand new built track just like the Laos-China railway. That's the CR300 and CR400 that come into play.
So, as we can see Laos-China Railway cannot categorized as a high-speed rail service but more of semi high-speed rail. On the other hand, JKT-BDG HSR can still maintain its position as the first high-speed rail service in SEA with a maximum operational speed of 350km/h. As far as I know, Thailand also planning to use the Fuxing series of CR300AF with a top operating speed of 250km/h of its HSR line. Good for them. And actually it would be shameful for China to say China-Laos Railway as a first HSR in SEA because yet all of these 3 railway lines uses Chinese railway system & technology. wkwk..
China said China Launches High-Speed Rail Through Laos in First Leg of SE Asia Corridor
China or KCIC never said that JKT-BDG high-speed railway would be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
Widodo said to applause from the crowd, “The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train is the first high-speed train in Indonesia, and the first in Southeast Asia, with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour,”
Official high-speed train from Decision 2008/232/CE concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock’ sub-system of the trans-European high-speed rail system.
Class 1: Rolling stock having a maximum speed equal to or greater than 250 km/h.
Class 2: Rolling stock having a maximum speed of at least 190 km/h but less than 250 km/h.
They don't have an online ticketing due to internet infrastructure not being built yet.