The Boy with NO SHOES.. Now in Lao BIG WET Tour E4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2023
- The look of desperation is heart-breaking..
The Boy with NO SHOES.. Now in Lao BIG WET Tour E4
We arrive in the southern Laos village of Taoy, Salavan and take you for a look around the local markets. The people we meet their are people of the Taoy, a very poor ethnicity in these parts of Laos. You can see the desperation in their eyes, it's something I was not prepared for..
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Another superb video Todd but, sometimes I wonder if the word should be a Difficult video? So many people who have so little. I'm with you on not giving money, it will quickly lead to tourists and visitors being regarded as cash cows. We saw that in one of your earlier videos where kids were actively begging as a result of tourists just not understanding what happens. Providing help in other ways is much better and, it also reduces the chance of any help being abused by other family members to buy booze etc. I had wondered if you sometimes got negative reactions from local traders when you give donation packs, it seems so. I can understand but I don't know the answer. In some ways it makes me think it's better to only give out the donations in villages where there is no market or stores. I just don't know the answer... What is small change to us, is a lot to people who have almost nothing.
Todd, Neenee and Mina, thanks for sharing the video. Keep yourselves safe.
Capturing this was very difficult Phil.. a few times I had trouble talking without my voice breaking 😢
@@NowinLao I know what you mean. My home is the UK but I travel to S Africa quite frequently. On one of my recent trips the weather had been terrible and the rental car I had was a filthy muddy mess. I stopped for a coffee and a sandwich in a small town, looking for a servo with a carwash. A youngster approached me and asked if he could wash the car for me. I was a bit sceptical because I didn't want any damage or scratches but, I let him, while I went for my coffee. When I came out the car was gleaming better than when I picked it up. All he asked was 10 Rand, the equivalent of about $1 AUS. Anyway we got talking and I learned he was working odd jobs to buy some new school shoes, there was just him and his mother. He was 14 but looked a lot younger and, hungry. You'll understand when I say you can tell when someone is genuine and this kid was. He did get his shoes a lot sooner than he expected and, something to help his Mum, who was so gratefull for a couple of bags of basic food as well. Driving away after a couple of hours in their little home, I had to stop a couple of miles down the road to take some deep breaths.
@@philyew3617 something he nor you will ever forget. The voice of that little cookie girl in Xanamxai has haunted me for over two years. I know you will understand why I need to return.. 😢
@@NowinLao ... oh yes , there are pictures in my memories of your video that remain crystalclear as well: The young disabled fruitselling girl with head laying on the one shoulder for ever and she was smiling to you 🙏
( left side of the street, had a mobile phone ) May be emphasies are one key to heaven / nirvava
Yes.. another beautiful soul that has stuck with me 💚
Just Cannot put in word how much Todd and Neenee are Getting Help and Getting the World the News of ALL the Beautiful LAO peoples. ♥️
Doing what you are doing is subperb. You will inspire people to follow in your footsteps. Good job. You are a leader. Making a small donation here and there is a noble thing. Dont ever let someone criticize you for making somones life a little brighter. Your human side is coming out. You are a compassionate man. Good to see. Very nice.
Thank you Charles.. I really appreciate hearing this. Putting ourselves out there can be hard sometimes.. on the internet I mean, you know what some people are like. Thanks for the kind words and be well 😊
I know I have been critical of you in the past and now realize it was probably unnecessary. I truly believe your hard work is important. Dont stop. Keep showing your human side,. That is what people want to,see. You only make the lives of these people better.
Great video. It shows your human side. If you only help one person in your life , you have had a successful life. You have helped many people in Laos. I wouldnt worry about giving money here and there. Lao people are proud and wont become beggars. You and NeeNee are saints. Keep up the good work.
Todd and Neenee , you can only do so much. And you are right , you don't want to give the people money and turn them into beggars. It's heartbreaking to see. The people of Taoy are humble
people. Thank you for sharing this story. It needs to be told. All the best my friend. 🙏🙏 Jim and Harriet. Richmond, Va.
good evening all
Seeing these people that have so little and are so happy is very humbling.
The little you have is more tastier then having more. Don't underestimate those downtrodden.
@@AbcdLon-yb4wn Why would you think I underestimate them. They are better suited to survive with less than anyone in the west, and grateful for anything above basic survival.
Can not wait to see the video of you re uniting with girl who asked for candy. It just proves what a huge heart you have, that you realized later what the girl asked you, and you showed much emotion in her life. Todd, you are a true saint.
Enjoyed your video Very Very Much. Be Blessed Brother!! Thank You For Helping Our Fellow Humans, Your Spirit is Honorable.
I had the same problem helping out folks in the Philippines. Here in Thailand, the reward for putting a coin in a hungry person's hand is a little head bow and a wai. In the Philippines the reward was suddenly being surrounded by a crowd of people with their hands out.
Breaks my heart but it's good you're telling their story
Can't believe people poor like that in this day and age Surely there are charities and wealthy people that can aid
They have all they need and food you can die for! They are rich in their own way. They don't live on sidewalks in tents.
And much social contact.
Those kids doing there job with a smile on their face 🙏,back home ☹️
Thanks for reminding me to hit the like. I sometimes forget. It seems Mina is enjoying the trip.
I appreciate the discussion on strategy about helping people. It's so nuanced. With these people who already have so little, helping just a little in the wrong way can have unintended negative consequences. Thanks for doing what you're doing.
Mina is a little heart breaker, it will be so sad when she returns back to her grand mother
Neenee is so natural with Mina God bless you all, for your kindness🎉❤🎉❤🎉
Too few people have most of the money if not all of it today so there is no equality. Everyone watching this has to have their hearts go out to these wonderful friendly villagers that you bring to us Todd. God give you both strength and health to carry on your mission. Bushyboy Oz.
Simply put - you guys are amazing
Another neat village - yes at the market , I could sense some anguish wanting to get the farangs attention , but they are very respectful towards the farang - very humbling - Thanks Todd 😃👌👍👋🙏
Reminds me of my childhood in India 70 years ago when we used to run around barefoot in summer and get blisters on our soles! Great idea getting him shoes. Coming again to Lao in mid October. Hope to meet you guys.
Very true regarding that the merchants might have a bit of resentment of possibly taking away some sales. My husband and I had a close call with that. Happened to drive all around a small village in Mexico first before handing out a fairly large supply of children's clothing. The last turn was a food stall and a child's clothing shop! We were so relieved we had scouted it out first. Might have hurt her sales for quite a while. We ended up taking the items to several different villages further down the road, always a need. Also, as the beautiful Gibbon grows, I hope it is provided a safe, large cage to roam with a more natural environment, greenery, etc. I know it is dependent on humans now. Thanks for the great video!
Really like the black&white photos nice touch
🤗🙏!
You two are awesome.
Have a great weekend.
Good stuff Todd, I always enjoy the photos at the end of the vids. I enjoy photography more than the video taking. I plan to do more on this next trip
Thanks!
Again.. much appreciated! Thank you Kirk
I can tell how difficult it is for you to ignore the pleading faces of all those poor people at the market, but your experience knows that you just cannot be seen to give away stuff in a crowded market place like that for the reasons you state. I am interested to see the conditions that these people live under when you visit their villages over the next few days. Mina is being so good, and her appetite is amazing. God bless all three of you 😀❤🙏
This was a very difficult day.. 😢
Charitable endeavors can be a complicated situation can't they Todd! Continue to do your best but you can never help everyone. ❤❤🙏🙏👍👍
Thanks Bill
Those Laos peoples are just starting to smiles and way to move. Market and surrounding areas look quite .Hope it would take few more years for progress and development .Peoples are unaware of the outsides world .I would love visiting and have a fresh squirrel meat sell on displayed.
That looks delicious, drooling...🤤🤤🤤!
Good morning from Manchester :} I LOVE LAO
I feel your pain. Breaks my heart having seen so much in Laos. Good on you. Positive attitude and move forward. All the little things do make a difference.
I'm retired in the Philippines and all too often I'll see kids, and sometimes adults, walking around barefoot. So I make sure to have a box of flip flops in the car to hand out. You cant help everyone, but you can help some.
Also, I try not to hand out cash much. But I'll usually pay two times, or three times the asking price for something that a kid is selling.
Yes, these are smart ways of helping people without encouraging begging. Nice work Peter 👏 I hope you're doing well there mate 🙏
Man ever so humbling seeing the sincere smiles from their faces warms my heart .. in my journeys around the world, I found that it’s not necessarily the ones with the most are the happiest.. No griping here .. thank you for sharing and the Patreons for their generosity 🙏🙏
I went to Lao on a visa run a couple of weeks ago and I'd have to say that the area near the border didn't exactly set my heart to soaring. I was glad to run back to Cambodia. But since I've been watching your content I'm getting a whole different picture. Laos seems to have more going for it than I thought. With my visa situation firming up I'll be taking some trips around SE Asia and you've promoted Lao to being at the top of my list. The country is beautiful and the people seem to be as good as people get. Once again I see a new view ; the very thing I needed and I thank you for that. If you come to Siem Reap , I'd be happy to treat you to dinner and free beer. If you didn't bring Mina my heart would break.
Lol.. if you mean the Laos Cambodian border.. yeah you chose the most unappealing place in Laos to cross. A little further north and the islands are nice 👌 Great to hear you're enjoying settling into your knew life in this part of the world 👌
Safe travels 🙏
@@NowinLao When they charged me $2 to leave the country I thought it was a bargain. I DID like Beerlao though. This part of the world doesn't just reveal itself at first blush. Now I'm curious...
Todd as always a superb vlog and informative although sad today
I am looking forward to the video where you guys adopt Mina, take her as your daughter.
You don't see it coming. I do. It's the song of your hearts.
Regards
Nice film.
A CASE OF Poor get poorer, Rich get Richer Todd🤷♀️🤔👍 Cold hard reality of life ☹️ Another XCLENT VIDEO 👏👏👍👌
Unfortunately, yes Kim.
Thanks
I'm 50yr old and grew up in Brisbane QLD. I still remember hiting grade 3 and being told we at least have to wear thongs/fip flops to school. We rode bikes jumped in gravel piles bare foot. I now have indoor and outdoor foot wear.
54yr
This was a heart wrenched! 1st,,that food looked heavenly,,especially Mina's fried rice. The hardware store was most excellent,,and the fact they had slabs,,was frosting on top. Man ,,brother,,this little girl has stolen my heart from 10,000 miles away,,alway skipping,,smiling etc. I do hope she can spend a bit of time in V-town with you guys too. Now,, you were correct,,they were the poorest looking people you've ever shown,,quite a few even had the malnourished look. They still mostly had smiles and were friendly. I'm glad you dont just toss money and things about. That's what the NGO'S have done on Africa,,and everyone sticks their hand out for the farang. I've heard its especially bad in the countries where NGO'S have been the longest. I've seen vlogs from Lagos,, and Mombasa that make a person not want to visit. Super,super aggressive beggars. We have a relatively high percentage of panhandlers here because of the native American reservation here,,but I know most of them from tending bar,,I know they have families they can go home to. So mostly when they hit me up,,I tell em to fuck off and go home. I do buy a bag of McDonalds burgers occasionally,,they cant trade that for cash. An awful,,sad,,sickening thing happened this week. A woman I've known a long time,,non drinker,, takes care of her grandkids,,she had a daughter about 27 or so murdered,,never solved,,about 8 years ago. This week at night,,the boy was playing next door,,and Grandma 's house caught fire. The boy ran into the house woke everyone up and they all made it out,,but the boy went running back in. He had some kittens and they think he ran back in to get them. And that was that! The poor little dude never really had much of a chance in life,,but his aunties and grandma loved him. His dad was in and out of his life,,I used to work with him. He's a shiftless sort,,has kids with 4 or 5 women,,doesnt pay for any of them. Sorry for the downer,,that shit happens all to often around here. It just makes me really appreciate the fact you and Neenee took and interest in Mina. Hope you guys have a good weekend.
Damn the grief and heartbreak those grandparents have been through. Life can be cruel.
Yes mate, Mina is still here enjoying city life with us until school goes back.. Daily life vid next with her in it mate.
A big thanks from us for your continued support watching and commenting on our videos. Your interaction, and everybody else's who have liked and commented has helped this channel grow, making it possible for us to continue doing what we love. Thanks brother, you take care Marlon 💚
Here's a fun fact mate.. you're my top commenter by a long shot having commented 795 times.
Legendary stuff mate 💪
@@NowinLao unbelievable! Lol,,I think it's just because we've connected.
Love it 👍🙂
Good job guys 💙🙏💙
I could tell you were affected by the boy with no shoes, it was heart breaking. Many of the folks in that market were in desperate straights, some of the children looked malnourished. I know you must struggle, wanting to help but you can only do so much.
I felt your pain in that one mate 🙏
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Hi Guys I am sure that todays epesode was even more diificult for you than it was to watch. You cant help every one, but you guys do more than most. The tanoy system in all the rural area's are for local news, and used to let people know when it was 6am, with the beating of the temple drum. However as most now have cell phones they don't do that any more.
todd maybe they only go to afternoon market because they might have to walk miles to get there
That, or they're working in the fields from sun up 😕
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how do they cook the banana heart?
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That was bittersweet, lovely people, smiling faces, but so poor. Seeing that gibbon was heartbreaking, but I can't judge the people, reality is different there.
Or zoos are worse.
0:45 I have never seen monkey like this type before, it must be a rare one. wish they would just let it free around like a pet since it's that friendly.
It's a Gibbon, which is a Primate, not a monkey. Same as Chimpanzees, Arangutans, and Apes. Very sad to see it tied up, but with its mother gone, it would not survive on its own.
@@NowinLao Yeah Laos just never really serious on wildlife animals protections. I’ve seen many TH-camrs ran into all sorts of wildlife animals on the markets that’s out in the countryside. Anyway thank for the infos.
get him a shoes if you have found interested in ordinary people struggle..
poor monkey, should put back into to the forest @chanee kalawit
Although that would make sence to us as its mother had died it would starve to death as it is so young, with no adult support.
It would be dead within 24 hours. It's Mother died so it had no-one to teach it how to find food or survive. Other animals would tear it to pieces because it has no survival instinct. Maybe in another couple of years it might decide to go alone but it's much too young at this time.
@@philyew3617 t is the law o the jungle. Only in some parts of th world of humans are the weak protected. Howeverthose parts of the human world are getting smaller, which is why we now have a tide (50 million) of people (refuges) moving toward places of safty.
cant help but wonder what must be going thru that little girls mind. not long ago people might have been looking down on her no papa no mama dirty clothes maybe she felt like a burden on grandma and now walking thru that cringe market all those envious eyes staring at her thinking she is rich with wealth and means beyond anything they can or ever know. like some sort of fairy tale come true. only she really knows. i think shes just happy to be eating regular clean dresses and able to wash her hair.
This! Not a day has gone by since picking her up have I not thought the same thing. What does she make of it all.. ?? 🤔
You could’ve gave money to the mother,,..the boy wit no shoe so they can buy food for the family…
I explained in the video why you shouldn't give money.
thats so bad taking monkeys from the jungle and tying them up.
Another great video you too guys are doing something great specially looking after the little girl. Amazing she is getting to her country. Wish the best for the three of yous.
Thanks David. Enjoy your day mate