Thailand way more advanced than this. They have a very advanced sleeper train with a bed and everything. From Bangkok to Laos and its like $28. They picked the cheap train for views. Nothing wrong with that but don't make it seem like Thailand has bad trains.
Good to see Cat back!!! Please tell her she’s not allowed to leave now. She’s part of the channel. You need to rename your channel to Backpacker Ben and Cat 😂
Seeing Caterina made me watch this video. I don't care for Mr. Bald very much, but Cat's cheerfulness brightens up each Backpacker Ben video, since Ben is such a miserable sod.
The reason you aren’t seeing much is that the highways avoid most of the villages. They were built relatively recently for freight, so just go to main centres. Villages tend to be quite small and tight knit based around families. Because it is so agrarian, there isn’t the pull factor to draw the population into cities. Even in large towns, many people will actually live in surrounding villages. Lao people still rely on foraged food for much of their protein. But their villages get solid rice harvests due to the heat and the rain. People are food secure (more or less), but they don’t have an excess of production to take to market. Cheap frozen shrimp etc from Thailand is probably holding back a switch to more intensive domestic agriculture.
I think ben balances bald out perfectly, if i want to see a more hostile and honest trip i watch bald if i want to watch a more polite and forgiving trip i watch Ben combine them together and it's the perfect balance of realism and optimism
@Effelum I totally disagree, lots of women are extremely independent financially and emotionally! You must know this girl very well to assume such things. It is incredibly bad that those stereotypes about woman still going around but you don’t see any about man
Kat laughing when Ben was retching is perfect, they are good together and funny too! have a great time Ben you could be home in Plymouth enjoying the cold and rain!!
Nice Video. Ben. We have a friend that lives in Lao and loves it. There is lot more to do than you know. Best time to visit is during the many festivals they have. And that is between the months of late December and mid March. It a cool time to have lots of fun. I would give it go at that time👍👍. All the best mate. Jim and Harriet
Yet another banging video dropped by Ben. Mate, you got a good’n in Cat - she’s 💯 positive and optimistic about everything and willing to give anything a try. Cat adds much entertainment to your content.
Personal like you fucking thinking your demand makes blogger Blog cruppt becoze you want always ******so bloggers take this type material ...shame on you Bugger off from here
Living and being a tourist is different.. never know if you was born in Laos maybe you would walking along the beach trying to sell miscellaneous rubbish trying to make enough to feed yourself for a day, who knows
It always nice to see cat joining up with Ben..it more entertaining to watch.. As for saying thank you in Thai.. It simple to say kop jai. It nice to see Ben visiting countries as Thailand or border to Thailand Laos. I rather sit on a train in Thailand then India for sure,
Ahh, I had flashbacks when I saw that train! I took the same night train from Phuket to Bangkok with a 3rd class ticket, just like you. It was hands down the worst experience of my life. Fluorescent lights, loud noise and wind from the window, venders constantly yelling to sell things. Zero sleep at all. I was as broken of a man as Bald
You should have got the bus. They do a 12 hour overnight bus which is actually very comfortable and very affordable. I got that bud 10 years ago and it was a great experience as you see a bit of the country. They stop off at a good but cheap restaurant half way also to get food.
Hi Ben great to see Kat back on your travels again. I might be mistaken but i believe people keep the eels in the rice fields they help protect the crop and also sold as an extra revenue. Looking forward to the rest of your tour
I'm curious what you edited out at 21:11 haha. There's nothing worse than hours long travel when you can't recline. It really breaks your spirit. Great to see Kat again!
🙂💙👍Thank You Ben & Catrina and Mr Bald that train ride was brutal no place to lay-down or stretch your legs. Great to see Catrina joining You & Mr Bald Another Awesome Adventure Safe Travels.🙂💙👍Ben you should get google Translate on your phone so you can communicate with the locals just a thought.🙂👍Beautiful View of the Mekong River🙂👍Durian lmao🙃
🌴🌴🌴 Thank you Ben But like you said, not much to see here except for the last 4-5 minutes. But it’s always NICE to see KAT 🐈. Did you loose Mr. Bald when you got there? Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
Welcome back to Thailand Ben and Kat. I just moved here a month ago and bloody love it! Kat brings a little positivity to you and Bald’s constant negativity LOL To be fair though, you and Bald deserve a GOLD MEDAL for the amount of pain you’ve suffered recently on Asian trains 😅😅😅
Hey just replying to some random person. They keep talking about thailand, returning to thailand and stuff but there are no thailand videos on neither of their channels? Have i missed something?
@@g-lighttravels5742 On balds channel there doesn't seem to be a single video in Thailand and on Backpacker Ben's channel there seems to be only one which was almost a year and a half ago
@@MarcusH...They’re literally in Thailand at the start of this video, why don’t you just watch the vid properly before you start commenting incorrect facts? Just a suggestion….
@@g-lighttravels5742 Being at an almost empty train station in the middle of the night and riding a train talking to each other with no interactions besides buying that little snack. There wasn't really anything about Thailand in this video besides briefly physically being there. The "Intro" chapter of the video might as well have been anywhere in the world, this was a video about Laos. I just wanted to ask someone if they have any actual Thailand videos that don't show up when searching for Thailand on either of their channels, because the only one that shows up is the one 16 months ago on Backpacker Ben's channel. If you wanna help me find something I might be missing that would be great, but if you're just gonna continue being some kinda smart aleck don't bother replying again.
Vang Vieng is cool, laid back - check out the island if it’s still there…that cool bar on the river with the hammocks = sunset over the mountains, mad!
The victory gate was not built by the French as you stated. It was built as a memorial to those who fought for independence from France. It was built using cement and funds donate by the USA. Those funds were meant to build a new airport but they built that instead. Its nickname is "the vertical runway".
Laos has beautiful landscape! ❤❤❤ I swear @17:56 you said “Jung Joi” which means “want to f*ck” in Khmer (Cambodian) 👀 😂😂😂 Hello : Sabaidee Thank you : Kop Jai
I took a train but south to Suratani from Bangkok 16h, i booked a sleeper. but it go canceled and got the same train you guys were on.. my neighbors had roosters, goats and was screaming to each other all the way down.. and the seats was made of wood. Never again. There is private busses from Mocit to Laos ;)
Hi from Australia Ben, there might not be much there but seeing what another country looks like is still very interesting. I just love any content showing countries I’ll probably never get to myself. PS, don’t eat the snails, slugs, and other shit ... ❤..
Even though we love content with Mr Bald, we love Cat! You guys are great together. They sell Durn fruit in the US but I have not tried it yet. From your expression, I am still afraid to try it. I thought we were going to see the rice dish that you had earlier! Hey, content is content!!! Thanks for the tour and waiting for the next video...
So stoked you uploaded today! Your videos make my day man, I'm about to graduate university and I cannot wait to start traveling again, your videos make it feel like I am!! Keep safe my dude!
On a serious note, as a photographer, when you two were having lunch on the river, that scene with the man and the boat out there would have made a very nice photograph! I'm guessing you only travel with the camera on your phone? Seeing Laos through you, I can honestly say that of the places that you travel that I absolutely would never go, Laos, actually looks like a place that would be appealing, other than the oppressive heat and language barrier.
You’re all true legends👍🏻 lovely to see Kat tag along. I don’t suppose she has an older unmarried aunt or cousin?😁 Venture on my intrepid voyagers👏🏻🙏👍🏻🤙🏻✌🏻
Ben this reminded me of when I tried Durian for the first time in China. 😂 I ordered a durian pizza in a restaurant thinking it was just plain cheese (I ordered off a picture menu). The pizza came out stinking! I immediately knew something was wrong, and was almost sick all over the table after taking a bite!
Ben couldn't handle anything stronger than beans and toast🤣
Behave. No way I can handle beans on toast
Question is, can he get the tin opened 🤣🤣. Great video BTW Ben 😉
@@BackpackerBen cream of wheat!
burgers chips and pizza for the rest of his life 🤣
thats white people for you lmao
India makes Laos look like the Maldives
Great work Ben!
Bro Search lakshdeep and Andaman Nicobar . Very beautiful
@@Techfield09 i just looked at them the nature is beautiful but you can see wherever there's houses its full of trash and dirt
@@uzumo4870look Kerala beaches In the south or Himalayas mountains in Himachal Pradesh north
@@uzumo4870 It's in the genes
Google Lakshadweep in India it is more beautiful than Maldives
Seeing Bald sleeping next to the sink in the train, brought me back memories of Bald’s Soviet Sink. 😅
Classic bald 😂
Thailand way more advanced than this. They have a very advanced sleeper train with a bed and everything. From Bangkok to Laos and its like $28. They picked the cheap train for views. Nothing wrong with that but don't make it seem like Thailand has bad trains.
Yes,smiley Kat is back with the 2 Bens.
I’m really looking forward to this Asia series 😎
Good to see Cat back!!! Please tell her she’s not allowed to leave now. She’s part of the channel. You need to rename your channel to Backpacker Ben and Cat 😂
Or Catpacker Ben
@@benedward8559 LOVE IT
Yes I agree she's cool 😎
Ben & Bald are my favorite team, Cat only makes it better! Great vid my man
Seeker of the Way is my new favorite, with some great Laos videos, for example! Bald & Ben are usually good.
@@jackstarr4726 I don't think many agree with you, that poor guy averages only 200 views per video poor dude
Cat makes Ben videos 100% more enjoyable and a bit less grumpy.
The love of a good woman.
Seeing Caterina made me watch this video. I don't care for Mr. Bald very much, but Cat's cheerfulness brightens up each Backpacker Ben video, since Ben is such a miserable sod.
@@AlterMann57 Spot on.
First thing I thought. He is much more chipper for sure. Honestly I would be pretty content too. Hopefully she gets a slice of the pie.
She's adorable!
The reason you aren’t seeing much is that the highways avoid most of the villages. They were built relatively recently for freight, so just go to main centres.
Villages tend to be quite small and tight knit based around families. Because it is so agrarian, there isn’t the pull factor to draw the population into cities. Even in large towns, many people will actually live in surrounding villages.
Lao people still rely on foraged food for much of their protein. But their villages get solid rice harvests due to the heat and the rain. People are food secure (more or less), but they don’t have an excess of production to take to market. Cheap frozen shrimp etc from Thailand is probably holding back a switch to more intensive domestic agriculture.
Cat must love Ben for his crazy adventures . Poor Bald isn’t built for a land of tiny people 😁
yeh
I think ben balances bald out perfectly, if i want to see a more hostile and honest trip i watch bald if i want to watch a more polite and forgiving trip i watch Ben combine them together and it's the perfect balance of realism and optimism
I noticed Ben seems more confident when kat is there. That woman is amazing, girl ur living❤
Gold diggers aren't amazing at all.
I believe it's because he has a feeling of protection for her
@@guitaristssuck8979 incel
@@guitaristssuck8979not every woman is a gold digger, in fact woman are very independent!
@Effelum I totally disagree, lots of women are extremely independent financially and emotionally! You must know this girl very well to assume such things. It is incredibly bad that those stereotypes about woman still going around but you don’t see any about man
Clearwater FL here. I needed this diversion. Thank you guys.
Hope you're ok.
The power is back on. Can finally catch up 😆
I'm so happy to see Kat again. I love your videos, Ben!
Something tells me he secretly likes these train and bus journeys... It's a competition to see who can survive the worst train... 😂
Of course he secretly likes them. Why else would he post so many videos of his bus and train journeys?
@@nicholascampbell3259For views and $$. You're pretty naive
ALWAYS so happy to see the beautiful Katerina and Bald! You are all crazy and we love it. Safest travels!
Cat needs to have her own channel! Would surpass Ben in subscribers! I love her disposition....Positive Vibe and stunningly beautiful! 🙂❤️
Bens a good lad, always enjoy his vids, but Cat is the cherry on top, always great when she makes an appreance.
Kat laughing when Ben was retching is perfect, they are good together and funny too! have a great time Ben you could be home in Plymouth enjoying the cold and rain!!
A lovely couple and Bald. Love it. Thanks for the content!
Yay Catarina is back! What can go wrong? Safe journey, people and watch what you eat. Cheers👍🏻👍🏻
Great to see Kat( she is amazing )back again, good stuff Ben and seeyas in the next one.
Nice Video. Ben. We have a friend that lives in Lao and loves it. There is lot more to do than you know. Best time to visit is during the many festivals they have. And that is between the
months of late December and mid March. It a cool time to have lots of fun. I would give it go at that time👍👍. All the best mate. Jim and Harriet
Nice to see Cat back, I think she secretly enjoys Bens suffering like the rest of us 🤣🤣
❤❤Lol!!!Kat great to see you again 😘stay safe and keep them boys in line. Let's go!!! Much love from Oklahoma ❣️
Yet another banging video dropped by Ben. Mate, you got a good’n in Cat - she’s 💯 positive and optimistic about everything and willing to give anything a try. Cat adds much entertainment to your content.
Kat's back!❤How she puts up with your mad schemes is beyond me. 🤣
Finally! The girl is back! 🤩🤩 She is so lovely! She is the missing piece for this channel!
Stop drooling
@@chad-bf7zi What is your problem? Get a life and let people be excited
Personal like you fucking thinking your demand makes blogger Blog cruppt becoze you want always ******so bloggers take this type material ...shame on you
Bugger off from here
@@pinakkoladaaExactly I’m excited to seeing Kat 👍🤗
lmaoo what a simp
I love this ❤
I can watch this for hours.
safe travels everyone.
greetings from the Netherlands🤗
This was a pleasure to watch. You always deliver great content!
You should treat yourself to a LOVELY trip - great place, awesome accommodations, excellent food. You've earned it.
I am sure he does and only makes these as a way to get views.
England is expensive, cold, miserable and depressing. But i bet it's even worse when you travel to all these great places and get back here
Living and being a tourist is different.. never know if you was born in Laos maybe you would walking along the beach trying to sell miscellaneous rubbish trying to make enough to feed yourself for a day, who knows
It's nice to see your Dad being allowed to come along on the trip with Cat.
It always nice to see cat joining up with Ben..it more entertaining to watch..
As for saying thank you in Thai..
It simple to say kop jai.
It nice to see Ben visiting countries as Thailand or border to Thailand Laos.
I rather sit on a train in Thailand then India for sure,
Ahh, I had flashbacks when I saw that train! I took the same night train from Phuket to Bangkok with a 3rd class ticket, just like you. It was hands down the worst experience of my life. Fluorescent lights, loud noise and wind from the window, venders constantly yelling to sell things. Zero sleep at all. I was as broken of a man as Bald
You should have got the bus. They do a 12 hour overnight bus which is actually very comfortable and very affordable. I got that bud 10 years ago and it was a great experience as you see a bit of the country. They stop off at a good but cheap restaurant half way also to get food.
@@jcdog1000 Totally agree. The bus trumps the train.
"Use my phone, I have internet" but can't look up how to say hello and thank you lol. Classic Ben 😂
Love your videos mate. You show the real world of travelling. You and Kat are awesome
This is why we love Mr bald. He will sleep anywhere.
Love Kat and her energy
Kat is just so cool, love her vibe!
I'm so happy to see Kat I love her so much
The idea of the frogs etc in the bag, is that you buy them, and release them into the river at the temple to earn merit
Hi Ben great to see Kat back on your travels again. I might be mistaken but i believe people keep the eels in the rice fields they help protect the crop and also sold as an extra revenue. Looking forward to the rest of your tour
I'm curious what you edited out at 21:11 haha. There's nothing worse than hours long travel when you can't recline. It really breaks your spirit. Great to see Kat again!
Awesome adventure journey to Laos bald seems to be exhausted 😅😊❤
Great to see kat love her smile 😃 Tell Bald to get out his camera..😊❤
Great to see Kat again, ask Bald about seeing Alinchick as well.
I absolutely love Katharina. She's so positive 🩵
Great video Ben as always good to see Kat back get that ring on her finger Ben .🎉
Kat is back..let the adventure begin! 🎉
Kit kat is back 🎉🥳🙏 oh and you too Ben 🤣👍
🙂💙👍Thank You Ben & Catrina and Mr Bald that train ride was brutal no place to lay-down or stretch your legs. Great to see Catrina joining You & Mr Bald Another Awesome Adventure Safe Travels.🙂💙👍Ben you should get google Translate on your phone so you can communicate with the locals just a thought.🙂👍Beautiful View of the Mekong River🙂👍Durian lmao🙃
Kat is here to keep Ben safe from the Thai ladyboys.
😅😅
So good 😂
😂😂
🌴🌴🌴 Thank you Ben But like you said, not much to see here except for the last 4-5 minutes. But it’s always NICE to see KAT 🐈.
Did you loose Mr. Bald when you got there?
Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
I did that train journey in 3rd class last year and I loved it. I'm back in Thailand again now and am going to do it next week.
Ben gagging had me in stitches 🤣🤣 had it on constant reply 😭🤣🤣
bald is a legend
Bald in the usual uniform.... Cat back with a big smile, Ben sick as a gluttonous Dog........... Somehow all will be well 😊
yay the whole crew is here!!❤
Great video Ben and good to see Cat back 😊
"Bareback and fingers deep" now this is the type of content we've all been waiting for mate! 😂
I’ve been following you bc of Bald. Never seen Kat before. U are a lucky man. She’s gorgeous. More of her with you on the channel. Cheers.
Welcome back to Thailand Ben and Kat. I just moved here a month ago and bloody love it! Kat brings a little positivity to you and Bald’s constant negativity LOL
To be fair though, you and Bald deserve a GOLD MEDAL for the amount of pain you’ve suffered recently on Asian trains 😅😅😅
Hey just replying to some random person. They keep talking about thailand, returning to thailand and stuff but there are no thailand videos on neither of their channels? Have i missed something?
@@MarcusH... They’re in Thailand for a lot of his vids….
@@g-lighttravels5742 On balds channel there doesn't seem to be a single video in Thailand and on Backpacker Ben's channel there seems to be only one which was almost a year and a half ago
@@MarcusH...They’re literally in Thailand at the start of this video, why don’t you just watch the vid properly before you start commenting incorrect facts? Just a suggestion….
@@g-lighttravels5742 Being at an almost empty train station in the middle of the night and riding a train talking to each other with no interactions besides buying that little snack. There wasn't really anything about Thailand in this video besides briefly physically being there. The "Intro" chapter of the video might as well have been anywhere in the world, this was a video about Laos.
I just wanted to ask someone if they have any actual Thailand videos that don't show up when searching for Thailand on either of their channels, because the only one that shows up is the one 16 months ago on Backpacker Ben's channel.
If you wanna help me find something I might be missing that would be great, but if you're just gonna continue being some kinda smart aleck don't bother replying again.
Were stuck in damp old England. But at least its good to watch the continuing adventures of BB and B&B. And a loyal travelling companion.
Glad kat is back ❤
thanks for the journey Ben Ben and cat 🚋🚆🍛🍤🥗
...E a Catarina bela como sempre!!! 😍😃👍
About time she is back 😊
Yay Kat is back 😊 much better looking than Mr Bald.
Bald is hilarious 😂 Love all you guys. Travel safe ❤
Vang Vieng is cool, laid back - check out the island if it’s still there…that cool bar on the river with the hammocks = sunset over the mountains, mad!
Gagging as an opener, this should be good. Your travels are awesome Ben!
🫡
Starting where he left off from the last video 😂
Diarrhea is what accompanies him
We got some gagging in the opening. It's sure to be a great vid, as always. And welcome back Cat!
The victory gate was not built by the French as you stated.
It was built as a memorial
to those who fought for independence from France.
It was built using cement and funds donate by the USA. Those funds were meant to build a new airport but they built that instead. Its nickname is "the vertical runway".
😂❤ I took that train regularly,to get my visa renewal 😊 no problemo ! Mai me ben hah
Don't stick your Heaad out the window 🎉
Catarina went to check on Ben after that night club ending in the last video 😏🤣
You can't escape the cat 😺
Beautiful part of the world with some of the best people you will ever meet
Gotta love Ben & Bald's unapologetic and honest presentations
Ben , Bald and CAT is the A-TEAM of travel vlogs !
Laos has beautiful landscape! ❤❤❤
I swear @17:56 you said “Jung Joi” which means “want to f*ck” in Khmer (Cambodian) 👀 😂😂😂
Hello : Sabaidee
Thank you : Kop Jai
14:25 "Do you have any eals in a bag by any chance, I've been craving em" 😭
Kat is sound. Great video man, I've travelled through there Laos years ago, not mich seems to have changed except for the fancy train.
I took a train but south to Suratani from Bangkok 16h, i booked a sleeper. but it go canceled and got the same train you guys were on.. my neighbors had roosters, goats and was screaming to each other all the way down.. and the seats was made of wood. Never again. There is private busses from Mocit to Laos ;)
Glad Kat is back, she brings fun to the vids.
Hi from Australia Ben, there might not be much there but seeing what another country looks like is still very interesting. I just love any content showing countries I’ll probably never get to myself. PS, don’t eat the snails, slugs, and other shit ... ❤..
Good to see you back, Katharina 😍😍 🇵🇹
Winter in Portugal ? 🤔
We love you kat your the best, and kindest person in the world
@PuzzleMaster24 I’m not
@@BackpackerBen😂we like you anyway but Kat is the best adventurist and a beautiful woman. Take care of each other ✌🏼
i hope you don't get a bad stomach on the rest of your journey. good luck!
The only two languages I speak are English and Portuguese and that's another reason why I like this couple.
Mr. Bald is always with the same white cotton shirt in a tropical region
Thought I was the only one who realized that... 😷
Even though we love content with Mr Bald, we love Cat! You guys are great together. They sell Durn fruit in the US but I have not tried it yet. From your expression, I am still afraid to try it. I thought we were going to see the rice dish that you had earlier! Hey, content is content!!! Thanks for the tour and waiting for the next video...
Ben said never another sleeping train.. but can't refuse it when kat and mr bald come
Loved watching the vid! Currently traveling through Asia myself. 👍🏻
So stoked you uploaded today! Your videos make my day man, I'm about to graduate university and I cannot wait to start traveling again, your videos make it feel like I am!! Keep safe my dude!
Go on mate 🫵🏼
Super video, you have found a definite keeper Ben
Backpacker Ben continuing to lead the nightmare train journey genre 😜
Kat is the beautiful view. Loved her laughing at you gagging. Love your videos
On a serious note, as a photographer, when you two were having lunch on the river, that scene with the man and the boat out there would have made a very nice photograph! I'm guessing you only travel with the camera on your phone? Seeing Laos through you, I can honestly say that of the places that you travel that I absolutely would never go, Laos, actually looks like a place that would be appealing, other than the oppressive heat and language barrier.
You’re all true legends👍🏻 lovely to see Kat tag along. I don’t suppose she has an older unmarried aunt or cousin?😁 Venture on my intrepid voyagers👏🏻🙏👍🏻🤙🏻✌🏻
The perfect friends for an Adventure Ben, Kat and Blad the three musketeers.
Ben this reminded me of when I tried Durian for the first time in China. 😂 I ordered a durian pizza in a restaurant thinking it was just plain cheese (I ordered off a picture menu). The pizza came out stinking! I immediately knew something was wrong, and was almost sick all over the table after taking a bite!
Durian is good. It's like a custard. The key is to serve it very cold. When it's cold, it gets rid of the smell.