The REAL DANGER to Foreigners when Travelling Laos.. Boun Bans !!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- How quickly plans can change in Laos! Foreigners BEWARE!
The REAL DANGER to Foreigners when Travelling Laos.. Boun Bans !!
Boun Ban means village festival, and being a foreigner at one of these YOU ARE A TARGET! All in good fun though. A Boun bans is when the whole village stops for the day to celebrate.. well, their village. Great food, Markets and activities for the kids, Loud music with lots of beer and dancing.. and if you ever get the chance to attend one, make sure you do. The Lao people are the friendliest people on the planet and they all want to show you a good time.. so be careful!! It is sooo hard to say no to them. Enjoy!
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My name is Todd and i am an Australian currently living in Laos with my wife, Neenee.
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They may not be materially rich but these peoples' lives are rich in more meaningful ways , that we in the West can only dream of .
These people are beautiful and have a beautiful, simple, and happy lifestyle despite not having much. I am living in Canada and envy them
You wouldnt feel the same after 2 days there. 😀 these vloggers makes things all rosey when its complete opposit is the case.
@@Laotian_in_motion what do you mean in this case after party they Will be bangkrut bro...same in mycountry Indonesia..may be we have custom. Happy for while 😂
@@Laotian_in_motion +1 Laos very nice for a motorbike trip / quick look around ..
Be horrible to live there.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 yeah sure
Looking forward to coming to Laos sometime this year, I live in Kampot, Cambodia.
It looks like the Laotian and Cambodian people are very much alike, very welcoming, and so very friendly.
Hi Guys The village festivals are a once a year event that help to keep community cohesion, a bit like weddings and funerals. Staying off the grog is hard, however if you are clear you have had enough you are respected. There are bees in Lao out in the country, they are small and wont sting you. I see them wondering around on cassava chips once they are dry, collecting dust on their legs. I am not sure if they use the material as food or a building material. Hosing down the mango trees is something that is done in some communities, if it does not rain much. I think the reason for the amount of flower this years is the early rains this time last year.
Each of your videos is better than a TV report about Laos.🙏
The people are so friendly. Just love it. I watch this with a smile in my face.
Nice to see so many people being friendly to each other. A commodity in the US these days.
@Donald Thomas It all depends where in the US you live.
I am not sure I would have used the word commodity. While technically being correct as in describing something of value it is also used to describe products that are widely used(common), generic, and in a perfectly competitive market environment.
@@dellingson4833 I live in the USA and our people in the USA are nowhere near as friendly.
@eduardomaldonado1647 Then you live in the wrong place. Or maybe you have the wrong friends or.....
Watching this vlog late in bed from USA missing those good old days with good friends in Laos. We used to go to these village festivals often during our high school years. Great times to be cherished indeed. Thank you for sharing.
Yep I've been there so similar to Thailand rural areas love the way people just accept you as a foreigner and become perfect one night party friends, Love both Laos and Thailand, but being living in Thailand and worked there for many years I can only compare but certainly Laos is magnificent, thanks for a bit of happy memories you have given me great vlog .
For a second i didn't notice that those singer at 23:30 were the NooHoung family 😂 Idk if NeeNee have tell you this but the boy that sing he's the son of Lao famous singer. His father passed away three years ago during covid outbreak times. The news hit all the Laotian around the globe. He's trying to carry on his father's path.
Lots of very pretty ladies! Definitely looked like a lot of fun! Stay safe!
Another great stream....Cant beat a beer Loas mixed with Laos music and be in the middle of them all...been there and still doing it...90% of the world avnt a clue how to live life..we live once..so enjoy it...been in Thailand a few years now..love this time of year..when boy becomes monk..sunshine & party...😉🇹🇭
Great video - nothing like friends and family getting together 👍🙂
Absolutely!!
The Lao hospitality is just heart warming
It's good to see Beverly again. Looks like one helluva party and good times. I am sure there were plenty of hangovers. Laos must be a wonderful country to call home.
🤗🙏🏼!
It sure looks like everyone was having a blast, good fun. Thank you for taking us along.
Take care.
Love the mor lam tunes, great atmosphere!!
I guess this is a great place to let your hair down. What a fun time. Great food, great music and great people. It's all good. Sending you much love 🙏🙏 Jim and Harriet . Richmond, Va.
Another great video. Looks like so much fun!
Favorite vlog yet....yes giving money to the singers is the norm they do it at weddings to... and those mobile music trucks in Thailand the singers get money from the crowd.. the b+w stills at the end stunning
Thanks Jordi.. hope you're well mate
Hello Mr. Hales.. (First 5 second, I see a group of lovely Lao ladies dancing) When I get a moment, I'm very much looking forward to todays video.
You so fit into the Lao lifestyle
Lovin it!
Wicked party after COVID lockdown. Youre having a jolly good time. Live it. Myst join ASAP
Always love your road trips and Market Vlogs.
You 2 lovebirds are so cool and have too much fun!!!
a very nice place with very nice people. Thanks for sharing and god bless!
Everyone needs a release, have fun again,,,, from the Covid,,, could feel it in the video.. cheers Todd , Neenee.
These BUN Bann things are good 👍. Hit the nail on the head mate..Legend 😋
Very fun to see as you toured around this Laos Festival.. alot of drinking and entertainment, and good foods
Can't stop smiling. they know how to have good time!!
Self pollinating mango blossom ,great folk music and dancing .what a interesting/fun day thank you hopefully you can boo boo buba me.
Haha yes I can 😁👍
Your property is now Festival central every year - wow - when I seen The beers 🍻 at the lunch time neighbors table , then Neenee with one🍺 it was going to liven up - happy times , great video 👍🙏
Great to see a community get together! Someone got slightly 'nated'.
🤪👍
🙏👍👍👍👍 You very lucky man Todd!! Soke Dee Lai Lai! Wish I was there too... Have fun! 😁
Hello. Thank you for sharing your pictures. Watching your videos have given me a push to travel and continue with my photography and love in meeting new people and places. From your new friend in Canada.
Thank you, great to hear. The people of Laos makes it so easy to enjoy photography 💚
Oh I remembered and attended those boun bans often. I usually end up washing the dishes in the back so I don't have drink so much. Great video!
Haha now there's an idea 555
Great to see an update on your place.
boun baan dii laiy laiy!
Looks like you had a great time. So many beautiful ladies
loved the black and white pics at the end, super cool
Been a while since I've seen your videos, but glad you are still having a BLAST. That was AWESOME!
Cheers mate 👍
Yep they love to party up, amazing place, love the music to.
Going back to Laos is on my bucket list. My family left Laos since 1981, I was only 5 years old and don’t remember anything.
Come over soon little bro 😎!
Come over soon little bro 😎!
Lol love it mate that's gold ❤
Great day Todd! Thanks for bringing us along! :)
What a blast. They definitely know how to have fun in Laos. I need to be there when there are a lot of festivals. I love the spot you have for retirement. Right on the river. Cheers Todd and Neenee!!! 😘🥂😘
There's always a festival on here somewhere mate 😁👍
Remember, ONLY IN LAOS, one hand holding a beer can or whisky bottle with the other hand driving behind the wheel.
Wow !! So funny !! Thankyou for sharing !!! 👍👍
Nice to celebrate with the locals ,breaks the ice and ya get to have a beer with cheer 😄 great from N/W Qld
You have a great time there buddy
Great videos you always make, Cheers David who moved to Thailand 23 years years ago from Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. I agree with Jordie King that your black-and-white photos are excellent!
Love this People.Send all the Best Wishes from Italy.
i like boun banhTod
Keep up thegood work bro 💪
Thanks Bob 👍
You bought the house at the river ? It looks perfect! Well done
Yes, thanks
I once lived here for years. Miss it alot
'ban' is not village, - 'ban' is house! (go home - 'bei ban', 'ga ban'), village is called 'mu ban', but there are many dialects in Laos, even more than in Thailand.
The word 'ban' is used for both 'home' and 'village'
That's why this festival is called 'Boun Ban'.. Village festival
Hey Todd..!! What a coincidence mate !that village is where I crossed the mighty Mekong River in late 1978…😢😢😢😅😅😅😂😂😂
next time i go and visit you in Laos ,just been there for visa run. from Thailand . felo ozie hay ! see ya in 90 days.
my face is acheing from grinning. great party. all the singers and musicians were quality. loving the closing B&W shots, especially at 31:16 where the 2 girls are thinking "who invited this bloke"
Awesome video Todd. I got a buzz just by watching all that drinking😂 Cheers !
Good stuff!
Haven’t seen this channel for a while. I went to Laos a few weeks ago and think a rental car, 4x4 would be the way to go
everyone is happy and enjoying life dancing 🕺 😊
Hi Todd bloody good video cheers everyone
They know how to party mate. Reminds me of the Thai’s. The music sounds the same and everyone is so hospitable ,welcoming and want you to have a great time with them .
I hope to visit there one day.
Keep up the good work mate
This WAS part off thailand, SIAM country. before the thai king took it over by force. Same as USA do in other country's.
I’ll be In Laos june 1st! Super excited
Hahaha I don't blame you! 😁👍
I don’t think I would survive in Laos xD
I’m a lightweight drinker where one sip gets me buzzed and a whole can knocks me out.
But they are very hospitable and treat you like you’re family!
I'm the same.. I always try to add lots of ice. Glass looks full and it waters it down heaps 😆
Is this vietnam? Man i love the culture & the people. Awesome. I loved the vidéo. Thanks from South Carolina
No. It’s Laos 🇱🇦. It is the country between Thailand and Vietnam, and south of China. Come over someday bro.
Hey Toddster, loved the whole community spirit. Shame about the rubbish, but it's a problem all over over SEA. So looking forward to meeting up, we need to make some solid plans.
Jeremy is a hat lover as well as if he doesn't his head will fry!
For sure.. I'll be in Aust all of March, then in LP for Lao New Year. 😁👍
WOW.............the Lao can party top shelf............as good as anyone and Mr Todd is just hanging in there (what's wrong mate all the years of Ozzy practise and your getting mew after a few........... or is it the age gape ?) I know the answer, I'm the same age, anyway great Volg.........Cheers
Good GOD Todd, there's Neenee's TWIN! @19:36.
😋👍
Laos, the most bombed country in the world (by the USA)?
Lately I’ve reading about this country and i think i really like to retire in that country y love the country people food history and i understand that the females are the most beautiful in Asia and I also here that people are very friendly and that’s what I am looking for
I thought it was a water well you were looking for but you found the Well of beerlao 🤣😂🤣
We had a good crack at it..😉
One of only two places in E. & S.E. Asia I haven’t been. About 35 years ago the Laos embassy in Bangkok wouldn’t give me a visa. They said no tourist visas were being given then, only official gov’t business visas were being issued. I never got the time to try again. Looks like they’ve loosened up over the years. From some border traders who bought & sold flea market items by the Thailand border where the trucks switch from the left side to Laos’s right side driving, I did manage to get a couple of souvenirs. I got an old wooden license plate and a pin for crew members of the old Royal Laotian Airlines. Looks like a toned down version of Thailand from this video.
Enjoying your videos mate, subscribed.
Cheers from an Aussie
Welcome aboard Kris.. Enjoy the ride mate 😉👍
That was insane....LyBeautiful
True happiness in life, live simple life!
Great stuff. Same same here in Issan NE Thailand.
What fun!
Want to join in.
Have Thai wife in the very center of Thailand (Chyiaphum city in Chyiaphum Provence).
We have a small house there and the family rice farm.
I am stuck in Hawaii at the moment (Big Island).
That damn virus thing really threw a wrench into the gears for me.
Kinda snuck into Laos once 3 or 4 years ago.
Jumped onto a Longtail boat crossing the Mekong river.
No passports or visas.
Would love to grab my wife, Aura (Heart), and spend some time in Laos.
Perhaps we will cross paths someday.
Cheers!
I want to dance on the beach too
The grass is greener on the other side of the world
Beautiful& so respectful people what a life u guys have enjoy it finally ❤ Warm regards from Canada 🇨🇦 ty
So interesting. Thank you
You have the technology to catch the rubbish dumpers. Just set up a cam with motion detection pointed at your yard and catch the perpetrators on video.
I own a piece of land, slightly s
Less than one acres, Fort Wayne, Indiana. THE neighbors dump their trash on it because we only check on it monthly . SO dumping on what looks abandoned is common.
Todd,
What's the name of that Temple next to your land? Looks like one I visited back in the day.
Wat KokHea 😉
Oooof there'd be plenty of headaches the next day by the look of that mate hahahahaha
Very nice vlog
. . . @ 2 4 : 00 . .This ' party ' has . .' A - Lao - d ' You to Conduct a legitimate Vlog ! Gre8t Job as Alwayz ! 🏆
Good party! I'm old enough to remember street parties in the UK, those days are gone. Too much legislation and drunken trouble now. But so much litter there! What's the score with rubbish disposal and recycling in Laos?
looks like fun
Excellent vid bro
From nepal ❤❤
I wish I was there I've had a few parties with locals in my travels across Laos, enjoy the time but stay away from the Laos whisky lol.
In Brisbane there dagwood dogs.
We had a wet season and didn't get any mangoes. I wondered if it washed the pollen off. We we're thinking they maybe rotted.
What a party! Looks like fun but I don't see too many people my age (67) there. I may be sat in a wheelchair and rolled into the Mekong.
Nah mate they'd have you up dancing no worries!
Laos looks like a vibe. The whole village is partying!
Loas does not have any vibe quite the opposite 😕
I would love to visit village like this and farm village. Can you recommend any that is not for from bullet train station. I can rent motorbike and drive.
The ducks are cheating you. 😅😆😅
Love to be there somedays, but in the city's. Much love from Ft worth Texas USA!
Thank you
So you can increase your mango harvest with just a hose?
I was looking for this comment Samuel.
It kinda sounds that way doesn't it.. couldn't be that simple 🤔