KEN! Get over here and do something interesting! Welcome to Southeast Asia's most enigmatic nation locked away in the hilly jungles with animist shrines an bomb shells. #LAOS. This episode was really fun researching because it had such a unique backstory Hope you enjoy it!
I found your music through Jimmy Zhang's interview with Khan and it's really awesome to see you here! I follow you on Instagram and Soundcloud. Keep it up!
The 's' in Laos is because the English name (from French) is the PLURAL of the word "Lao" because it was attributed to the union of three Lao kingdoms. Therefore "Laos" is like saying "the Americas" when referring to North and South America. In English, "LaoSSSS" is perfectly correct.
I'm a history student from Mexico that studied Laos for two semesters in my Asian history courses. I have to admit, I´ve been falling in love with the country ever since and I really hope that one day I'll be able to visit.
I’m learning University with Laotian friends. They are so cute, kind, close,... and they drink beer so good . We usually drink for the Viet-Lao friendship. With love from Vietnam 🇻🇳
I'm Lao and when I was in the Philippines, people there thought I was a Pinoy. Same goes for the rest of my family. They always try to speak to me in Tagalog.
This is unbelievably accurate, Idk how you got all the information and did the research, it seems that some insightful things you said are known only to Laotians, so good job!!!
Thank you to put some spot light into Laos. I have been gone almost 40 yrs; I still love to hear a good thing about my heritage. Lao food is the best and the most healthy one.
I love this series but when you get to the famous people it would be pretty groovy if you could put in a subtitle what they are generally famous for, like artist, director, author, general, president. Short one or two word descriptions just in case i want to do my own research. Cause sometimes im curious but mostly its just a bunch of names and faces and i cant get much from that.
I had the privilege of travelling in this amazing country. It’s the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen, it’s so unspoilt and pristine. The people are very traditional but also so friendly to tourists and very welcoming, plus the food is delicious. The road from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng had me in awe it’s the most scenic journey I experienced in 3 months travelling all over Southeast Asia. I can’t wait to go back some day
Hate to break it to you but that's most likely not the case anymore. I've just been to Laos earlier this year and there are lots of Chinese companies doing tons road work and carving large chunks off the sides of mountain. If you want to see the beauty of Laos for one last time, better go again as soon as this pandemic is over.
"Laos" is plural, named after three Lao territories united under French colonialism. So it's actually acceptable to call it "Laos" as an "s" is enunciated in English for plural words. Since you do countries by their English names, (ie: Ivory Coast, East Timor, etc), it's fine for you to pronounce in the English way. Or you could just say ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ ;)
I'm down there the next months. I'm incredibly hyped about it :) You should not just try, but instead just go there;) It's gonna be worth it no matter what!
I love how the content has evolved over the series. However it ends up being kind of sad for older episodes. I'm from Chile and I missed the "places to visit" or "people you might know" segments for that episode. Same for other episodes like Azerbaijan, Brasil or Argentina. Is there any plan on "adding" those segments in the future for older episodes?
im actually part Lao but i was born in America and my dad never told me anything about the country so I didn't know much about it.I'm glad I got to find out more about Laos :)
Ah such a sweet country, Laos. We are one ASEAN. May our countries prosper more through the years. You are always loved, always beautiful and forever great. Peace and hope from the Philippines ☺☺
Most people think that Vientiane is pronounced as "Vien-tian", but its actually pronounced as "Vieng-jan". I know this because I am Thai and it is pronounced the exact same way as the Laotian pronunciation.
@@BarnabyTheEpicDoggo That's how everyone in Laos pronounces it. Ask any native Lao speaker to say it for you slowly and that's what you'll get. The "a" is pronounced as a short "u" sound like in "uh".
(ວຽງຈັນ) Vientiane is a French spelling. People are reading it as an English spelling word. Which would look more like Viangchan or ViangJun . Jun sounds like fun. I was born in Vientiane but grew up in Massachusetts. That's how my father pronounced it. Same as Laos, it's a French spelling, so the "s" is silent. It's pronounced Lao.
Laos, the most interesting place on earth. Living in Thailand, I visit Lots regularly and find new and amazing things each visit. Communication is easy and the people, regardless of ethnicity, are welcoming and gracious.
Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Luxembourg will be coming after Lesotho, Liberia and Libya, so it's 3 African countries after Lebanon and then back to Europe for another 3
Phet Indra Siem Reap people have different dialect than the rest of the country therefore they might sound bit different but generally Khmer people refer Vientiane as Viang Chan.
Vientiane used to be one of the capital outpost of the Khmer Empire. The modern day word Vientiane might derive from the Khmer ancient word. There are khmer temples in Vientiane.
Visal Sonnara same thai people pronounced laos capital as viang chan too😂 and i had tried lao papaya salad it was extremly spicy more than thai papaya salad 😂😂😂
I miss Laos, my dad was working there in Vientiene and i flew there every year to spend holiday 2 times in a year. I like the people, our house keeping and her family are very lovely, cooked us very deliciouse food and her kids are my friend during my time there. We was visiting many places there, Luang Prabang are the old capital of Laos, night market, and we had to wake up early morning to see the monks collecting food from the comunity and us too. Was very nice time there. I like the people and of course the food nyummyy. Fish are fresh from the Mekong river, papaya salad are nyummy. The place we disline is Vang Vieng cause there lots of drunk young tourist, laud and impolite. Visited Vang Vieng only 2 times and stayed at the very nice river side hotel and was experinced the local food there too. Sadly my dad had to return back to Europe at 2013. Will retun back to Laos again. ❤
i did see and hear about the changes because of chinas inventions. i can only give the advice to every visitor of laos, to take care for the locals. spend your money to them. and take each change to talk to them. you can talk to young fellas and beg them to tell it to their familys at home. to tell them the tresore of laos is what they allready are and have. there is no reason to become like tailand. be a good tourist! and get yourseld a bamboo bottel. like the working people use! you clean it with cooking it. so you can use it for your drinks at all the streetfood spots. and keep the nature plastic free.
oh goodness. I'm Filipino and I didn't even know we sent soldiers and teacher to Laos. Generally speaking Filipinos don't know a lot about Laos, which is a shame, so this episode was enlightening for me!!! I'm so happy you tackled another Southeast Asian country Barby. Really looking forward to the Philippines episode!
That's okay. Same with Mexico, don't know much about their neighbors either. Both Filipinos and Mexicans are very (a lot of times unnecessarily) nationalistic.
Haha. This guy is hilarious. My geography/history classes would have been awesome had he been my teacher. Will be travelling to Laos by the end of Jan! Stoked!
@@CookingWithKhonKhao Without any accent markers, that can also be read as "stirring rice" and "people going in" 😆 Obviously your name gives enough context to know what is meant by it though.
I’m in love with this series! I was recently in the National Geography Bee School level competition and I got second place. I am really trying to get first place next year to get into the state competition, so I have watched almost all of your Countries A-Z videos. They are so informative but I think you should talk more about how life is for the people in that country. Like is their life good or is life in this country bad and are most people poor or rich and middle class? I feel like it would help us understand the country even better than before. It’s just an idea 🤷🏻♀️ but I think it would add some more useful information in your videos even though they are great and helpful either way 😊👍
Purple Groundhog you should definitely go I’ve been there for about 3 years and well at first you might say that it isn’t the place for you but you’ll get the hang of it once you settle in.
I had a blast there, so much to do, great museums and alot of great people. all though it is a huge city so alot of polution and some violence and you might get ripped off when buying stuff if you're white.
As Indonesian, I don't know much about Laos, but thanks to this channel, now I know basically we the SEA people are so similar, food and traditions too. Cool!
I'm from Laos. Thank you for doing a well research, pretty accurate. Not many people know about Laos. However, for your information modern Lao people mostly use English not French anymore. We are friendly people. We seem to be a good friends with many countries. That's why Laos gets opportunity to hold many important meetings.
@@mallinalii the military bombed thousands of villages, killed thousands of people and arrested more than 12k people. they are definitely killing the ethnic groups such as the chins, rakhine, etc. i wouldnt go. fyi im from myanmar myself, with ethnic chin background.
@@epicgamer748 it's pretty tough situation. Most of the youth join with the anti-military army, people defence force against military government. Some go for a new life in outside of this border.
I've been traveling in Laos back in the year 2000 and I really loved it. Laos has the friendliest people on earth, a still vibrant ancient Buddhist culture unspoilt by mass tourism as well as some breathtaking landscapes on offer. I'm not engaged in the Laos tourist marketing sector, I'm just honest. If you like to go to South East Asia and if you think Thailand is way too touristy, try Laos.
My grandfather was Laos' only licensed civil engineer for a couple decades before the 1980s. We were expelled in the late 70s though and are planning to come visit soon. I may teach English there.
I think we need some clarification on the whole pronunciation thing. Every English dictionary I've checked says Laos is pronounced "lah-ohs" in American or "lei-ous" in British. If the Laotians themselves pronounce their own nation's name "lao," that's good to know, and it seems silly for us not to do so also given how close we already are to doing that, but by the same token we're also very close to pronouncing Denmark the way the Danes do ("danmark"), yet I'm pretty sure we're not actually going to start doing that. And forget about pronouncing Germany as "doichland." There's also situations such as half of Belgium saying "belgie" and the other "belgique." Which would we choose if we don't stick with "belgium"? I just think we need some sort of consistent standard to follow before we start saying that we've been pronouncing Laos wrong all this time.
KEN! Get over here and do something interesting! Welcome to Southeast Asia's most enigmatic nation locked away in the hilly jungles with animist shrines an bomb shells. #LAOS. This episode was really fun researching because it had such a unique backstory Hope you enjoy it!
Geography Now ع
Geography Now why Swiss flag again
Geography Now PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES
Geography Now WHY NO KOSOVO
Geography Now awesome video
Its time to learn Geography *LAOS!*
I found your music through Jimmy Zhang's interview with Khan and it's really awesome to see you here! I follow you on Instagram and Soundcloud. Keep it up!
vat is my boi kazuo doing here ?????? >:3
Ahhhhhhhh statz!!!
KazuoTV **punch**
Well played
So basically Lao is to Thailand what Canada is to America. Kinda French, kinda the same culturally but not really, and mostly ignored by everyone.
I loled way too hard at this comment, 'cause it's so true 😂
JohnTheScoutFilms
So true cause Canadians know all about America while Americans know nothing about Canada
It hurt me how true this is
JohnTheScoutFilms its still spelled laos not lao 😂😂
peru is like canada but without the leaf
The 's' in Laos is because the English name (from French) is the PLURAL of the word "Lao" because it was attributed to the union of three Lao kingdoms. Therefore "Laos" is like saying "the Americas" when referring to North and South America. In English, "LaoSSSS" is perfectly correct.
But never used by any Lao people. Laos is pronounced Lao by locals. No word in the Lao language ends with 'S' 😉
@@fajaradi1223 Hahaha because we pronounce it wrong. Thanks Barby who give the correct pronounciation
There’s a large group of Laotians in my city and they all say “Laosssss”
XD
@@davidfriday2926 Yeah, actually Laotians say Laos and many westerners say Lao.
Here is an article about it www.tripsavvy.com/how-to-say-laos-3976795
I'm a history student from Mexico that studied Laos for two semesters in my Asian history courses. I have to admit, I´ve been falling in love with the country ever since and I really hope that one day I'll be able to visit.
My brother was just there & he said that it's the "bomb".
What laos is mentioned in foreign history course?
@@jonangorman6341 Yes, it is. Personally, I've been working with lao history for almost two years now.
k lol
I’m from Laos and everything is cheap
I'm Zimbabwean, one of my best friends is Laotian, her roommate is Thai and we all speak Chinese.
Nyasha Mukonda are u studying in china?
...
你是学习在中国吗？
Is that oddly specific?
Nyasha Mukonda mr. worldwide
Hank Hill: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?
Kahn Souphanousinphone: We are Laosian
Hank Hill: The ocean? What ocean?
You call this humor for disrespecting country?
@@mounoi_ it's a joke from an American TV show called King of the Hill.
Khampaseuth Yang one of the characters is Laotian from King of the Hill
@@mounoi_ Bruh we Asians should not act like American Snowflakes.
@@ranjanbiswas3233 someone should get you a cookie or something. I'm glad you said it
I enjoyed my time in Vientiane last year. Such a nice and laid back country 🇱🇦 🇵🇭
❤❤❤
I’m learning University with Laotian friends. They are so cute, kind, close,... and they drink beer so good . We usually drink for the Viet-Lao friendship. With love from Vietnam 🇻🇳
Bây giò sao?
Bây giò sao?
How do you drink beer good?
@@SoftDrinksOfChoice you keep going non stop
So sweet
Laos has always been an interesting tourist spots to visit. Hope to get there soon! Love from Philippines. 🇵🇭
❤❤❤
I know they've been here for a couple episodes but the new intro and transition slides are AMAZING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Many Lao's students are studying in Vietnam, from them I know and love Lao. Love from Vietnam
Love to Laos from Argentina! 🇦🇷♥️🇱🇦
🇱🇦❤️🇦🇷
Its time to learn geography, LAO!
K.L.F Productions 😁😁😁😁😁😁
Man I was going to write that not like it is a bad thing
K.L.F Productions *punches* it's not restricted to Paul. :D
K.L.F Productions *Barbs himself slaps you in the face*
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I Lao-st myself watching this because this was amazing.
ridicoulus traffic out there.
My dad told me that I turned the volume to Laos
It sure as hell wasn't Lao-sy.
Wow, I didn’t know the Philippines has great friendships with Laos. 👍🏼 nice!
ASEAN in general have good friendship with each other, visa free entry!
@@carmcam1 Say that to North and South Korea. Even Japan and Chinas had some issues before.
@Jacky Phantom My comment was a kinda a joke and I didn't know that it's not a big deal I just thought the misspelled.
I'm Lao and when I was in the Philippines, people there thought I was a Pinoy. Same goes for the rest of my family. They always try to speak to me in Tagalog.
@@chickendinner5572
SE Asians are mostly Austronesian descents.
Love to Laos 🇱🇦 from Belgium 🇧🇪
Thanks
Love to Laos 🇱🇦 from Germany 🏳🌈
@@mallinalii😂😂 that's not germany flag
@@mchamid6862 its deffenitly the more colorfull option 🫂
🇱🇦❤️🇧🇪
It's time to learn Geography, LAO!!
Laos!!
This is unbelievably accurate, Idk how you got all the information and did the research, it seems that some insightful things you said are known only to Laotians, so good job!!!
Latvia next! Hype!
Riga riga riga!
My country
I am going back to visit Latvia during their singing festival in July. I will be the guy with RIGA shaved into the sides of his mullet so look for me.
Sveiki from your Baltic sister, Lithuania!
Yeeeeeeesss
Thank you to put some spot light into Laos. I have been gone almost 40 yrs; I still love to hear a good thing about my heritage.
Lao food is the best and the most healthy one.
you live there or go each year?
som tank laao
Im hyped for the Latvia episode!!!
its where im from i hope he talks about what the Russians are doing to Daugavpils its my city
Jamiethor101 So, what are they doing to your city then?
Mihalich EU I'm not
Sveike! I don't know anymore Latvian than that, I'm Swedish k?
Good day to you too.
The quality of your videos has gotten so good in the last 2-3 months. Keep up the great work!
I traveled Laos from south to north. The most intriguing country I have experienced so far. Still top of my list.
I love this series but when you get to the famous people it would be pretty groovy if you could put in a subtitle what they are generally famous for, like artist, director, author, general, president. Short one or two word descriptions just in case i want to do my own research. Cause sometimes im curious but mostly its just a bunch of names and faces and i cant get much from that.
Great suggestion! Paul, can you please do that? It would be so cool! Thank you😊
I don't think Paul would do that ;p He has his editor for it ;p
that would be great
I'm too late bug I support this!
Love Laos from Vietna🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳
Hello
@@kurojoest4r Tổ lái hay đấy
@@kurojoest4r ủa, người Lào cũng thận thiện, tốt với ta, nên chúng ta yêu đất nước Lào là đúng rồi, phản quốc gì chứ
@@ralphg02 bọn Lào nó có tốt đẹp gì đâu
Quang Lê laos có lm j đâu mà ko tốt
🎶It's time to learn geography LAO🎶
Love laos from Cambodia 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇱🇦❤️
thanks for the support!
🇱🇦❤️🇰🇭
I had the privilege of travelling in this amazing country. It’s the most beautiful country I’ve ever seen, it’s so unspoilt and pristine. The people are very traditional but also so friendly to tourists and very welcoming, plus the food is delicious. The road from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng had me in awe it’s the most scenic journey I experienced in 3 months travelling all over Southeast Asia. I can’t wait to go back some day
Hate to break it to you but that's most likely not the case anymore. I've just been to Laos earlier this year and there are lots of Chinese companies doing tons road work and carving large chunks off the sides of mountain. If you want to see the beauty of Laos for one last time, better go again as soon as this pandemic is over.
I went to Laos like 3 years ago, it was one of the best experience I've had...Love from Thailand
yeah, thai and lao languages is extremely similar.
im thai and almost perfectly understand lao language
iopfox kitsune wow cool
Same I understand Thai even if I’m lao
We completely understands what you said
yeah, im lao and i also can read thai language
Im lao and i live in the philippines
Love Laos from Thailand
We pronounce it vien-tane
Vien chun
Vientiane is Laos' capital city
@@Jason.cbr1000rr thats how ive always heard it from my parents
vian - tian*
@@Unfortunatlies vieng-chunnnnn
"Laos" is plural, named after three Lao territories united under French colonialism. So it's actually acceptable to call it "Laos" as an "s" is enunciated in English for plural words. Since you do countries by their English names, (ie: Ivory Coast, East Timor, etc), it's fine for you to pronounce in the English way. Or you could just say ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ ;)
Thank you. This is correct :)
ລາວ
This is so true
Wow I’m Thai and I can read that too XD
Good points. I found there's a whole website dedicated to the "correct" pronunciation of Laos: laospronunciation.wordpress.com/
Physical geography is not boring!!!
Thank you
Looking to try and travel to Laos as well as Vietnam and Cambodia next year - they look like amazing countries!
TheSharkLord yes, I'm cambodian but these three countries are awesome.
I'm down there the next months. I'm incredibly hyped about it :) You should not just try, but instead just go there;) It's gonna be worth it no matter what!
I would like to show my gratitude here, thank you so much for promoting our country 🙏🏻
Yes Latvia
are there also cheeki breeki stalkers in LT?
I love how the content has evolved over the series. However it ends up being kind of sad for older episodes. I'm from Chile and I missed the "places to visit" or "people you might know" segments for that episode. Same for other episodes like Azerbaijan, Brasil or Argentina. Is there any plan on "adding" those segments in the future for older episodes?
Yeah, i wanted to know that too, it would be righ given that a lot of countries that came earlier din't had that
yeah, would be cool.
Lebanon is so close i’ve been waiting for 2 years 😍😍
Think about guys from Zimbabwe ;)
Still waiting for thailand (mentioned so many times that i got exited, im thai)
im israeli
Revengman Ok
Im from Serbia.Serbia will be in 10 months sure :)
im actually part Lao but i was born in America and my dad never told me anything about the country so I didn't know much about it.I'm glad I got to find out more about Laos :)
NEXT IS LATVIA SUPERIOR POTATOES LAND!!!
Better than Ireland.....
It's funny, because a lot of latvian people emigrate to Ireland
people's demoratic republic of light kingdom
Yeah, Latvia- my homeland !
you know you can make alcohol from potatoes, ja?
Avery Lopez-Baines cuba how much you hated American or his government? Hell yeah😄😄
Happy Super Blue Blood Moon Everyone!
Laos is a beautiful country and the people are so friendly.
Love to Laos from Canada! 🇨🇦🤝🇱🇦
3:04 Who would have thought that piece of metal would complete a whole round trip back to USA. Geograpeeps are amazing.
Im so happy you had the time to mention my Country,thanks!🇱🇦🙏🏽😊
Love the video, made me smile. My girlfriend is from Laos. Had a great time with her family and friends on the rice farm and coffee plantation. ❤️❤️
Thank you! I really learn a lot of things. From the Philippines🇵🇭
I love Laos, it’s one of my favourite countries.
Ah such a sweet country, Laos. We are one ASEAN. May our countries prosper more through the years. You are always loved, always beautiful and forever great. Peace and hope from the Philippines ☺☺
I actually really liked the alLaos joke at the beginning
justsomeone862 really? I thought they were LAOsy
We had lao friends while studying in India.They were caring, lovely, sweet, friendly people.❤️ from Nepal.
FOOD: over 80% of the population eats food.
MiKL McMiklson not sure if to laugh or cry :/
what about the other 20%
James Tang we don’t talk about them
James Tang they starve...
Hahahahahahahahahahaha....ha...ha...haaaaaaa...........oh.
Amazing episode! Love from Serbia Barby!
Any Laotian here????
ສະບາຍດີ
Me
ไม่ใช่คนลาว แต่เป็นคนไทยได้ไหมครับ 555
ສະບາຍດີ
I’m Lao too
I m laos to
Would love to visit Laos someday! Love from India!
I love laos 🇱🇦
From indonesia 🇮🇩
OMG you're ACTUALLY at the Ls.
From now on, the series is half finished.
Hello AoC2 lover
And Western Australia and Basque lol
Huh. So it is...
Most people think that Vientiane is pronounced as "Vien-tian", but its actually pronounced as "Vieng-jan". I know this because I am Thai and it is pronounced the exact same way as the Laotian pronunciation.
I've lived in Laos for 6 years and literally never heard this pronounciation... am I deaf
@@BarnabyTheEpicDoggo That's how everyone in Laos pronounces it. Ask any native Lao speaker to say it for you slowly and that's what you'll get. The "a" is pronounced as a short "u" sound like in "uh".
@@kefler187 actually that makes sense I've heard that pronunciation, I've just pronounced it Vieng-chan myself :/
so actually our schools in Vietnam teach how to pronounce them right, I thought they were incorrect for both "Laos" & "Vientiane"
(ວຽງຈັນ) Vientiane is a French spelling. People are reading it as an English spelling word. Which would look more like Viangchan or ViangJun . Jun sounds like fun. I was born in Vientiane but grew up in Massachusetts. That's how my father pronounced it.
Same as Laos, it's a French spelling, so the "s" is silent. It's pronounced Lao.
Many respect for Laos from Iraq and Iraqi person can visit with visa 🇮🇶🇱🇦
How is the condition there now ? Man I hope for the betterment of ur country
Seen Laos cuisine in one tv show...looked delicious...would love to visit there and try it sometime...Love and Cheers from India!!!
Laos, the most interesting place on earth. Living in Thailand, I visit Lots regularly and find new and amazing things each visit. Communication is easy and the people, regardless of ethnicity, are welcoming and gracious.
Really looking forward to the Thailand episode!😁
Latvia.. We're finally heading back to Europe! I missed it ever since I finished watching the Italy video..
Lebaon will probably come after that, so not for long.
Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Luxembourg will be coming after Lesotho, Liberia and Libya, so it's 3 African countries after Lebanon and then back to Europe for another 3
Poor Laos, the only Southeast Asia who can't into sea. #SeaForLaos
Nope Mongolia too
Kevin Villegas *SOUTHEAST ASIA*
Kevin Villegas it's time to learn geography....now .literally now hahaha
Paradigma Gabriel you mean the only SEA who can't access the sea ☻
just join thailand and you be oke.
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they can even merch monagry's for fun
Love LAO from VIETNAM 💓💓
I dont think laos is Vietnam
@@no-dp1gm can you read the comments again
@@no-dp1gm crazy
I love the way you explain things, easy to understand and I never get bored
Can't wait for the Philippine episode of Geography Now! :)
VlogUniversityPH me too
So was I. Only 17 countries left to go before we get there to the Philippines.
Me three! 😊
lapit na mga pre HAHAHA
Medyo malayo pa pilipinas
Khmer people pronounced Laos Capital as "Viang Chan", Lao people might pronouced similarly. I'm from Cambodia and I really enjoy Lao papaya salad.
Year ago when I was in Siem Reap, I heard they pronounced "Viene-Ti-anh", even in the tavel agency. Thought it's official in Cambodia.
Phet Indra Siem Reap people have different dialect than the rest of the country therefore they might sound bit different but generally Khmer people refer Vientiane as Viang Chan.
Thanks for the amazing update. In addition, I was very astonished to the fact that Khmer people used to eat sticky rice too.
Vientiane used to be one of the capital outpost of the Khmer Empire. The modern day word Vientiane might derive from the Khmer ancient word. There are khmer temples in Vientiane.
Visal Sonnara same thai people pronounced laos capital as viang chan too😂 and i had tried lao papaya salad it was extremly spicy more than thai papaya salad 😂😂😂
Laos in ASEAN is like that quite kid in your class
BrushlolNew Indonesia would be like the chairman of the class. Singapore is like that rich fancy arrogant kid who always shows off
Deva Rafael i love this lol
Vietnam is the men who dont scare anyone in this class
Muhammad Ridho wrong. The poor is the indonesian kid. Youve been in the top 20 poorest country in the world for the last 2 centuries.
You can guess from comments whos from which country. lol 😂
I miss Laos, my dad was working there in Vientiene and i flew there every year to spend holiday 2 times in a year. I like the people, our house keeping and her family are very lovely, cooked us very deliciouse food and her kids are my friend during my time there. We was visiting many places there, Luang Prabang are the old capital of Laos, night market, and we had to wake up early morning to see the monks collecting food from the comunity and us too. Was very nice time there. I like the people and of course the food nyummyy. Fish are fresh from the Mekong river, papaya salad are nyummy. The place we disline is Vang Vieng cause there lots of drunk young tourist, laud and impolite. Visited Vang Vieng only 2 times and stayed at the very nice river side hotel and was experinced the local food there too. Sadly my dad had to return back to Europe at 2013. Will retun back to Laos again. ❤
i did see and hear about the changes because of chinas inventions. i can only give the advice to every visitor of laos, to take care for the locals.
spend your money to them. and take each change to talk to them. you can talk to young fellas and beg them to tell it to their familys at home. to tell them the tresore of laos is what they allready are and have. there is no reason to become like tailand.
be a good tourist!
and get yourseld a bamboo bottel. like the working people use! you clean it with cooking it.
so you can use it for your drinks at all the streetfood spots. and keep the nature plastic free.
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I didn't know they regard the Philippines as one of their best friends. Thank you...
Finally my geography now "Letter L" Countries are now complete!
Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Lesotho, Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein, Lithuania and Luxembourg!
oh goodness. I'm Filipino and I didn't even know we sent soldiers and teacher to Laos. Generally speaking Filipinos don't know a lot about Laos, which is a shame, so this episode was enlightening for me!!!
I'm so happy you tackled another Southeast Asian country Barby. Really looking forward to the Philippines episode!
That's okay. Same with Mexico, don't know much about their neighbors either. Both Filipinos and Mexicans are very (a lot of times unnecessarily) nationalistic.
Haha. This guy is hilarious. My geography/history classes would have been awesome had he been my teacher. Will be travelling to Laos by the end of Jan! Stoked!
I’m soooo glad I stumbled on your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏 People don’t know enough about Laos. Beautiful country ❤️
Love the name 😂 If someone introduced themselves to me with that name, that would be a total social and cultural ice breaker.
@@kefler187 lol! 100% conversation starter!
@@CookingWithKhonKhao Without any accent markers, that can also be read as "stirring rice" and "people going in" 😆
Obviously your name gives enough context to know what is meant by it though.
@@kefler187 accent marks are not very searchable on TH-cam. Haha. Hopefully my Lao followers know what I mean.
I’m in love with this series! I was recently in the National Geography Bee School level competition and I got second place. I am really trying to get first place next year to get into the state competition, so I have watched almost all of your Countries A-Z videos. They are so informative but I think you should talk more about how life is for the people in that country. Like is their life good or is life in this country bad and are most people poor or rich and middle class? I feel like it would help us understand the country even better than before. It’s just an idea 🤷🏻♀️ but I think it would add some more useful information in your videos even though they are great and helpful either way 😊👍
I love Laos from the Philippines. 🇵🇭😊
5:11 that made me laugh the hardest I've laughed during one of your videos.
ikr lol
Laos 🇱🇦 love this Chanel
Does anyone have experience traveling to Mexico City? What was your experience like? I’m planning a trip for next fall.
Purple Groundhog i was there this winter but i stayed just 4 hours because of a plane connection.
Purple Groundhog you should definitely go I’ve been there for about 3 years and well at first you might say that it isn’t the place for you but you’ll get the hang of it once you settle in.
Mexico City is incredible!! Message me if you have any questions!
TrinityDynamo 1 I don't think he's there for 4 years
I had a blast there, so much to do, great museums and alot of great people. all though it is a huge city so alot of polution and some violence and you might get ripped off when buying stuff if you're white.
Negeri Laos sangat indah dan orangnya juga sangat ramah. Salam dari Indonesia. Semoga semua sahabat di Laos sehat selalu.
11:37 the Green Switzerland
InfinityPlusOne muslim Switzetland 😂😂😂😂
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InfinityPlusOne some neutrality
hey, at 9:44. That's my boy scout troop. we repping from MN and Troop 100 is the troop we are a part of. So cool to see the photo being used.
Love Laos from Indonesia 🇲🇨❤🇱🇦
Lot of love❤😘 to Laos🇱🇦 from India🇮🇳
My country is next!!! :D
Jā ;D
Adrians Jonikāns Which country is it?
BlockOfFeta LATVIA!
Моя Латвия!! :)
the irony :D
I love this video😍 Love you guys from Laos🇱🇦
As Indonesian, I don't know much about Laos, but thanks to this channel, now I know basically we the SEA people are so similar, food and traditions too. Cool!
I am from Kazakhstan, Loas is a great country!
2019. Love Laos from Vietnam
I'm from Laos. Thank you for doing a well research, pretty accurate. Not many people know about Laos. However, for your information modern Lao people mostly use English not French anymore. We are friendly people. We seem to be a good friends with many countries. That's why Laos gets opportunity to hold many important meetings.
Manilay Vanphavong But it’s still part of La Francophonie, just like Vietnam and Cambodia
9:25 The picture on the left is General Vo Nguyen Giap and Vietminh army in 1944, not Laotian army.
Ps: Love to our Laotian brothers from Vietnam.
Wow Lao is a beautiful country. I wanna visit someday 🤩. Love from Myanmar 🇲🇲🇲🇲.
how is life in Myanmar? im afraid to visit.
@@mallinalii the military bombed thousands of villages, killed thousands of people and arrested more than 12k people. they are definitely killing the ethnic groups such as the chins, rakhine, etc. i wouldnt go. fyi im from myanmar myself, with ethnic chin background.
@@gilnahnu this is why i am afraid. thank you for telling this. what a big crime. what can we do?
how is life in Myanmar these days?
@@epicgamer748 it's pretty tough situation. Most of the youth join with the anti-military army, people defence force against military government. Some go for a new life in outside of this border.
I've been traveling in Laos back in the year 2000 and I really loved it. Laos has the friendliest people on earth, a still vibrant ancient Buddhist culture unspoilt by mass tourism as well as some breathtaking landscapes on offer. I'm not engaged in the Laos tourist marketing sector, I'm just honest. If you like to go to South East Asia and if you think Thailand is way too touristy, try Laos.
My grandfather was Laos' only licensed civil engineer for a couple decades before the 1980s. We were expelled in the late 70s though and are planning to come visit soon. I may teach English there.
Sabaidee =hello from Laos
First Kirabati = Kirabahs
Next Laos = Lao
What next? America = 'Murica
love Laos thanks for you
I think we need some clarification on the whole pronunciation thing. Every English dictionary I've checked says Laos is pronounced "lah-ohs" in American or "lei-ous" in British. If the Laotians themselves pronounce their own nation's name "lao," that's good to know, and it seems silly for us not to do so also given how close we already are to doing that, but by the same token we're also very close to pronouncing Denmark the way the Danes do ("danmark"), yet I'm pretty sure we're not actually going to start doing that. And forget about pronouncing Germany as "doichland." There's also situations such as half of Belgium saying "belgie" and the other "belgique." Which would we choose if we don't stick with "belgium"? I just think we need some sort of consistent standard to follow before we start saying that we've been pronouncing Laos wrong all this time.
From Chinese to French and to Lao. A progress in language. The country of the peacock bird a must in interior design.