Lao New Year 2024 | Celebrating Pi Mai Lao in Vientiane Laos
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2024
- Songkran it's called in Thailand, Pi Mai in Laos but they are both the same New Year Festival where party goers come from all over the world to get
WET & WILD in a festival lasting several days.. But, not everything went to plan with Vientiane's Lao New Year celebrations for Day 1.
Lao New Year 2024 | Celebrating Pi Mai Lao New in Vientiane Laos
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It's kinda sad, about 99% of Laos women dont actually like foreigners. I've asked too many of them, and surprisingly, they're more honest than Thai women . Thai women will lie about most everything to save their image . But I do prefer Laos style more . 😅
99%? Wow, didn't know there were stats on this 🤔
@NowinLao most of the women you see with guys , especially traveling Laos are actually from Thailand or elsewhere . Most guys I've talked to living in Laos have been there for years and had to import their girlfriends from Thailand 🇹🇭
Must be the people you talk to.. all the foreigners I know living here are with, or married to Lao. You're not going to be able to have your own place "importing" a Thai girl 😐
Again.. where you pulling those stats from? Or is it a ".. everyone I talk to stat?" 😏
@NowinLao Even in the city (Vientiane) you don't see many foreigners if any with Lao women . You live within a small group of people that happened to be married , so that's understandable. I've studied this as well as Thailand, Cambodia , and Laos for the past 15 years . That's longer than my masters in Psychology took . But I didn't mean to put you in a defensive position. Just pointing out facts and cultural trends .
@@captureitlive The size of the community I live in has nothing to do with the amount of people I know throughout Laos and the women we have met in all provinces, and what they say to my wife. Your 99% stat is not even close.
u are famous all around the world now mate, u r the best ambassador for Laos, showing the real Laos
I agree.
Thanks guys
In Cambodia there is also this festival.
In Cambodia, happiness can be enjoyed in every city.🇰🇭
Pi Mai in Laos, Songkran in Thailand.. what's it called in Cambodia?
Looks like a lot of fun. What a way to cleanse your soul , with a water gun. It looks like Mina doesn't mind the water. Hope Neenee is doing ok. We noticed her limping. Harriet and i are working to save a little more money to take this trip for the next Lao New Year Celebrations. All the best to you all 👍👍👍 Jim and Harriet
Luang pabang must more fun this years lao new year
Luang prabang is going off! So much fun! I got a heap of vids to edit later and post on my personal TH-cam page! 👌👌👌
Yes
Always nice to see the family dynamic among the three of you; also that Nene is getting along much better and walking!
Great video Todd. Shame about the event can't believe you went to all that trouble and they cancelled 👏🏽🙏🏽👍🏽
Organise a Root in a Brothel 😂😂😂😂😂😂
First time I’ve heard this on TH-cam mate 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Happy lao new year. Hope the new year brings you and your family happiness, good health and prosperity!
Thank you for another great video
👍🙂
Thailand and Laos are so similar culturally ❤
Sawasdee Pi Mai to you and all your family 🙏🏽
Happy songkran, nice songkra shirt
Where about in Vientiane you got them shirt
Check this vid out.. I show you exactly where we got them from 👌
Happy Pi Mai 🎊
th-cam.com/video/6ozJkIxHozU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=A7hcZeXSLrtsXi6n
Thank you
People Power, Love it💪
What an awesome culture.
Happy Lao New Year 🎉
Great video. It’s a shame Beer Lao wasn’t organized. Great seeing all of you. I feel sorry for NeeNee watching her limping. I pray she’s healing quickly. Of course, the little Princess is adorable as always. Stay safe, mate. Cheers.
Thanks.
Happy New year Todd to you and the family
Happy Lao New Year!
Happy New years guys. cheers
Love you guys! You guys rock keep it up
id give my left knacker to be there Todd, looks like a fun time. All the best to NeeNee, what a trooper. Fantastic.
Happy Thai Songkran🇹🇭Happy Lao New Year🇱🇦
Hey Todd ,Looks like fun, good time to be there. Like your hat. Take care Nev
Amazing Laos😮😮😮😮😮😮
Sawasdee Pi Mai, Neenee, Mina and Todd. The parade was great, I loved the monks water hose! Mina seemed to enter into the spirit of things very quickly, once she realised that it was OK to wet everybody. What a shame about the other events, but then this is SE Asia wherte organisation has never been a strong point. Despite the set backs I think that Mina enjoyed herself which is all that matters. Enjoy your family time away. Praying for safe travel. God bless you all. 😀❤🙏
Happy TLC new years!!!
Happy New Year, guys 🎉
THNKS Todd !! For the video I was there last month.. I miss the LAOS new year!!
Over here to California lots of fun happy lao new year guys.
🤗🙏🏼!
Have a happy Lao New Year!🍻🍺
Nice colourful video after the villages videos,. 2019 looked brilliant, good job that many people didn’t rock up for the 2024 event, you can see the disappointment on people’s faces,. To be fair Lao songkran looks better than Thailands efforts,. Neenee is limping better,. !, Mina is life and soul of the party, such a happy little girl, is she neenee’s daughter ? Loving the matching combo of songkran Hawaii shirts,.cheers,.
Hi Mike.. watch this video. It will clear up who Mina is and why she is with us. Take care mate 🙏
th-cam.com/video/Gnt1d7F8X-E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=3wWqYeTMXca3qkYE
..and then this one. There were a lot of other videos in-between but these two should bring you up to where we are now 👌
th-cam.com/video/cq5EN-Uisy0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cUctS_7VynQ5Y3Ih
The main thing is everyone had some fun getting wet. Happy partying Laos.
Happy Pi Mai Todd and family! I hop NeeNee's foot gets better soon. She looked like she was hurting some. 🤕 Wish you all best in the coming year. 🤗
You three look really gorgeous in the blue shirts. Happy songkran. Thanks for the upload
Cheers mate 🎊
The weather morning at Vientiane now very hot 🥵 ..
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Happiest Lao New Year!! Yaaay! After following you and your wife on yall's fun adventures, I finally got to be in one of your clips!!! @5:45
May this year brings more happiness and prosperity in yall's life! Oh and a speedy recovery to your beautiful wife! 🎉🎉💦💦💦🎉🎉
How random was that! I had no idea you were a viewer 😂
Really hope you're enjoying your first time here in Laos. Safe travels 🙏
HAPPY LAO NEW YEAR… 🎉
(Watching from Fort Worth Texas) thank you for sharing your journey with us
Hey hey hey.. great to see you again. Sok di Pi Mai 🎊👍
Crazy how quiet that was in the daytime! And then cancel it totally? We were in Luang Prabang for all of New Year’s and it was jumping every day starting around noon. The main street was blocks of soaking wet people and loud music and beer flowing. We had a great time especially hanging out on a street corner with a local family sharing beer and wetting down all passersby! In VTE now and it’s stinking hot without the water fights.
Glad you got to enjoy it in LP 👌
You didn’t us down Todd! Only the events let you guys and us viewers down. Shame on them. And hope you guys stay safe and happy new year. May all best come to you guys. Can’t wait for more contents and stay safe.
Dang kids,"Git off my Yard" lol 😎
I'm going to remember this Pi Mai in Vientiane fondly, I don't have a real reference point for what past Pi Mai's were like but it was my first Pi Mai in Laos. Before I didin't have any local friends but I made some during the craziness and calibrations, I haven't been here long, but it was fun. I didn't really do any daytime stuff as I had some work to do online but I made friendships that will hopefully last years or my lifetime.
I also got very, very wet, I was glad I had a waterproof bag for my phone, but next year I'll also get one for my wallet so I don't have such soggy money 😅
Hahaha I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. It's so hard not to get swept up in all the excitement isn't it!?
Peace✌️
@@NowinLao If you meet good people even a mediocre event can be a great memory, and there are so many good people to meet here, thanks for the videos you've made, it's made it easier to move here.
It's absolutely going off in luang prabang 👌👌👌
Yeah thanks for that.. 😏
😝👍
Vang Vieng river party is too 🍺😋👍
@NowinLao 🤣🤣🤣, how long you in vang vieng for? I leave here on the bike on 17th to head back to vientiane, obviously having a stop over somewhere on the way bacl, if your still there I'll stop off and we'll catch up for a beer
ທີ່ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນກໍ່ບໍ່ທໍາມະດາ ສະຫຼອງປີໃໝ່ລາວປີນີ້ ທຸກບ່ອນທຸກແຫ່ງຄືກຄື້ນເລີຍ ດີແຕ່ບ້ານເຮົາຍັງຮັກສາຂະນົບທຳນຽມແລະຮີດຄອງປະເພນີໄດ້ດີ ສຸດຍອດ
The party up here in Luang Prabang has been massive, bigger than last year 🎉💦
Can never go wrong with New Year in LP 👌🎊👍
You. Cant. Love. Sambey how. Long. Serviver for. Smilling. Lao. Love. Lao. Refugee. To. Day. + more. Tomorow. And. Love. Lao. Love. Lao. Voice. Sambeydee. Yo
Looks more calm and civilized than in Thailand. Songkrang is just too crazy snd kind of thuggish over there now. Really enjoy your family. And thanks for all your good work. I was in Vientirne in 2017. Hope to return and do something for the people. Thanks.
Thanks Robert 👍
Hello Toddster, I sure felt that frustration of being let down by the organisers Beer Lao not being able to organise a "P*ss up in a brewery"😂 I also felt NeeNee's pain, the poor lass had to endure walking whilst looking for a venue. Can't wait for day two video. 🍻 Happy Lao New Year 🍻
In Vang Vieng and found a party!! Vid to come brother 😉👍
Too Bad Beer Lao let everyone down, the next time people reach into the Beer cooler and have a choice I'm sure alot of people will remember the that incident. Great Marketing Skills.
Howdy Todd,,Neenee and Mina,, well,,that was a bit of a let down! Still a lot of pretty women around. It kinda seems like they might be trying to hard to cater to the farang crowd. It is a purely local holiday,,farangs are just there to party. Maybe there's a new hot scene this year? Who knows? My niece had to have enjoyed herself a little,,because there was water involved and we know Mina has a bit of duck or fish😂😅 hopefully it's better in V.Vlol take care of yourselves. Hey Mina,,,Uncle Marlon ❤❤❤❤s you! Lol poor Neenee and her foot😢 Ttyl,,,Marlon
Wasn’t that great when the lady recognised you and said she watched your channel. You’re doing something right Todd, Neenee and Mina. Window Up!!!!! 😂😂
That was so funny.. went up to wet them, then thought better not because of how they were dressed, so wet the tuk tuk instead... HEY! I WATCH YOUR TH-cam LOL
Hi Todd, Saturday night that whole area was rocking. Maybe the heat was just too much during Saturday mid-afternoon? We just missed you yesterday during the parade, we was over at That Luang to honor my Mia’s grandparents. Later, Carl
Lol.. the heats never been too much for them. Thinking just poor organising.. still setting up at 6pm. Anyways we found parties in Vang Vieng. See ya soon mate 👍
Window up 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
💯🔥💙👍
HAPPY pi mai. Todd and Neenee and meena 🥂🍹🔫🔫🔫😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺
It looks a little less crazy than Siem Reap 🎉🌊💦🌊 🔫🔫🔫. We are heading back out again today 😎💨💦🥷
Vientiane has a lot to do if it ever wants to compete with the festivals Luangprabang puts on. Advertising and promotion would be a good start 😏
Hope you guys are having a crazy fun time in SR. Happy New Year 🎊
Unfortunately many Asian festivities don't get the Bush Telegraph to work mate. Tomorrow is another day. Bushyboy Oz.
Hope snippet of the hangover song @8.33 didn't claim all the revenue on this one😂😂
I hope people don't trash the street or any other areas...
😡😎
Foreigners coming to Laos building hotels and businesses claiming land as if it’s their country. Being Laotian I hate that. Bringing the cost of visiting Laos prices up when generally Laos is a pretty cheap country to visit.
neenee needs some crutches hope she doesnt reinjure her foot
She has them.. you try making her use them! 😝😉
Happy Lao New Year!