Do People get ANGRY with me for Videoing Them? | Big Loop E7

[@abelincoln3261]

What many won't consider or realize. This is basically how human society has existed for thousands of years around the world. This is community. Trade, among it's local inhabitants and those who travel through or near by. Food, clothing, tools, recipes, art, design, cultures intermingling sharing languages and stories, myths, maps... A traveler would happen through, pick up a story a tool a book a myth a cultural habit and carry it with them to their next destination... This is our most basic of basic existences... as humans on this planet.

[@NowinLao]

Well put 👏

[@chrisperkins7331]

What is interesting to me is just how far the supposed first world has moved away from what you have described. I have had the pleasure of living in Lao for the last 18 years, and think Lao people are a lot wealthier than they realize in what really matters in life.

[@richardmartel5120]

Let's just hope the big neighbors North of Laos don't change things too much.

[@davidpalmer7504]

That was superb Todd.

[@mervynpeka]

Brilliant bro blessings fam.

[@shanesimpson5232]

Good morning Todd, Neenee and Mina. Thanks as always for showing the beautiful Lao country and its people. I miss it very much.

[@NowinLao]

Good morning mate... Well, afternoon now. Easy place to miss isn't it!

[@lesleyculley9682]

A very friendly little Market Todd........love these type of videos thanks Todd, Neenee and Mina, for showing us around ❤

[@alastairross9628]

Another interesting natural and unpretentious video. ❤

[@NowinLao]

Thanks mate

[@earthpeoplechurchforhumani9456]

So entertaining --- how you close out your vlogs --- with a hip soundtrack and your use of black and white still photos!

[@NowinLao]

Glad you're enjoying them 😉👍

[@scotbownes5627]

Love it , great video 👍🙂🙏

[@geraldmoore9275]

Mina catching a cold. All the wet weather. She very bright young one. Love your bw's and vlogs. Market and feed lot together. Donuts look awesome. Before Pizza supper. Keep up the amazing vlogs. Stay safe and healthy Todd Neenee and young Mina.

[@razmos1]

Never a dull moment in those markets mate.Well done! Love ya work!

[@NowinLao]

Thanks mate 👍

[@donaldthomas7753]

Yee haw! Black and white stills. Thank you so much for taking those for me. Love the markets and the people, as you said, were quite friendly. Had to be a shock to you when that lady spoke English, especially at her age. Big Loop E 7 is done, and I'll be hanging around for Big Loop E 8. Thanks, Todd!

[@NowinLao]

Thought you'd enjoy this one 😉👍

[@graemeaylward8313]

Like you, Todd, Neenee and Mina, I love these small town or village markets. Every one has something different or unusual. This one was particularly friendly and all the produce was so fresh and clean. Loved the cattle trying to steal a meal here and there. When you were showing the pizza and samosas at the end they looked so delicious that my mouth started salivating. Keep them coming Todd, like those that have gone before I am loving everything about this trip. Thanks for taking the time to edit and share these vlogs. God bless you 😀❤🙏

[@NowinLao]

Thanks Graeme.. your thoughts and input are always appreciated. Have a great day mate

[@terranceyeo3087]

hi guys and good news for mina

[@Recon368]

Thank you for the map, I'm planning the same route.

[@NowinLao]

Very scenic drive through there.. road is in better condition than many areas of Laos 👌

[@MrKeith57]

Enjoyed the stills. THX

[@geneloscowski3070]

This is one of my favorite episodes. Great job. viak diloed pheuon khongkhony niaemn tonthi nyinghainy

[@urbanfrit]

Another cracking episode, Todd, shame it wasn't a couple of hours longer, so I'll have to watch it again. The only thing missing was you tucking into those bread roll/croissant/donut things, they looked delicious

[@NowinLao]

They were that good there is no way they're good for ya! I was wishing I had bought more though 😋

[@adriancoates3455]

Todd, you're an Aemnying Magnet. Fantastic community.

[@NowinLao]

😆👍

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Another Great Tour of those lovely Markets. The Lao People are so gracious and welcoming. You see that clearly on video. And you do a great job in respecting their space. Todd, how can you resist those delicious pastries . You didn't . We would not. Question, when you go to the same markets near where you live. Do people know who you are by name? All the best. Mate! 👍👍 Jim and Harriet P.S. Let us know how tasty the pastries are .

[@NowinLao]

Not by name, but yes, they know who I am and what I like to buy. The pork girls are always digging out the choice lean loins of pork when they see me coming 😋 Oh those pastries.. I should've bought more. They were DELISH!!!

[@teoschatz8430]

🤗🙏🏼! Great video, enjoyed it. Thank you. I might have to rewatch it, I didn’t see how you liked those sandwiches🤔 Take care.

[@mikegilyeat3213]

Hi Todd. Been a while mate. Mina's getting big and her english is getting quite good. Cheers...

[@NowinLao]

She's a clever little cookie 🍪 indeed 👌

[@Recon368]

I like to follow your videos, because It help me to get familiarized with Lao. It help me a lot. I'm in Cambodia traveling in a motorcycle, and I'm planning to enter Lao. Some of tubers videos in Cambodia help me familiarized with the roads.

[@abelincoln3261]

Well gang you did good,,, I really enjoyed the video... beautiful caring wife and daughter...Mate. Thanks for taking us along. It's nice to know there are still a few places were people really are decent to their core.

[@NowinLao]

Cheers Abe.. lots of people like that here 👌😉

[@BadMedizin]

Great market! ❤👍👍👍🙏

[@ewengillies9826]

Lived in Thailand for very long time and never paid for one photo. I think people like to share their little patch of paradise it gives them a bit of kudos amongst their friends. Your BnW stills are priceless mate. Bushyboy Oz.

[@bjoernandersen8287]

Hello, Sabaidee. Great video and Laos language skills 😂

[@allisgood4648]

Well done!

[@ragbag46]

I go back to Laos end of November with the same group as before(it will be my fourth visit), looking forward to it.

[@danstro5520]

Greetings from Texas. Your video quality is usually excellent on your videos. The DJI doen't look very good. Love your videos, keep up the good work. Take Care.

[@NowinLao]

@@danstro5520 I agree, but 2 things to take note of here. It was much darker in the market than it looked. The quality would have been much worse with the camera I normally use (GoPro), plus the GoPro has digital stabilization which doesn't work well in low light either.. too shakey. The main thing I don't like about the DJI is how slow it is. Because it's on a proper gimbal (not digital stabilization) it can't keep up with me when looking around, and I can't just spin it round to talk to the camera. It's too slow and therefore I have to be more focused on what I'm doing. This may not be a problem for some, but after all the years capturing with a GoPro I think my editing has evolved around the way I use that. For me, this video's quality was good for how dark it actually was, but I was disappointed in how jumpy it seemed and the shallow lens for such a tight space. Appreciate your honest input, thanks 👍

[@siezethebidet]

I lived all over the world over 30 years. ( U.S., Germany, CH, NL, Hungary, Paraguay, Chile, Korea.) Lived in Bangkok five years and Laos for a year - Some of the nicest, most engaging people I've met - Same in Viet Nam. Now back in U.S, but I miss Lao folk & S.E. Asians in general - nicest folk.

[@NowinLao]

Nice 💚

[@LimitedShed]

You guys rock.......Love the stills at the end, i feel like i'm there sometimes, the people seem so friendly there, unlike here in the U.S.A, it really changed here after Covid

[@NowinLao]

A lot of places changed.. so happy Laos didn't 💚 Cheers mate 🍺

[@MANIsackXayVONGsomSACK]

At first i never like people filming my country in a poor area. I does not look good for people that are in other countries because they would make fun of our run down country. Now, screw it! I now don't mind seeing my homeland in the good or the bad. It doesn't matter anymore. It is, what it is. Really missed my homeland i wish i do hit a lottory. I think i would help out some people there. Not only that i do have family in Vientiane (my mom) side and Muang Khoung (my dad) side. Great video thank you very much! 👍🙏🙏🙏

[@waynejill]

We love your family & love your videos, keep them coming. That ham & pineapple pizza looks so good. Jill asked me to get one but it’s bloody 8:00am in the morning! Have to stop watching you in bed 😄

[@NowinLao]

Thanks Wayne.. 😆👍

[@khamthachanthysackd9347]

Sabaidee. Mina trop mignonne 😃👍

[@PonSaopraseuth]

Hi Todd, great content and keep it coming. I always look forward to viewing your videos. Have you thought about getting a 360 camera? That way you walk around with the camera and never worry about missing a shot. You can just edit any view you wish later. Just curious.

[@NowinLao]

I have looked into it, but it has a few negative points.. 1. The file size is gigantic. About 6 times the size of normal 2D video. It would cost a fortune in hard drives to store the video. 2. Much more time consuming and difficult to edit. 3. At the moment they haven't perfected the "stitching together" of the video. Video can seem warped or off where the software joins the video together. This in time they will perfect.. but it is mainly the huge file size and time involved to edit that turned me off them. Cheers

[@PonSaopraseuth]

@@NowinLao I see your point, I have an Insta 360 4x camera and they have improved the stitching. I am getting ready to test it in Dominican Republic in a few weeks. Yes, without a powerful computer, rendering the videos will take a while. Cheers!

[@BobMelsimpleliving.]

I didn't ask but it is interesting that the people don't get upset with the videoing. I think you're right. Us westerners. You got a good laugh from the girl taking a drink. Same here. I'm only 6 feet tall and the Filipinos are mostly nor tall. I don't notice it until I see a picture of us together. Stay well.

[@susanhuber1932]

My experience with the Lao in the United States is that they are shy but very good natured. They are very Baw Pen Nyang.

[@Arctic_Traveller]

Good Day Todd, have you ever thought of printing out Now in Lao business cards and hand them over to people you video/ chat with so that they can look up your KZbin channel?/ Al

[@NowinLao]

I have.. but there's always something else needs doing. Ok.. I'm too lazy 😆

[@Arctic_Traveller]

@@NowinLao Regarding being Lazy, it usually takes me a ton of tnt under my backside to get motivated, so I know that feeling Todd 😂, however being in Lao and close to Thailand I am sure you could get a few thousand printed up from a specialist print shop using your own artwork without breaking the bank. Just a thought mate 🤔

[@NowinLao]

@@Arctic_Traveller it's not the cost or finding a printer.. it's the designing a card that I can't decide on 😐

[@chiccenhawkc]

💯🔥💙👍

[@susanhuber1932]

Is your little girl learning to write Lao as well. I was taught by a Lao refugee who now is a School Principal in the United States. P.S. Was that a Lao English Pun "Kin Kow" (cow)?

[@NowinLao]

Yes. It's a private English school 👌

[@PonSaopraseuth]

Thanks!

[@NowinLao]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@PonSaopraseuth]

My pleasure.

[@redback38]

You need to get a pair of gummies for the markets👍

[@NowinLao]

@@redback38 especially for this market 👍

[@noycarterac8257]

🙏👍❤️

[@ragbag46]

One gets the feeling here in NE Thailand the market is the daily social event where everyone catches up but also hope to sell their wares.

[@charlesmcdonald8654]

When my wife and I go to the Phonhong Market, a couple of the vendors ask us to feature them on Facebook and You Tube. Very personable people. They love mingling and chatting. A nice change from American people, who are stuffy, stand offish and rude.

[@Jett.Jai1234]

Haha that cow is brave walking thur the market 😅

[@NowinLao]

😆👍

[@paulreportingliv]

So what kind of camera do you use when you’re vlogging in public?…

[@NowinLao]

@@paulreportingliv 90% of the time a GoPro. The rest is shared between my Pixel phone and the DJI pocket 3 as both are great in low light. It may not have looked it, but this market was too dark for the GoPro and the footage would've become shakey. The digital stabilization on the GoPro's don't work so well in low light.

[@paulreportingliv]

@@NowinLao yeah that’s typically what I do. I’ve got my iPhone 15 for B rolls and my Sony X 3000 for my a-rolls plus my DJI mini 4 pro as well…

[@NowinLao]

Hoping DJI's next action camera has the pocket 3 lens in it. Would be an all in one camera then.. because that lens is great in lowlight 👌

[@Wapiman]

This is the village of a young woman who has been part of our family for 16 years. She is my wife's niece's ex-husband's wife's niece or in other words a close Lao relative. You missed an interesting motorcycle rig at 1:17.

[@lelaterry]

Just wanted to let you know that my wife and I LOVE YOU GUYS ❤❤❤ MINA is getting so smart 🤓 and as cute as a button 😊 Todd you and Nana are great parents 👍👍👍

[@NowinLao]

Love you too mate 😀 Thanks

[@fedesetrtatio1]

Good to see Samosas from India in Lao. I am Australian with Indian heritage.

[@NowinLao]

Love 'em!

[@mattivirta]

i has live and working 27 country and all earth worst country has india, cambodia,malaysian,romany,russian,china, not ewer want go back any this countrys, Thailand and Lao has good, but i hat lao has lot only shit powl noodle food, not good all soup food i not like eat.

[@ragbag46]

One thing we noticed that the trucks don’t seem to see or bother with us on the bikes, we have to keep our wits about us and I have lost count of the times I had to get completely off the road to let them through.

[@NowinLao]

I have seen many trucks overtake even if there is a bike coming towards them.. they just expect you to get off the road for them. Ar$eholes!

[@BounlevaSenesomboun-hu2tj]

They don't get angry tod they get happy for being film

[@ragbag46]

These days everyone seems to have a phone with a camera and I see them taking photos or videos of each other all the time to send to their friend’s. No problem.

[@NowinLao]

They look at cameras much differently than some people in the west do 😉

[@duncanstirling6643]

What the difference between Thais and Laotians?

[@chrisperkins7331]

Not a lot , other than movement towards being like the west.

[@brianwarshow129]

Yes, many do not appreciate it at all. Several of the animist tribes believe it steals the soul. Times are a changing but typically the elders do not like it at all. Given the non-combatitive nature of life in Laos, most would never say it. I choose to not take photos but I'm weird about it as well. Sorry, but you asked.

[@jimdouglas1373]

I will be in Vientiane in a few weeks do you I have seen you in a new restaurant do you have the address so I can stop by and have a bite

[@CaptainKremmen]

Finding decent samosas in Asia is easy, but finding good pizza in Asia is really hard.

[@NowinLao]

@@CaptainKremmen Very hard. For some most won't use sauce/paste and just supply you with sachets of tomato sauce 😕

[@CaptainKremmen]

@@NowinLao Thanks for reminding me. I'd erased that abomination from my mind. Even when they are complete, they are often lousy. There are these little places in Thailand that churn out something that remind me of a McCain frozen pizza that hasn't been in the oven long enough. Despite what people say about food in the Philippines, I found a really excellent pizza place in Cebu.

[@fedesetrtatio1]

Which nationality are your main subscribers? Just curious.

[@NowinLao]

USA 40% Aus 15% Thai 6.0% UK 4.5% Can 4.0% Lao 3.0%

[@grantgoodare6693]

Hey you forgot me in New Zealand and I'm sure I'm not the only one . Cheers

[@NowinLao]

@@grantgoodare6693 NZ in 8th place with 1.9% 😉👍 What I love about you Kiwi's though is you comment more than any other nationality head to head 💪🍻 Good onya's 👍

[@gino_58_nl24]

The Netherlands

[@NowinLao]

@@gino_58_nl24 NL in 15th with 0.8% viewership

[@slenderslim1915]

Ask them first if it's ok to video? If it' was me

[@NowinLao]

You would ask everybody in that market?

[@fedesetrtatio1]

Do Lao people eat beef?

[@NowinLao]

@@fedesetrtatio1 Yes

[@kuzinit2374]

Just saying, I think it is rude to ask a lot of question , photograph their products and then dont buy anything, especialy when they probably could use the business

[@NowinLao]

@@kuzinit2374 ..and that is why we always buy 😉

[@ragbag46]

But at the same time they are not stupid, they realise you can’t buy everything.

[@Recon368]

Of course it's call invasion of privacy. No everyone is in the joke of youtubers that are making money out of their privacy. Be realistic, I follow you because you're showing me areas in Lao that I will probably visit. When I have to video a location and there are people; I have the courtesy to ask them for permission.

[@NowinLao]

Ahhh the ol' invasion of privacy. Spoken like a true paranoid westerner 😏 What is there to be afraid of? 🤔

[@CaptainKremmen]

Not sure why you have any expectation of privacy in public places. There are surveillance cameras in most cities of the world and I reckon there's way more to fear from authoritarian governments than from random dudes making travel videos.

[@Recon368]

@@NowinLao So it's ok for your family and you that a tuber begin recording your business with out asking. Well, I have some property east of Ukraine for sale and very cheap.

[@Recon368]

Is not paranoid: it's just the principle. And for god sake, I'm not a westerner.

[@Recon368]

@@CaptainKremmen It's call manners. I do some recording and when there are people involve; I have the courtesy of let them know.

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

Great video my brother! Another fab,friendly, market with a shitton of cuties. If I ever make it to Lao,,the 1st sentence in Lao I'm gonna learn is,,," you are very beautiful,,can I have a hug,,if your husband isnt watching!"😂😅❤ yet another thing that proves our bloodlines come from the same source,,,we both talk to chickens,,,exactly the same,,bak bak bak bakak,! Lmao😆🤣😂👍. When I was 3 years old,,I had a pet rooster,,named lol Rooster,,,when he was 2 or 3 the neighbors fat old brittany spaniel killed him. His name appropriately was,,,Puppy. I had a network of roads for my trucks,,toys,,,,, that my dad built me,,,and I had bulldozers and logging trucks and I run them up and down those roads,,,and Rooster would follow me. More than once my hand ended up in a warm pile of chook shit. Lol dang,,those memories haven't visited in awhile. Thanks Todd,,that pizza was one of the best looking pizzas I've seen in S.E. Asia. Made me hungry,,and I'm not ,,,really. Mina seems to be tired of the locals fawning over her.❤❤❤❤ I never get tired of her quick witted brilliance. My niece is scary smart.

[@chrisperkins7331]

I hope you make some day, but ever you please don't ask for a hug at any show of affection (even holding hand is frowned upon. it s a bummer I know but them's the rule's

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

@@chrisperkins7331 I kinda realize that,,,it was merely a joke. That would be way too much work

[@joelinasia8401]

One lady shooing away the cow like it was a fly! Hilarious! The people there look poor as shit, but they are eating far better food than anyone in the big rich western city I am in. I gotta find a good lady in that part of the world and go be Buddhist with her... I spent time in Thailand and know you use Sabai Dee like there, but other things you and others say are different. It is a different language, right?

[@NowinLao]

In the north eastern Isaan region of Thailand the language is virtually the same.. Lao. Then you have BKK Thai which share a lot of words and the numbers but are two different dialects. You'll find just about every Lao person can understand and speak Thai because of tv and movies from Thailand, but not as many Thai can speak Lao. Yes, you are right 😉

[@joelinasia8401]

@@NowinLao Thanks for reply. I spent some time in Vietnam but that is an entirely different language again.

[@NowinLao]

@@joelinasia8401 Chalk and cheese there 😉

[@arvindkatiyar526]

People think China is a closed country but you could film anyone or anyting where its not allowed you will be told,if you are a tourist there making videos for a month in a good way you could become a celebrity your video could be on every Chinese social media people will recognize you in public

[@Bobwa2008]

Not exactly right.

[@arvindkatiyar526]

@Bobwa2008 Why dont you try it go there and experience it thats the best way,dont just take what the media tells you they dont want you to go there because your opinion will change that would be too bad,to make shure that does not happen the US is spending 1.6 billion dollars on anti China propoganda ,if you are Australian even your media could benifit by becoming a part of the US propoganda

[@arvindkatiyar526]

@Bobwa2008 try it go there and experience it dont just take what the media wants you to see

[@Bobwa2008]

@@arvindkatiyar526 I’ve been there 7 times since 2008 married my Chinese wife there in 2009 so I have experienced it and know exactly what it’s like.

[@arvindkatiyar526]

@Bobwa2008 I have been there only once why such a vast diffrence in opinion

[@NanaH921]

Just don’t show there face, copy wright, you Oz should know 🤬🤬🤬Betty, 😊

[@mattivirta]

gopro has worst camera what has made ewer, not god. lot problems and not working well.

[@NowinLao]

It's served my channel well for 7 years 👌😉

[@brucegrant9964]

Best Pizza is in Australia Todd lol

[@meksavanhmanivong2493]

👍👍👈

[@bobwelo]

[@mikegilyeat3213]

Thanks!

[@NowinLao]

Very much appreciated thank you Mike 🙏 Hope you've been well