Haggle Tips / Drinking Whiskey with the Locals -South-East Asia Travel 2021

Want to know how to haggle? Want to know what it’s REALLY like travelling Asia during corona times? In this video I tell you some tricks/hacks and tips on how to get things for cheap in South-East Asia as a falang (foreigner). I go to Phosi market in Luang Prabang, the largest in the area, to buy some warmer floaters as it’s very cold in the north of Laos at this time of year.
I met some locals that were having a little party and they invited me to get drunk with them. I think they tried to kill me with rice wine or Lao Lao as it’s called here.
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[@dejligestina]

Thank you for these videos. I really miss Laos and the people. This brings back some great memories!

[@Craig_Black]

You’re welcome bro. Thanks for the love, really appreciate it.

[@Craig_Black]

When we’re you last in Laos? Any recommendations for me? 😊

[@dejligestina]

@@Craig_Black March 2019. It was on a 7 month trip around Asia.. I would recommend doing some motorbike loops.. Did some of 'the Bolaven Plateau' and i it was great.. Vat Phou is interesting if you're into Khmer history and architecture.

[@Craig_Black]

@@dejligestina I got to Laos on the 13th of March. Was heading for Vietnam and made a last minute decision to visit a mate in Don Det for 2 weeks. Did you leave just before lockdown? Yeah I love my khmer/Hindu temples. Do you know of any up north like wat phou?

[@dejligestina]

I was there a year prior to lockdown.. Watching your videos makes me wish i currently was under lockdown there haha.. Unfortunately i don't know about other Khmer temples in Laos, but there should be lots of Hindu temples.. I have been curious if there's interesting things to see further north than Luang Prabang but have not been there yet.. Must be some really rural unspoiled nature up there.

[@Craig_Black]

Sorry for the audio/video quality. KZbin has made it terrible..

[@sycp.6556]

It's normal when they get drunk, they will use slang rather than official language. Happy to see you're enjoying

[@Craig_Black]

Yeah it was a good time ❤️

[@BOYSsb6]

Lao people are welcome like family members

[@Craig_Black]

Lao culture is very respectful. Peaceful too. I love it.

[@lancesay]

craig, one you are accepted to drink/eat with anyone in lao, you are in; it's so tough to get out of the "drinking circle" we called it in lao. also, if you ever even want to enter into that inner circle like a family... its when you start asking what do you want to eat and start buying foods or drinks at the drinking circle. game over!

[@Craig_Black]

It’s so hard to get away without looking dude. 😂 it’s the hardest interactions I have in Lao, to try and leave the drinking circle..

[@foweygenius]

Love this, Really wholesome. Cannot wait to get out to SEA again!

[@Craig_Black]

It was fun 😊

[@Memories72122]

Lol! I loved watching you drink with the locals. They're very welcoming and looks like you had a wonderful time.

[@trendingwwwandw]

Amazing Asia travel Video 🎶💯👍👍👍51

[@Craig_Black]

Thank you 😊

[@pachinko8892]

And he said he has two wives!🤣

[@Craig_Black]

Lucky man 😂

[@benellis6816]

Rumour has it he is still on that stool drinking beer and rice wine. What nice people haha

[@Aksonexchange]

Hi Craig, me again. I watched this video yesterday, it made me laugh. It’s so hilarious drinking with local while you both side not completely understood each other languages. Hope you got home safely. Overall, I’m impressed with your manners, you are so polite as I could see that There were many times that you were in awkward situation ( from my view) but you kept remaining politely to them👍. I’m from thakhek but I left after 16 for uni in Vientiane after first three years in there I left Vientiane for uni in Thailand. Anyway,what I’m trying to say is in khammoune province, there is Namtheun 2 dam reservoir area that you might be interested to see as it’s a tourist area and then you can drive through the tham kongloh konglor cave. Please take care and good luck ☺️

[@Craig_Black]

Thank you so much 🙏 you’re kind words mean a lot. I’m always having awkward interactions with the locals 🤣 Thakhek is beautiful, I love the mountains, the landscape is so different from my home in the uk. Thank you, I’ll go check it out when I’m in the area! ❤️

[@Aksonexchange]

@True Budget Travelling my introduction about kong lor cave was quite short. Sorry for that. In my perspective it’s better to have a car to drive there( I knew you can catch the bus there but it would be more convenient to have a car ir your own vehicle) as it’s far and out of no where. Some rent a motorcycle from Thakhek to get there but it’s far though. But it’s worth to see a different and how amaze the river under the cave and local people are using that route to transport and transfer supplies for their livelihood. LP is a nice place. You’re lucky to be there 😊🌸

[@Quodge]

Yo this was hilarious! Those people you were drinking with were adorable! You’re really natural in-front if the camera man! How you manage that?

[@Craig_Black]

Haha thanks for the sub bro! Thank you, I’m just really trying to be myself. I guess I just don’t take myself too seriously aha. The Lao people are very friendly!

[@jackvisaysouk1590]

your laos language is getting better my friend, I enjoyed watching your videos ok!

[@Craig_Black]

Thank you it means a lot 😊🙏

[@micaella5153]

Hahaha this is one of the funniest vlogs I've seen in a while.. thanks for the content 😂😂

[@Craig_Black]

Haha thanks

[@telep1716]

Hilarious! Really enjoyed the video!

[@Craig_Black]

Was a lot of fun to make, not so fun the next day with all that rice wine 🤣

[@kingkeolaofl]

Thanks for sharing Good job and funny

[@Craig_Black]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@ny-sl6mn]

Very true about foreigners having to pay more. My mother travel to Laos in 2019 and that is how they treat foreigners. My mother will never go back to visit even though that is her birth place.

[@rondawson6118]

New subscriber here l just found your channel today. I like how you barter fair with the vendors. The drinking party was fun reminds me when we visit our family in Isaan people are so welcoming. The Lao language sounds similar to Isaan.

[@Craig_Black]

Welcome to the channel 🙏😊 Yeah they are so welcoming! I’m going to a Chinese market to do some haggling later. That video will be up maybe tomorrow.

[@rondawson6118]

@@Craig_Black l am sure your haggling will be reasonable. With the wind here it feels like minus 12 celsius. Enjoy your warm weather.

[@Craig_Black]

@@rondawson6118 thank you 🙏 Stay safe

[@glennbennett1358]

Haggling in Asia is such an essential skill around the markets. Good tips, great advice! x

[@Craig_Black]

Thanks Glenn :)

[@alanseijas6665]

Stay safe

[@makototaeka5680]

Lol. I pee on my pants. I love your video.

[@Craig_Black]

Haha thank you 🙏😊

[@CClark-mt1ny]

Hilarious. Great work on behalf of Farangs

[@Craig_Black]

Haha thank you 🙏

[@OS253]

@@Craig_Black You should teach English to the local kids at school and earn some extra money.

[@Craig_Black]

@@OS253 I just don’t think I have the time now I’m doing KZbin. I move around a lot. I’m going to try helping out some language projects in Laos for free. I can move around but still help that way. I’m looking into it at the moment. 😊

[@pachinko8892]

She says you’ll get another shot when she said song!

[@Craig_Black]

The lao really know how to drink 🍺 😂

[@hmongnw9585]

Only in laos that they will give you free beer

[@Craig_Black]

Haha and all the time!

[@hongbobnm1620]

Til this day they still think your name is KOY

[@Craig_Black]

😂

[@ottusa4823]

Lol, love your interactions with the locals 🤣. The lady said you are part of their family, anyway how did you get home?.

[@Craig_Black]

Aww that’s so nice, I actually got into trouble with the man of the family because I kept trying to leave and he was very drunk. I spent another 20 mins drinking and trying to stand up whilst they kept sitting me back down. It felt like a really friendly kidnapping 🤣

[@ottusa4823]

I left laos 41 years ago and was friendly kidnapped here in the States many times. Laos is seem to be the best place to be at the moment. Here in the States 28 millions infected by the Covid-19 and we just top 500,000 deaths. 10 peoples limited gathering 10 pm curfew and masks are mandatory. Please stay safe and keeps the video coming.

[@Craig_Black]

@@ottusa4823 yeah I feel really lucky. Also the lao government have been very good to foreigners when surrounding countries have been harder. Is the Lao community close in America? Or where you are? I’m fascinated by Lao Americans and the whole story.

[@ottusa4823]

@@Craig_BlackLaos American are very close in culturally and traditionally for the most part or we are trying to passes it onto the younger generation. I do have a vivid memories of Laos has not been back since my childhood 1978 😢. Please enjoy Laos and be careful not to over done it or else you'll have another $100 pancreas removed 😀😊.

[@Craig_Black]

@@ottusa4823 I think it’s extremely important that the younger generation carry on the culture. We should always remember our ancestors and their culture. Where in Laos are you from? I can make a video of your village if it’s something you’d like to see. It’s up to you 😊 My biggest complement so far in this channel is when someone tells me they didn’t know Laos but now want to travel here.

[@laoamericanlady]

The set hat vendor is Chinese, his Laotian has strong Chinese speaking Laos accents 🤣

[@Craig_Black]

That explains a lot 🤣

[@thorthestar7766]

How long have you been in Laos?

[@Craig_Black]

Hey 👋 welcome to my channel. I’ve been in Laos for 11 months now. Since lockdown

[@pachinko8892]

Mao lai! Haha means really drunk!

[@Craig_Black]

Mao Lao Der!

[@Craig_Black]

🤢

[@proudme3836]

This market is Pho si market br?

[@Craig_Black]

Yeah 😊

[@nigonkouk1770]

LoL how did you escape? ;|)

[@Craig_Black]

Bro if only I could have put the rest of the video up..

[@chadd9748]

At 19:00 when you said Craig the guy in the background thinks you're saying koay, which is "me". Thats why they think it's funny because they're asking your name and it sounds like you're answering with "me". So he's joking and saying "an knee koay, an nun choaw." Basically saying, "this is me, that is you (and pointing to someone else)." But your subtitle is correct in that koy (slightly different pronunciation) is penis. But that wasn't what they were thinking. Also, when you were asking about the guy in the black jacket's wife, the others were saying he has two wives. Song (✌️) mea. That's why when you asked "how long" the lady jokingly corrected you and said "(you mean) how many people?"

[@Craig_Black]

Thank you for taking the time to reply with so much information, I really appreciate it. It’s how I learn. 😊 I didn’t know you could have two wives in Laos! Is this legal or first wife is a legal wife and second is wife in heart but not law?

[@chadd9748]

@@Craig_Black I don't know if it's legal but it happens lol. Some guys will have a mea (wife) and a mea noy (literally translated to wife small or small wife. Basically a mistress. So the second "wife" isn't married to him). He might just be joking about his situation but I know it happens. The guy in the black jacket was really drunk at the end so I couldn't understand him but I don't think the lady in pink hates foreigners. I think stuff got lost in translation because his English wasn't great. Glad you made it out of there and home safe. That's one thing I'm not a fan of in Lao drinking culture. The host wants to keep giving you drinks and it's hard to leave as a guest because you feel bad. I've even had to fake pass out before so someone could carry me out to the car so my wife could drive us away from there 🤣

[@Craig_Black]

@@chadd9748 wow I’m gonna look out for this. Often I’m in the market and a lady will tell me to marry her daughter. I say I have a wife and they often say something like take two. I always laugh it off as a joke but now I don’t know.. 🤣 I read somewhere that Laos drinks the most out of all the Asian countries. It’s so hard to get away, sometimes people get offended when their very drunk and you keep trying to leave. It can be awkward but I’m bored of just going to tourist traps all the time. I get more out of interacting with the locals.

[@chadd9748]

@@Craig_Black I read that somewhere too that Laos drinks the most. I believe it. Glad you're interacting with the locals. It's entertaining to watch 😂

[@vickieakhom408]

555555😂

[@Craig_Black]

😂

[@nickhubbard3671]

20:53 "Khoi" (I) can be mispronounced as ບັກ) - also penis. Thanks for the video!

[@Craig_Black]

I’m really bad with confusing the sounds when I talk. I’ve asked people to slowly enunciate the difference but my ears don’t seem to pick it up.

[@nickhubbard3671]

@@Craig_Black Agreed - so frustrating! Fortunately Lao are good humoured - keep practicing. My Lao friends will talk using slang / local dialects. They will be inconsistent. "You 'kin beer lao' when speaking out loud, but 'deum beer lao' when writing it down. It can be hard to get a critical response. "Did I say say 'rat' correctly?" will always result in a "Yes!" Thanks to Asian 'refusing to confront/ saving face' mentality. The above can be rewritten as "Did I make a noise?" - "Yes!" And when talking between each over - "Arh so quick! Cannot!" Think how English accents vary - Aussies, Yanks, refined folk from Brighton, country bumkins from Northamptonshire. I am hopeless at saying the ng consonant. (ງົວ, ເງິນ) What does "boh hoo" mean? I keep getting the reply "Don't know". As I repeat - lovely people. So learn the following important phrases: ຂ້ອຍ​ຊັງ​ເຈົ້າ (I hate you) ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ສົນໃຈເຈົ້າ (I don't care about you) [Say that with a Terry Wogan accent too.] Watch their beautiful brown eyes dissolve into laughter. Keep practicing! boh peng yang der sok dii