POLICE Stopped us Again in Laos | Now in Lao

Everyday life in Laos, we live in Vientiane, Now in Lao with Lao wife, Neenee Lao life living in Laos capturing the Lao lifestyle, daily life in Lao, where to go in Laos, travel destinations, Laos tourism, customs, Lao development and how people live in Laos in their travel Laos videos and travel vlogs. Now to Lao, Vlogging Laos S.E.Asia !!
Now in Lao travel vlog
#Laos​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #NowinLao​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #LaosVlog
Enjoy our videos and would like to help support the work we do?
Patreon: / nowinlao
PayPal me: paypal.me/Nowi...
Mailing Address:
Kongmany Mahavong / Todd Hales
Ban Nongbouathong Neua
Street No 10, Unit 45, Sikhottabong District
Vientiane Capital Lao P.D.R.
P.O.Box 3630
Contact me on Facebook: / nowinlao
Subscribe to Neenee's channel: / @neeneelaolife7131
Our Restaurant on Facebook:
/ bansuan.r
Directions to our Restaurant "BanSuan Restaurant" was (Buffet Laos Seafood)
goo.gl/maps/vd...
Sabaidee and welcome to my channel....Now in Lao!!
My name is Todd and i am an Australian currently living in Laos with my wife, Neenee.
This is a channel primarily dedicated to Laos and the people who live here, our daily lives and our travels within this amazing country. Thank you for watching and if you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to ask, by either commenting or contacting me via Facebook.
Now in Lao .... Vlogging Laos !!
Music:

[@3hmongchannel762]

Todd now you know what's I'm talking about the Lao PDR police officer, they stop you for only one reason they ask your for cash and if you hand them some money they let you go. the more cash you gave them the faster they let you go, what's a corruption country.

[@NowinLao]

Actually no, I don't know what you're talking about. We've never had to bribe for doing nothing wrong. The bribe is always to get out of larger fine. Many times we've been stopped and our car papers and licenses were in order and been free to go. I suggest if they are asking for money for nothing, you ask for a receipt. See what happens then 😉

[@huangzb8060]

Same as in India.

[@Nyiamnyuj]

Good suggestion bro

[@akulathao4654]

​@NowinLao maybe you are white and your go pro is on 😂😂

[@Macjohn1419]

Great video as always. NeeNee is adorable. She is so much like my beautiful late wife. She’s your little baby girl. It doesn’t hurt to help out the local police. It makes things go so much smoother. Always stay safe and healthy, mate. Cheers!

[@richbuang2]

Here in Sydney they're also called scallops. Down in Victoria it's potato cakes and in SA it's potato fritters

[@johneverett6751]

Couldn't of said it better myself. Was going to but you beat me to it..😆👍

[@ftkinsella]

I really enjoyed this video guys. Just the two of you with a little travel and how you two get along with each other. Cheers 😙🥂😘

[@Murph945]

I love the strong coffee it clears everything out of your digestive system.

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Todd, the quality of the video is stunning. It couldn't get any better. Harriet loves Neenee's sunglasses and wants to get a pair. It doesn't matter what you call it Lao or Laos ? Just don't call me late for sticky rice. Safe Travels my friends. Hope you are doing ok guys. 😀😀 Jim and Harriet Richmond, Va.

[@billsimpson2392]

Very enjoyable video Jun Ton and Neenee 💖💖👍👍🙏🙏

[@tonylinh3791]

Just came back from my trip from Laos last Friday. 6 weeks came and went..! It was hot in Nov. only in Dec it finally cooled down. Lesson learned, Dec only

[@leefamilymemor2849]

Todd, cool desert!! Looks like a egg and condense Mike desert. Glad you like it. I forgot the name for it.

[@karaoke832]

Kop chai Todd and Nenee. I thought you had stopped. I get a coffee now. Nice and dry here in Xaythany too.

[@markfoster6110]

Potato cakes ! So good

[@antruok4950]

Thanks Todd - gotta keep Neenee fed 😄 quaint villages Happy times 👌🙏👍👋

[@hestonhutaue1214]

Thanks for the video Todd n Neenee. Love it

[@beexiong9344]

Hi, how is this day? What do you get stop for? Nene and have a nice place to go. I like that place where you at. Have a good time.

[@timleng4404]

They will go trade that blankie for beer Lao tonight. I am just thinking out loud:)

[@brunowest5027]

Neenee picks the good stuff :)

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

Hey brother,,I'm 3 days late watching! Lol been busy. To me,,that dessert looks like egg custard,,or at least what we call it. To us,,scalloped potatoes are thin slices potatoes with various types of cheese,,baked for 45 mins in the oven. Very tasty! Your version looks damned tasty too. The weather looked perfect on the day you were traveling. The Khmer Rouge tried to revert the name of Cambodia back to Khampachea,,but I think they,,the red Khmer,,,left such a vile taste in the mouth of humanity that they started using Cambodia again . I'm sure you already knew that lol,,just typing in a crazed fit! Lol glad you guys had fun,,Ttyl,,,Marlon

[@rodneylischeld223]

Top video again, neenee has got aussie down patt! good on both

[@Murph945]

In Liverpool UK it's Scallops and potato cakes are a completely different animal, my favourite. I cooked them last week.

[@gordon7260]

potato scallops in Newy! I lived there for 3 years from 2010 worked for Downer EDI, I am moving back to Newy this Saturday to start a new job in Tomago

[@NowinLao]

Farrk.. I could go some scallops right now 😏 Best of luck with the new job Gordo 👌

[@spongesurf12]

That coffee looked just like the way I like it. Strong enough to kick back.

[@micklong8867]

Good morning Todd and Neenee safe travelling cheers everyone 🍻🍻🍻👍👍👍👍👍😎

[@Paristan01]

That is the street coffee? So tasty. I love it but not that strong! I think the rice cake is rice flour and maybe arrowroot and coconut milk and sugar. When I was in Australia, my Lao teacher there used to make it for me sometimes and I vaguely remember that is what went into it. It is delicious!

[@cryogenics6681]

I really enjoyed this video, it reminded me of Northeast Thailand back in the seventies. I always loved that strong black coffee. It looks like you got the main ingredient of "oliyang" coffee

[@petermckinnon7102]

Chicken takeaway is a great idea

[@dannyboyce7766]

Good day Todd and thanks for your video 👍

[@JohnRolls-d6z]

Hi Todd , Firstly - love your KZbin. Listen to your explanation of - Lao or Laos. Correct, depends where you are from. Work in doing Mine shut (2012 till Covid). Anyhow buddy, was explained to me. Lao is the country, but ic the conversation is ....love the Lao food. It is love the Laos food, the Laos culture, the Laos people. But, the Laos people ate from Lao. How you understand.

[@Jett.Jai1234]

Haha that coffee looked like one of my oil changes

[@jurgentreue1200]

Potato scallops in the 'Gong. I've had the Lao/Laos debate several times. There are no words in Lao (and Thai) that end in the 's' sound. So the Lao just say 'Lao'. Teaching English, the trouble I had reminding my students to include the 's' at the end of plurals.

[@jennymark7403]

Potatoes cakes, how can u get a scallop out of that , scallops are a seafood, haha yeah were originally from Melbourne, never going back the traffic it's a mess there, it's expensive in Melbourne. We sold our house there for 485k and 9 years later it sold for 1.2 mil if only if you new

[@teoschatz8430]

🤗🙏🏼! Loved the video. Thank you. At our State Fair, there’s a food stand called “Australian battered potatoes “ and they’re like that. They’re really good, they’re served with cheese sauce and ranch dressing, quite popular. Take care, and give Neenee a neck massage 😉

[@thomasschumacher5362]

Cheese sauce and ranch yeah typically Australian fare

[@simonbaillieu7976]

thanks for another warm video , do you find driving in lao less stressful than in australia ? i live in geelong and traffic volume has really increased

[@ayangdidi5524]

To Aussies and broadly American people this cake is not potato-cake but "Far" , a cake brought to Laos by Bretons from Brittany during the time Laos (or Lao country) was a French condominium. By the way it was a Breton, Pavie, who helped the old King of Luang Phrabang to escape from the Ho(chinese) invasion and deter the Thaï to put hands off Laos. Read Pavie's memory book : " A la conquète des coeurs". I think NiNi knows a lot about that part of history of her delightful country. Sokdi deu.

[@lesparker7949]

They are called potato cakes in Victoria.

[@wasimkazi580]

Laos road conditions are very bad.... But beautiful country

[@scotbownes5627]

Take care 👍🙂

[@riffraff8426]

I reckon you’d have stood a spoon in that coffee it was so thick!

[@raycatlin3554]

👍

[@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756]

Wales is Cymru to Welsh speaking people.

[@BadMedizin]

The French added the S to Laos.

[@karaoke832]

Yes it is Lao PDR. I live here.

[@jurgentreue1200]

We were pulled over Phi Mai 2008 coming home from Thalat, a couple of kilometres from the town. My wife was driving. A young traffic policeman pulled us over and got a shock of his life when he saw we were falang. He signalled to his commanding officer to come over. In reasonable English, the senior guy asked where we're from. I told him Vientiane. Got a strange look. Then my wife said Australia. His face lit up and told us he has a cousin in Sydney. He didn't even ask for documents, told us to drive safely and saluted as we drove off. We still laugh about it.

[@stephenpavy2501]

Try to make sure Neenee wares her seatbelt I know sometimes it's a mission in SEAsia to make sure everyone does 😉

[@andrewparkinson4717]

Hi Todd. So we are in Vientiane Jan to early Feb. Looking at restaurant visit Sunday 8th Jan if suitable? 4 people.

[@NowinLao]

I can't be 100% sure, but at the moment it's looking ok. Will know for sure once we return from up north at the end of the month 👌😉

[@andrewparkinson4717]

@@NowinLao no worries. Let me know. We won't get to Tsau channel village unfortunately but we want to donate through your channel to ensure they and others can be assisted. Look forward to meeting and discussing how we can help.

[@NowinLao]

Sure. Look forward to meeting you 👌

[@djttv]

Hi from Seattle Washington USA! I really enjoy your videos, and hope to visit Laos sometime. In America, we traditionally hear about the evils of communism, it's oppressive nature, etc. I don't see that in your videos. It looks as free as Thailand. Just curious though, have you ever experienced anything from the communist government that has caused you any worry or stress? For example, police confiscating things, suspicious government eyes on you, requirements to attend community meetings, or been questioned about loyalty to Lao government, etc.

[@NowinLao]

Well I hope to see you here one day soon 👌 No, nothing like what we've been raised to believe communism is. Lao is very relaxed.. you leave the government alone and they leave you alone. We're currently traveling Laos, and as of now we have traveled to every province. The only time our details were taken and asked what we were there for was last year when we explored Long Tieng. That's understandable knowing the history of the place. (CIA secret war headquarters) We were still fine to go where we liked tho 👌

[@Bad_Karma1968]

Well Todd playing catch up,again Great vlog as always Todd just buy one of each sweet at the market The police want u to get a new vehicle possibly a Jeep ? Or possibly they wanted a donation ? Gotta restock after the donation Todd ?

[@dkvizion]

Love your videos ❤️😍

[@NowinLao]

Thank you

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

Hallo aus Berlin und Deutschland :) What brand is your Pickup, please ? Chevrolet Colorado ? Seats look very comfi

[@NowinLao]

Yes.. 2015 Colorado 👌 Comfortable for long trips 👍

[@NguyenThiKimTai]

Helo những người anh em laos

[@trianglehat6994]

Hi mate, fellow Aussie here. Been in Vietnam for 16 years. I'm looking for a new adventure, but need to work. Just wondering if ya work or retired? I'm 40 now, any ideas on what I could do in Lao? I was considering importing. Cheers.

[@chrisperkins7331]

Lao is a lot more laid back than Vietnam, probably because there are so few people here (only7m). As for business it all depends if you have to make money as opposed to just wanting something to do. There are a good number of expats who have made a nice place to be and rely on outside income to pay the bills. but It is possible to make a good living. I ran a G/H for 4 years and so had little expense as I lived on site. One thing I would add is you need a Lao partner to do anything.

[@trianglehat6994]

@chris perkins cheers Chris. Personally, I'm not interested in a relationship. Definitely seems more chilled than Vietnam (big cities anyway), I just returned from one of many trips to Cambodia which I love also. Vietnam is just getting ridiculous with documents. After 16 years, still treated like a tourist. I find Cambodia is much friendlier and easier on the ears. I may come take a look at Laos next year.

[@NowinLao]

Yes! Start importing tradies push broom 👌 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoerYpmVZ7yYfbc

[@trianglehat6994]

@@NowinLao put in an order of 500, I'll get them sent over. Haha

[@jaylatimore4038]

Like newcastle and qld say newcassel

[@johnwong8336]

Potato cake in Melbourne.

[@jamespunch8049]

At school in Sydney we called it LAY-OS, & Kampuchea was old name for Cambodia, but I am an old codger.

[@davidlongley534]

Saibai guys bet you'd kill for a Dare ice coffee

[@sherriatsavinh4995]

Ka nom mok gang is like flan.

[@ianscott424]

Thangbeng market in Thaphabbath district. My local 😂 Them cops coming in to Ban Hai are a nuisance. Stop everyone and constantly ask for something.

[@rodneylischeld223]

Ya

[@derekpritchard4586]

🤔Wondering if there is a S for a word endings in Lao ,don't think there is one in Thai or a V in their written language .That coffee looked liked you could dye your hair in it or perhaps I should say hairs. Thank you both for the video .

[@NowinLao]

You're right Derek. There is no word in the Lao language that ends in 'S'

[@mitchhumlao]

I have heard the S was added by the French But it is silent in French so it becomes Lao again in speaking. Please correct if wrong.

[@FOCUSonASIA13]

Good example with Paris pronunciation, I pronounce it Lao but most from the west add the S. You will never appease all the keyboard warriors LOL

[@boxcartwilly]

😎👍

[@johnnysiam-007]

Did you know I would be watching Todd, potato cakes

[@NowinLao]

Funny looking cake Johnny 😐

[@ayangdidi5524]

Kong-kvan noï noï ao haï tamluat , dear Ni Ni and Todd: well , bo bpen niang. Un petit cadeau aux "flics"=cops , ça fait de mal à personne !

[@BrianMax]

I love the markets in the small towns. Man, those cops shook you down! Indonesian cops just want 'cigarette money', and Viet cops want lunch money. It's a good thing they're cracking down on vehicle inspection and registration, It will limit the Mad Max trucks to the high mountains and farms.

[@juans3728]

Catch u later guys, Peace.

[@jorgenrh7598]

😊😉🤗🤔😊🙂🙂🙂🙂😊

[@vernongeralddanielsmuizz6878]

Hai Todd..that delicacy you ate probably is made from cassava..root..its a common asian food..abt the police..its also quite common also in most asian countries..simply because of corruption in the highest level..that makes the citizens poor and makes things harder to change..that's probably why alot of people from western countries try and do charity work there..because of poverty..

[@Vinnie101a]

The French actually wanted to call it Laoquette. Thankfully it never got up.😂

[@NowinLao]

Sounds like a sandwich 😐

[@mitchhumlao]

In the US we don't usual say Nippon.. I think maybe because during WW2 or propaganda machine used the word "Nips" to mean some something bad. I would not use it. I would use Japanese.

[@reidadams4277]

Hushpuppies?

[@unknownjall4515]

Todd, I'm trying to figure out if I'm getting lied to or what but I have a girlfriend near Vientiane, she's asking for help buying a water heater. Do you know how much a water heater + installation is

[@NowinLao]

No, but I'd get her to send you a photo of the heater and price tag 😉

[@unknownjall4515]

@@NowinLao Thank you sir.

[@donosborne4238]

The roads are shocking I thought the roads were bad in Thailand but they aren't good. cops are the same in Thailand just smile and laugh and away you go

[@carlosguerrero-qb5ml]

✨📸👍✌️💕💕💕💕

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

I have noticed some areas you visit the people are very friendly to foreigners and others not as friendly. How would a US guy be received.

[@NowinLao]

No different than I. Most think I'm American at first. You'll be fine 👌

[@cicigrace2208]

They Hate The US. The US bomb that country like crazy there’s so much hate from the citizens and government!

[@NowinLao]

Ci ci it sounds like you're the one full of hate. All Americans I speak to have been treated no differently than anyone else

[@Yvonmoua]

11:10 it's real corruption the Lao deng police is shameful huh!

[@sirpaddlesworthiii5933]

Yo my man. I know its not exactly your thing but have you heard anything on the situation in Myanmar right now? Is it safe for tourists do you know. Visas are available and would be coming near Laos from Nepal and wondering if you have 'word on the street'?

[@chrisperkins7331]

Everything I have read is Don't go there as there are to many places it is unsafe to go to, Also any money you spend finishes up in the pockets of the military's. I was there back in 73, and it is an amazing place to visit, just not now.

[@NowinLao]

I'd have to agree with Chris, Sir Padd.. I wouldn't risk it.

[@brianpoffley1771]

In Mae Sai, the gate is locked and no likely hood of it opening any time soon. Tacheilak ( sp ) news agency is good to follow for latest.

[@sirpaddlesworthiii5933]

thanks everyone

[@karmbodara7803]

Try hawaii laos

[@JohnRolls-d6z]

Hi Todd. John again. Been watching the clips for almost a year. Have been meaning to contact you for some time now. Am an Aussie from the Illawarra / Shoalhaven areas of NSW. Work for a global Process and mineral equipment company since 2011. Working in Services throughout all of the Asia Pacific region. Last year move to our Indonesian branch die to the asian explosion of work. Plus a beautiful Indonesian lady, ha ha ha. We will certainly visit Lao and would die to catch up with you. Have lots to chat to you about, plus wish to add to your effots helping the Lao poor people, and there are lots, know that very well. Anyhow, please give me any email or WhatsApp to chat with you mate. Cheers John.

[@Paristan01]

Someone here told me the s thing on the end - legacy of French colonialism. The French don’t pronounce the S apparently either and then I also heard it was plural for Lao tribes - Laos - but then it would be pronounced differently. And Lao people can’t say the S on the end of a word anyway. 😂

[@petermckinnon7102]

Potato cakes

[@ລູກສີໂຄດທ່າແຂກ]

bribery to officer is wrong, should not invoke the law abiding personel

[@NowinLao]

We never bribed them.. they inspected our papers and let us on our way. We then decided to donate. Bribing is for something in return 😉

[@dellingson4833]

If you knew these folks you'd have never posted that. Go back and watch the charity work they do and did during covid etc. Then smile and subscribe! Todd & Neenee, thank you for your endless work you do.

[@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756]

I have booked my flight and I am coming to Laos in February. I will come and have a beer with you at your restaurant. And pick your brains.

[@Vinnie101a]

What dates? Oh sorry, restaurant will be closed that period and everybody headed for the hills. Very sorry to miss you. 🤣

[@LightofBankai]

Visited November 2022. Got flagged twice. Showed my papers and was let go. Nerve recking you hear about stories but I didn’t have to bribe.

[@NowinLao]

Sometimes they're cheeky and ask for beer money.. but if all is in order you're good to go. Exciting shit ay 555 😁👍

[@neejnom8323]

You only see this in Laos, poor policeman, they don’t get much pay because there bosses Consum al the fund

[@brucegrant9964]

Potatoe Cakes ffs Scollops? They are found in the Ocean but hey There’s not many Bright Welsh men now are there hahaha Mexican here

[@NowinLao]

Typical sensitive Mexican reply. How the hell is that a cake Bruce!? 😉

[@johnhummer2809]

Hahaha...Kansas we call fried taters

[@mitchhumlao]

ATM. your first name.

[@MrGeckolo]

I would love to see you guys give all the stuffs to the poor in the village instead but oh well I hope they’re good policemen. Honestly I don’t like cops and I seen many KZbinr get fines and tickets in Laos. It make me think that’s how they rolls now a day 😅

[@NowinLao]

Maybe this is why I've never had a problem in Lao with police. Big believer in what goes around comes around. 👌😉

[@ywjpheejyaj6674]

He's right, police are very poor in Laos. You either donate or get screw by them.

[@wesleyyoung1082]

Potato fritter

[@grahammcdonald7329]

Hash Browns

[@darrenbadger6814]

You must be a frog mate, the French named it Laos😂😂😂, nah who cares ay, we all pronounce things differently, it's all good mate 👍and yeh Victorians call them potato cakes but l call them white death😄

[@jennymark7403]

Clean your screen looks like a fingerprint or maybe it's sun spots when you turn to camera on your right🎅

[@15kou1]

Why polices just stop for donations do they got pay from the government😅😅😅

[@world-uk2vj]

Ess pea why

[@whocared..1128]

Did you guys got stopped from police 👮‍♀️. What do want from you guys ..? Police must be hungry too…

[@NowinLao]

Police checkpoint inspecting car papers. All good 👌

[@oRteP]

raqueteering?

[@kcl2862]

Changing the names of countries and cities to other languages is ridiculous

[@hmoobluj3860]

this is how corrupted police officers in Laos...they are hungry money...

[@NowinLao]

They are corrupt because we offered them blankets and food? Lol

[@coachpaulbusinessenglishen3764]

Just to let you all know from my life in Southeast Asia, Thailand and Cambodia also call Laos “Lao”. I don’t know if this is true but the French are the ones whom put on the ‘s’ on Lao.

[@2506Pete]

In fact the Portuguese and the Spanish were calling it "Laos" 300 years before the French arrived. But back then in the 16th/17th centuries pretty much the entire inland region of northern SE Asia was called "Laos" because Europeans were pretty clueless as to what was there. The adjective "Laotian" is the one that really gets my goat haha

[@khialy1239]

Laodeng police hungry money

[@Bhaisthenruas]

Your girlfriend needs to seat belt