Weekend Adventure in Laos

[@normaphonephaly3301]

Hi Todd from America! I appreciate your videos and I love all the wonder charity work you and you wife do for the people of Laos. I was just wondering if you ever found that little girl that was asking for candy and you didn't understand what she was saying. I would like to donate some money to her to buy candy, if you are ever going back to that town. Please, 🙏 let me know. Thank you.

[@NowinLao]

Hellooo Norma! What incredible timing you have.. as I reply right now I am editing that video. Yes, we did return to try and find the Cookie girl.. The video "Searching for Cookie Girl" will be released Friday morning Lao time. Thank you, any help is much appreciated 🙏

[@dirtpunk3754]

Just spent 3 weeks there with American Lao wife and my kids visiting family. Very seriously considering moving there too. Thanks for doing this channel it’s definitely making me less anxious about the idea.

[@chrisgunlock5959]

Mina's laughter is medicine for the soul . Lucky man

[@pookeyhutchison7838]

That looks a top joint to spend a night or two.

[@mikegilyeat3213]

Thanks!

[@mikegilyeat3213]

Exchange rate is now over 20K per US. Had to send for the Mina fund Todd

[@NowinLao]

Much appreciated Mike, thank you 🙏

[@donaldthomas7753]

As a teacher, I can't help but notice how well Mina's coming along with English. GO GIRL!

[@AiJaiDeeSaMer]

Life is full of love and meaningful when you have a child. Beautiful family.

[@kikovazquez7277]

Indeed she is! My girlfriend in Los Angeles, California migrated from Vientiane when she was in her mid-30's. Her family had enough resources to send her to a good schools like Mina is attending. They had formal classes in English for her to learn when she was perhaps just a few years older than Mina. They taught her well - she speaks English well, but not fluently, and that's without the benefit of having parents who converse in English at home as Mina now does. So Mina will probably learn and speak fluently given how young she is starting when the language learning sector of your brain is a sponge.

[@donaldthomas7753]

I actually taught in China for 10 years and I can tell you that what you said is 100% correct. It is much more difficult to learn another language when you're older. @@kikovazquez7277

[@rabbitnature]

Sometimes, You post An Vlog that is so WONDERFUL I have no words to describe the Joy I feel while Watching. Thank You for Sharing!

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Everyday is a new day with Mina. She's definitely coming along with her English. Did we notice that she was having a brief conversation with you Todd ? So happy for her. We are her biggest cheerleaders. How many ostriches did your friend have on that farm . Hope you had a great day. All the best. 👍👍 Jim, Harriet and Yuki🐕

[@spirittaos]

I'm so glad she's back with you, it's such a good fit 💓

[@liquidmidnight1]

Todd, I really like your choice of music. Fits the adventure so well. It fits the movement and the countryside. You find good people to spend time with.

[@markbrandon7756]

The Greatest Gift to the World is sharing Mina’s Smiling Face and a day of joy and learning in Laos with Her and knowing her baby brother will also benefit his life .!!!! ! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️. ♥️ One for each of you

[@kieronobrien3089]

Fantastic good effort mate

[@billsimpson2392]

1:41 I love Neenee's Aussie ascent! Great video mate 👍👍

[@NowinLao]

I gotta get her to say.. "A dingo took my baby" 😆

[@billsimpson2392]

Yeah,,,,,@@NowinLao

[@rryder994]

well, you can certainly hear it in your voice.. so glad she's here to stay.

[@Macjohn1419]

Brilliant video. So beautiful having the whole family together. Mina is so happy and enjoying herself. Beautiful place for a short weekend vacation. Thanks for sharing. Always stay safe and healthy. Cheers.

[@BadMedizin]

Good time! Thanks... 👍👍👍🙏

[@Ty-dt8xv]

Awesome video GOD BLESS YOUR LITTLE ONE 🙏🙏🙏

[@phoenixson4382]

you look so happy mate. Onya. You guys are awesome.

[@BounlevaSenesomboun-hu2tj]

Thanks for what you guy's do And congratulations on that' Little girl mina

[@sapawarrior9247]

Awesome

[@Bad_Karma1968]

Great vlog Todd as always with some light showers Mina is so happy again

[@KimWright-wq8cu]

Another EPIC VIDEO Todd 👏👏👌👍😀

[@antruok4950]

What a great area 👌 - gee Alex has got it all happening - Luv the Ostrich & piggies - Thanks Todd 👋👌👍🙏

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

So nice to see the THREE of you together !!! She will keep you young at later look after you the same way, you look now after her ...☯ 28:25 that river is very nice

[@robc5520]

Finally normal progamming continues... hahahaha.. we are all as happy out here mate as you are there! Mina is such a blessing

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

That's agrotourism nice videos

[@teoschatz8430]

🤗🙏🏼! Great video, loved it. Thank you for sharing this special moment, reuniting with the special girl, so sweet. It’s awesome seeing your smiling faces, all together at last.😢 Have a wonderful day.

[@nevillelomas6368]

Hey Todd, new road is beautiful, have traveled the old road. Very slow trip wonder how far it goes up. Great video thanks. Take care Nev

[@dangbeaudry]

Pink Floyed and Betty White

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

Thanks again for the great videos 👍

[@LAOBASS]

Love seeing organic farms.

[@bobcat2960]

Todd, Neenee, Mina, so nice to see Mina able to meet and play with some new friends near her own age, what an angel. Ostrich egg omelette for 5+ from (1) 5lb. egg, crazy! Wild rain storm as well. Throw in a Pink buffalo, add a White Albino baby, now I have seen almost everything. Loved the video, Todd. And all this just minutes from Vientiane, shocker. Stay Healthy, Happy and Safe you three.❤

[@NowinLao]

Cheers mate 🍻

[@xavierkoolat6926]

@@NowinLao Mina took to the water like a dolphin. She looked right at home in the water. 🐬🐳🐋🦭🐟👏👏💓🥰😇

[@kikovazquez7277]

Beautiful work Todd! Also good to see you get to hang out and enjoy the company of another English speaking gentleman who is also living an adventurous life in SEA. I don't think I've ever seen rain come in like that - I think you called it a "wall of rain"? Well, that's what it was. Watching the video makes it look like there's no prelude to the storm. It hits with a furious deluge from the first moment - but gentle, not too much wind and no thunder and lightning. A gift for the kids to play in, cool off the grown-ups, shower the animals, nourish the land, and make some of those roads and trails impassible. Some looked like they couldn't handle much more rain before the storm, and then a fresh deluge. Yikes...I'm too old to tame this environment! 🥴 But there was a bit of untamed wild youth for me in an earlier century. Now seems a tragedy there was no practical quality video to record those times.

[@johneverett6751]

..Before I watch..always always.✔️..Guys..😄😄😄

[@DavidJohnson-qm5gd]

Loved every second of the video, THANK YOU.

[@scotbownes5627]

The best - love it 👍🙂

[@johneverett6751]

Todd.I did notice in the next shot..The Beer was at the end of the table..for Neenee..😄😄😄❤

[@NowinLao]

Yes it was.. 😝

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Mina is enjoying

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Here people mostly used to eat ostrich eggs.ostrich farms exist here for meat especially 5star restaurants.

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Where are you? Alex

[@Scotinth6298]

Congratulations 🎊 I very happy for you guys. She is a fast learner I think she'll be doing fine in school.

[@spirittaos]

There's so much she'll get yo experience that otherwise she could not have

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Hanging out with Sonya and William made my heart melt!!

[@Walts-Travel]

You guys are living you best life.

[@sisakhonevilayphone8087]

Thank you ❤️😇🙏

[@stevemurdoch8459]

Great weekend mate...can't wait to be in Laos again....23 days to go

[@kaox44]

It feels so complete with the three of you! Mina is just so fun to watch with the two of you teaching her. What an interesting and fun place to have Ostriches in Laos...and it looks like they are doing very well. Alex has FANTASTIC knowledge of the animals, I would agreed that the crossed-Lao/Hmong breed pigs are the best tasting pigs in the world.

[@byt290]

Todd & Mrs....❤❤❤

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Thanks for sharing your life with us blessings from North Texas ❤

[@NowinLao]

You're welcome Colleen ☺️

[@RobotsWithKnivesCartoons]

wow, Mina's English seems to be getting better crazy fast, it seems a long way from just parroting, good to see her having fun with other kids she meets along the way too.

[@farangutan6773]

Wow Todd doesn't little Mina like you ? Best time to have them in your 50's , they keep you young , it's compulsory lol .

[@chiccenhawkc]

💯🔥💙👍

[@geraldtabu-or2jr]

Nice videos

[@philyew3617]

Great video guys, thanks for taking us along. Ostriches... They're flippin mental as well as being like Dinosaurs. I spend a fair bit of time in S. Africa and a little while back I was stood alongside a paddock just talking to friends on their farm. One of the Bar-stewards took a fancy to my arm and pecked me. I litterally thought I'd been shot, and the bruise next day was something else. Mina was right to stand well back, they're lightning fast and it bl@@dy hurts, they could do serious injury or kill a child. They also have a ferocious claw which would rip an adult man open if he got kicked. Don't let kids anywhere near them. Ostrich Steak? not much taste because there's no fat,.OK if you're really hungry but don't go out of your way for it. The eggs make the biggest omlette you've ever seen but you need a hammer, or better still a hacksaw to crack open the shell.

[@NowinLao]

Well I guess the Ostriches need a strong peck to get out of those bloody hard eggs! 😆 Cheers Phil, thanks 👍

[@LewisC-g4i]

Damn! That’s a lot of rain! We never get rain like that here in California. Tropical monsoons are so pretty.

[@NowinLao]

Looove wet season here 😎👍

[@vgshwk]

I think I was a little west of you in Chang Mai it rained hard everyday from the 11th through the 18th probably some of the same rainstorms.

[@steveoldmanthompson]

Just BRILLIANT 😮 will have to pop over the Mekong one day, not far only in Udon Thani 🇹🇭

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Got an ostrich farm just outside Khon Kaen. Bowie Ostrich

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

Howdy brother, great little weekend trip! Nice to see Mina making friends with English speaking kids her age. So much to see and learn for our little genius. Ostriches were a big fad in the U.S. in the 90s and early 2000s. I knew probably 15 people that raised emus and ostriches. Not a single one is still doing it. There was a novelty market for the eggs and meat.. make omelets for 6 off one egg . They had a wierd taste. The meat was ok,,most people hated it. Personally I preferred emu meat,,but both have a kind of strong medicinal taste,,kinda gross ,,really. By 2005 noone wanted to carry ostrich meat because most people that tried it hated it. Most everyone lost money. One rancher I knew had over 1500 of them and they were doing nothing but eat. He finally bulldozed a pit and shot his remaining birds,,because by then noone would buy them. At one time in Montana and Wyoming there were maybe 25 or 30 thousand birds,,now maybe a couple hundred tops. I've had pretty good barbecued emu though. I think your friend understated their stupidity 😂,,I think they might have as many as 5 brain cells floating about their tiny craniums. The ones I knew must have been blue necks,,because they were some mean bastards. All I can say is good luck,,maybe people that enjoy the taste of many things kinda unusual to us,,they might like the Medicine tasting meat. Take care Todd,,Neenee and Mina. Ttyl,,,Marlon

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Needs high heat cooked and and rare inside. Sear the meat

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

They have a good memory. If you piss them off they never forget

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Ostrich needs to be cooked a certain way. Problem is that the US does not like game meat steak. Venison is popular in Europe.

[@maishouavang6312]

Lovely girl❤thanks for giving her life 😂

[@allanrab]

It's working. It's working. ha ha

[@KennoRob]

Interesting Ostrich story,Alex reminds me of a young Steve Harley ( The late..Cockney Rebel..Make me smile song) Nam Suang,40 minutes or so from Vientiane,what a gem of a place to chill out. Bit of Croc Dundee skills there Todd..🤟.. Cheers Kenno

[@NowinLao]

One of my favourite songs 👌

[@KennoRob]

@@NowinLao Yes a great song,as are the tunes you play on your videos,they fit in well with scenery and story you tell.

[@chrisperkins7331]

Hi Guys Well that was interesting. The native pigs are called "mulat" and they are a fairly faty meat compared to the large whites.Alex has a really nice spread, and is food for thought for me as to a new project for us. The main issue as always is the cost of the protein feed part of the diet. I can help out with some ideas on that if he would like to get in touch, and maybe pay us a vist (as we don't have a car)

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Will do mate.

[@chrisperkins7331]

look forward to it.@@williamstropicalfarm5082

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Will try and bring Doug as well. Been a while since I seen him. He speak very highly of you.

[@chrisperkins7331]

Welcom ant time, it would be good to crch up with Doug again. I assume you know F/B diconected him@@williamstropicalfarm5082

[@bumble633]

pink buffalo is a mushroom

[@SV-du2pf]

Awesome video and it's nice to see Alex enjoying life in Laos.

[@rolandet]

34:30 amazing what you can learn from a movie eh? 😁

[@graemeaylward8313]

Great vlog Todd. It's not every day that you come across an Ostrich Farm in Laos. They were all the rage in UK about 25 years ago when Ostrich meet was seen as the future sye to it being very lean and low in cholesterol. The problem was slaughtering them as, of course, that had to be done humanely. The Ostrich farm near where I lived had to get a special truck in, with slaughterman to do the job! How is it done in Laos? Grest to se Mina in that water, she is a real waterbabe. I see a lot of those pink buffalos around here in Thailand. I think that without the pigmentation they get a little sun burned. 🙂God bless all 3 of you. 😀❤🙏

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

We drain the blood from the neck, cover the head first obviously. Tie the feet together. Generally don't slaughter the for meat but sell the chicks. When the birds get sick we will kill it for us and the restaurants.....the industry will survive as the beef and pork industries produce too much carbon for the planet and we will have to use other options. Small scale farming with less space will be the future.

[@walking_in_the_shade]

If the red variety and blue variety are bred together, you must get a resulting maroon variety!

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Like a bluey grey , some pinky. They're a mix of red male from Kenya and blue from Somalia 13:18

[@lauraMan2009]

Hello There

[@SarahReid-g3o]

Is the Betty for Betty White? Considering the Floyd was for Pink Floyd?

[@CaptainKremmen]

34:00 I hope everyone got it. As soon as I heard the background sound ... 🤣🤣🤣

[@lmapicas3279]

I bet Chris had his ears burning when you started talking about him

[@NowinLao]

His ears are always burning 😝

[@adriancoates3455]

Russell Coite eat your Laos heart out. Who hasn't had a dong bong, you're not wrong,. Good watch again mate, even the pommy bloke was a dag.

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Can you bring some of ya Sheila's over for my eldest?? I want him to get the piss taken out of him proper Aussie style so he doesn't get to big for his boots!

[@adriancoates3455]

@@williamstropicalfarm5082 Apologies mate, was only a meaningless joke. Thought you may have seen the bright side behind the comment. Loved the farm by the way, you put a lot of time and effort into it. I may be taking this the wrong way, i hope so because i loved this episode with you all having a great time. Khob Chai

[@jimshows8192]

You and Mick Dundee got it going on. Come up to Louisiana, USA and tame some alligators.

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

So, initially I wanted to start a crocodile farm for the leather. Looked into it. Problem was they had rare species in the mix of what they had. Also, my dad didn't want to do it. But yeah, that was the original plan. Hoping that is where the ostrich road takes me.

[@jimshows8192]

Alligators almost went the way of the American Bison but the commercial farms actually helped save them. They must contribute a percentage of eggs to be returned to the wild. Louisiana now has a very vibrant population. Good luck in your endivers.@@williamstropicalfarm5082

[@krisbrand354]

Gday Todd! I'm travelling to Vientiane at Xmas time with my wife and 2 kids. Could you please recommend a hotel to stay in that's around night markets etc please? Thanks!

[@chrisperkins7331]

Planty to chose from with prices from $20-$100 a night. Being high season progagbly best to book on the net.

[@graham9daws]

We just spent a few nights at the Ibis Nam Phu - highly recommend it, good location and the best staff - the receptionist even got us on a plane that Lao Airlines said was fully booked! If you go to Vang Vieng avoid the city centre if you want an early night sleep, there are 2 bars that are really loud from 9pm to midnight.

[@sisakhonevilayphone8087]

ຂໍໄຫ້ພວກທ່ານມີຄວາມສຸກແລະສຸຂພາບແຂງແຮງຫມັ້ນຍືນເດີຜູ້ມີໃຈບຸນແລະພ້ອມດ້ວຍຄອບຄົວ neenee 🙏😇

[@NowinLao]

Thank you 🙏

[@thomaseland3136]

I call the ordinary buffalo Thai buffalo and the pink ones farang buffalo

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Lot of money in the horns on the Chinese/Thai herbal market

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Like 25 000 dollars plus

[@bumble633]

need emu mushroom

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

Plenty now but not emu

[@melissabedwell]

'Betty' for actress Betty White?

[@NowinLao]

Yeah.. I had to Google that one 🫤

[@terranceyeo3087]

hi todd,neenee,and mena

[@lilostich2008]

Hello i live 15years in Thailand now 2024 I think everything will be difficult i Think I want change too Laos question is can i take my car and Bikes whit my Thanks i happy for every info s about Laos

[@NowinLao]

Hey there.. I'm not too sure about your vehicles. I have a feeling you'd have to pay import fees which can be very expensive. I'd suggest asking on the Expat Laos FB page. No doubt somebody there will have experience with this. Good luck 👍 facebook.com/groups/ExpatLaos/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

[@williamstropicalfarm5082]

I brought my bike over in three boxes!!! And all my furniture was taxed at a stupid cost but back then you could not buy much here so you were grateful for the washing machine, fridge, drawers etc . Couldn't buy anything back then in Vientaine

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Worst case nightmare scenario :: 1.5-2 kg of runny egg white.... 😂