We CLOSED OUR RESTAURANT in Vientiane Laos | Now in Lao
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- čas přidán 4. 12. 2020
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We CLOSED OUR RESTAURANT in Vientiane Laos | Now in Lao
Due to Covid19 we have had to close our restaurant in Vientiane Laos until things improve. We also show you the traditional Lao house we bought on the Mekong river. 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, customs, communism, Lao development and how people live in Laos in their travel Laos videos and travel vlogs. Now to Lao, Vlogging Laos S.E.Asia !!
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Kongmany Mahavong / Todd Hales
Ban Nongbouathong Neua
Street No 10, Unit 45, Sikhottabong District
Vientiane Capital Lao P.D.R.
P.O.Box 3630
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Directions to our restaurant "Buffet Laos Seafood" and it's Facebook page 👌
17°59'33.6"N 102°35'32.5"E
Ban Bonagoua, Vientiane, Laos
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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.
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A video like this, makes you really want to visit Laos. The beautiful country and the people are amazing.
What a jolly fellow! Great bond the family has with each other and their friendliness 👍🙏
Beautiful drone views of Vientiane and the beautiful Mekong river. The sunshine is super bright.
You got to love ❤️ the Lao an Thai people and there culture thank you 😊 for sharing
Great show, love all the laughter around the table without a cell phone moron insight
Great night dude 😁👍
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@Rhys Tatum I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and I'm in the hacking process atm.
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@Rhys Tatum It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much you really help me out !
Todd, this was outstanding! What amazing, happy, beautiful, friendly, good hearted people. What a big project you guys have ahead of you. I wish more than anything I could be the to help. I have alot of years in the building trades. Would be amazing to learn how the locals do things. That was an amazing evening. At the neighbor's, I mean. The song was great too. Prinecwas an excellent writer,,I think on par with Dylan,,just not as prolific. The drone shots were great too. I love how the Mekong looks right now. Ummm, now the important part,,,lmao. I want to reserve the wooden room or the green room as my bedroom. Just make sure there is a proper shitter nearby. Lol I joke of course. You guys have to do what you need to do with the restaurant. I've kinda felt that it might have closed fow a few weeks now. Clues ,Mate,clues. Lol. Dont let anyone guilt trip you and Neenee ,for stepping back for a minute. It will be good for you guys do do something different. Can't wait to see the progress, and to see more of the new neighborhood. You guys take care,,,Ttyl,,,Marlon
Great video mate. You’re going to have a lot of good times with your new neighbours 😊
neighborhood party, that's fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely wonderful! Thanks Todd.
I want my grandchildren to travel.Asia and see how happy you can be with very little ,
Happy people mate 👌
Ozzy needs a trip over. He's going off the rails on a crazy train. We'll haven't most of us?
Lovely traditional home , on the mighty Mekong River.Never get tired of the warm/friendly Laos people. Something we had ( kinda) in Australia about 50 years ago. Kenno...West Aust
Enjoyed watching this video. Love that you engaged with the locals.
Great video! The view and the area is amazing from your property wow. Loved the end with the neighbors. Looked like a great time
Thanks Tommy 😁
Friendly neighbors Todd ! Like a big family !!!
Congratulations !!!
Great vlog ..very informative and interesting..
Todd, thanks for the great videos. You do such a great job giving us viewers the actual sense of being there. Love the music you add and I really liked the dinner entertainment and singing by your friends. I suspect that is a side that not all outsiders get to see......so great that they didn't mind you filming! I lived in Chiang Mai last year for a few months and am missing Asia so much now with all the travel restrictions. Hope to cross paths with you guys in the future!
Comments like this make it all worthwhile. Thank Joel.
Let's hope things return to normal soon 🤞
Congratulations on the new place!
Sorry to hear about the restaurant. Hang in there...better days ahead for all of us. As always, thanks for sharing a glimpse of such beautiful country and people [not to mention the Angel from Montgomery cover...lovely!] Cheers!
Hey Todd & Neenee. Sorry to hear about the restaurant. We will be back to help support Laos tourism as soon as we are allowed. Your new neighbours look fun
I’m blown away by your house on the river and by how nice your neighbors are !!
I just absolutely love that place and your channel !!!
Thanks Tom 🙏
Love your videos. Reminds me of the rural areas of the Philippines where my wife came from. Lovely friendly people.
Very nice house
Great location
Best of luck
I’m so glad I watched all the way till the end. The singing around the table at the end put a big smile on my face. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for watching and staying to the end 👍
Great video again i love the nature and the real Laos life
The best one yet Todd. Loved the video. I pray for the borders to open every day.
Sorry to hear about the restaurant closing , it must be a concern if the locals aren’t coming out ..! Again amazing
Video , the Mekong and the new house - I like the local tavern , some very good singing after beers 🍻 and classy dance moves 🍻 - happy times - stay positive and stay safe 🙏🇦🇺👍🍻
Scenery, music, laughter. This vid had it all. Great job.
Thanks Mark.. returned here just yesterday, so have an update video of the place coming soon 😁👍
I've only just found your channel. Great night with friendly people. Cheers from Brisbane.
Very nicely done video, very nice up-country house and neighbors too ...
Cheers, thanks George
A little John Prine, nice touch!
Great video Todd.
I envy your lifestyle, mate keep up the great work.
Best wishes to you mate and NeeNee.👍
Thanks a lot Phil, appreciate the support mate. Take care 👍
Sorry to hear about the restaurant. But I will be happy when the country opens up again if you can reopen it, I'd love to come try your buffet out!
Todd and Neenee,
congratulations on the house and the beautiful view directly on the Mekong.
I'm still looking for a view like this ... ☝
There's still places in this area mate 👌
Nice view of the river that you have. Great location and friendly neighbours
Thanks mate
Sorry to hear about the restaurant closing. Bloody covid. Good party at the last supper table though. Loved the drone footage once again. Thanks for sharing.👍
No need to be sorry, we will reopen 👌 Great party 😁👍
Cheers mate 🍺
Wow! Great video. The world is a crazy place right now. We are all doing what we can to survive until things are more normal. I have to admit I am jealous.
Its the RIGHT choice. Cut your lose now.. and wait till tourism resume.. God bless.
New subscriber here, great video, nice to see everyone coming together and having a good time. Love the house even though it needs some TLC, but what a great location. The music, the drone footage, all great stuff.
Awesome, and thanks! Nice to have you along Fred 😁👍
@@NowinLao BTW, those tables are awesome. I wonder how much those monsters weigh. Something like that would cost a small fortune here in the US. Take care.
That house of yours is in a Great spot ⁉️👍👍👍✅✅✅✅Good vlog with happy people 👍👍🇦🇺
Thanks Tim 👍
Hi. Great video.
Great big happy family in the end
Great neighbors
G’day Mate, love your CZcams channel. From the USA.
you both have a nice spot there congratulations
Happy it’s not closed for good! That property is looking a lot better then what it looked in the last episode. Amazing how something can look with a bit of love.
Yeah not permanently mate.
Thanks 👍
nice house and location
Cheers Todd, sorry to hear about the restaurant, hopefully vaccine see's things improving in the next 4-6 mths. Looking forward to seeing how the house comes along, I imagine being next to a temple is a good thing. Neighbors seem nice people.
Thanks Kerry 🙏
Great video, love the authentic life style of the Lao people.
Thanks Clint 👍
Wonderful
Great content
Hey Todd, Naly and I are watching your video right now! I feel you guys made the right choice to save the restaurant for the future, have faith I’m positive it will flourish in due time! We will come spend some money when the borders open....take care!
Thanks guys. Looking forward to seeing you guys return 😁👍
Just found your channel and subscribed. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Sorry about the restaurant. 🙏
Glad to have you along Steve, welcome! All good mate, closed it now so we're able to reopen when things pick up. Thanks 🙏
I like your videos a lot because all are about daily life and people and not about touristic places : that's exactly why I travel. I went several times in Laos, Vietnam, Thaïland, Cambodia. I suppose your place is on the road Vientiane-Paklaï. So great memories there. Now, I'm stuck in France because covid. I miss so much East Asia.
Wise move. I do hope it is not too long that we all have to wait and that Lao (and other countries in the area) can get up and running again. What a pretty house you have bought. We cannot wait to get back and have are committed to staying and doing what we can to contribute to making Laos strong again. I am sure we will catch up with you at that time.
Thanks. For sure, looking forward to it Pari. Until then, take care
Congratulations guys! Such a great spot. Don't forget mate, our place looked so bad Emma walked out. Now it's a gem. Your place will come up great. Such a great spot to retire
Yes we do. Knowing what you guys have done with Unk's House allowed us to see what could be done with this 😉👍
What a great spot Todd. I remember you looking at this property a while ago. I also remember you were thinking of letting it out.
Plan B is always a good idea. Covid has had far reaching consequences for all economies including Laos. I hope life gets back to normal soon.
Enjoy living there part time.
I'm looking for land on the Nam Ngum when I return, it's always good to have a view, water , peace and quiet.
Maybe build a boat for something to do. 😁
Take care.
This is a Great Piece of land. The house is very Spacious and is a Great Fixer Upper. Im Surprised the Temple was not interested in buying that piece of land because its a Great Location.
Simple life everyone looks happy
Cheers Todd
love ur videos
Sad to hear about your restaurant closing. I was really planning a trip their in the next couple of months. Stopping in Thailand first then Laos. Hopefully you can reopen soon. I share your channel with dad and he loved it. I was born in Vientiane and I remember from a photo the river banks me mom showed me her home.
I am happy you and your wife are happy. She is a good lady. You both are awesome!
Hi 👋 The restaurant is only closed while the borders are closed to tourists. By the time you travel here, it will be open again.
Thank you for sharing and your kind words. Take care 🙏
. Must have been a difficult decision to shut the Restaurant until better times, but the correct one I agree. Remember the Vid of that House.. Wow.. What a spot to spend your Retirement. Great Vid. Hit the jackpot with your neighbours.. Awesome... 👍👍👍
Thanks Paul 🙏
Good times right now Lao
The mouse whisperer is funny as heck...you have nice neighbors. Vid is awesome as usual, stay safe buddy...eventually this COVID-19 will be over and everything will be back to normal, it’s just a matter of time.
Thanks Andre 👍
Now that is the true Asian experience. What a beautiful place. Sad to see the lovely Mekong though. All those dams. Also sorry to hear about the restaurant, I hope the borders open soon but...... Take care.
Hey Barry, cheers, thanks mate 🙏
Hey Todd! Most of the time,they used a fresh rice and mixed with coconut mike and sugar and put it in the bamboo,it took about 3 or 4 hours to be cooked!
You're in much the same situation as me I think. I run an artists materials retail business here in the UK and have been closed since Septemebr for much the same reasons. Very few tourists or customers. We can only sit it out and hope things improve sooner rather than later. That's a really nice property and a super project I think.....you were lucky with that. All the very best with it in the future! ! 👍👍😁😁
You're right mate.. it's out of our hands. Just lucky we're in a post ride it out, there's a lot that isn't.
Thanks mate 🙏
When you can, you should ask to go out and see how this rat noise/instigator contraption works. I'm sure you're a little curious too. Looking forward to seeing that one day.
Wow Mekong has dried up.
that was fun!! what nice people! your house is an easy fixer upper! i did many in the states in much worst condition!! diamond in the rough lol i missed how much you offered for it if you dont mind .. thanks marc in thailand (roi-et )
The asking price was around $90k US... we got it for nowhere near that😉
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Love those weird little tractors. We have them here. They just sell the motor and front wheels
I call them 1/4 tractors ..lol
@@donbrashsux it's a good for them
Maybe mice come cause it sounds like rice pouring out a broken bag :) good luck with the new place, looking forward to seeing how it comes along.
You're onto something there Greeeg.. you get a mention in next week's vid mate 😁👍
@@NowinLao Just 'Greg' is fine, the extra 'e' is silent :D I usually mis-spell my name so that I know where the spam has come from.
you'll have to get a big table for your house , I reckon cost about $450 AU with 2 bench seats
river view you can can a water jet ski.
Looks like my family gathering Lol 🇱🇦
nice area , not to much traffic. i guest is makong back there. why is not flowing fast. when i was a kid is was moving.
Yes it's the Mekong. You can blame the Chinese and their dams for that 😔😠
That’s definitely a table.....and it can set outside for the ages.....
11:20.
In Thai we call the Sticky Rice: "KhaoLam". I love it so much. Its a delicacy and mostly found found between the KhonKaen and Nakhorn Ratchasima Provinces stretch of highway.
Thanks so my Mr. Hales for carrying us along.
Khao...........rice
@@KhunMike3755
Exactly, Sir!
Wonderful people like french people before ! But I cannot live in such climate .
Hot and rain a lot , a lot .
Todd, Neenee, this sh*t we have in germany too, but we are forbidden to open the second time by Covid law. I'am working like you in other Job, so i can help my wife too (she is yoga teacher, they are forbidden to work too). Our friends have a restaurant too, we are praying this Covid sh*t ends. Good luck to you. 🙏🏻
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Was that the block with all the rubbish on the river edge. Nice tables now your goung to have to keep up with the others in town
Yeah, thats the block. We're going to have to fence it to stop them from dumping 😏
Great house and very friendly looking town. Any idea what the flood history in the area is?
I mention it in next week's video 😁👍
Just beautiful man 🙏
I knew you had the hots for me 🙄
@@NowinLao Yeah mate... you betch ya!
i feel your frustration ,my place of work has survived this long but the work has just dried up ,going into furlough next week ,i cant believe that river is so dry with the amount of rain vietnam has had ,weather is so strange
Hi Ian, its not the weather mate, its the bloody dams! 😠 it should be much higher than this at this time of year.
Yeah, things are tough all over. Hope everything works out for ya mate 🙏
@@NowinLao Todd is spot on. The Chinese keep their dams upriver to max capacity and do not let the water flow downstream like before. I think it was 2 years ago when Thailand and Laos were suffering drought conditions but there had been loads of rain in China and they made the deliberate choice not to allow more flow on the Mekong. The dams are creating a stranglehold on the river that is incredibly worrying.
remove the big mango tree so u can have the Mekong view.. just a suggestion 😁 6:53
We have gone 9 months without guests. The business will come back mate. I have no doubt. You are doing the right thing. The staff have to understand that you can't keep it going. I'd hate to see it close for good and your customers will come back. We all just need a little time. Keep the faith bro
Thanks mate ❤
That’s too bad the restaurant looked so successful, hope everything picks up.
If you don’t mind, how much for the house and property, approximately of course, looks nice. Great location, I’m looking to buy and build myself
Hey Ting, thanks. Yeah things will pick up again once borders open to tourists. In the video I give a link to the original video when they showed it to us. There is 2 parts. At the end of part 2 I give the asking price of this place and the others we looked at that day. We bought this place for nowhere near the asking price 😉👍
There is only one thing to say, ❤️ love ❤️ love ❤️ love
Wow what a fun night! That lady really knew how to lum good. Also, who's the cutie on the right at 24:19?
Haha just one if the neighbors 😉
Really good vid. I think some vids come togerther organically and show the true meaning of community. 🍺
It was just one of those days that you know you'll never forget 🙏
Tokyo numbers there houses the same way, in chronological order of when its built. nearly impossible to find an address without local knowledge
Hi Todd, may I know your restaurant name so next time I will come to your restaurant when I come back to Visit Laos
Hi Todd. Bugger about the restaurant but things will come good. Ive been to Lao once but want to come back next year. This time no busses but a motorbike.. Can I buy a good 2nd hand bike for under $1000. Love your work. Lao is a beautiful country. Mark
Under 1k.. hell yeah you can 👌
Thanks mate 👍
@@NowinLao Tnx todd.
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Todd, Question: Do you ever have your drone just crash on its own? I'm not talking about operator error. A buddy of mine has a drone & he says it has a mind of its own??? Loved the video. Business can force hard decisions sometimes. All the best.
No. All times my fault 😏
Flying too close to internet and radio towers does weird things to the signal, and be sure never too launch it off concrete with re-bar. This will stuff with your gps. Be well away from anything metal when starting. Not saying that his problem but its all something I keep in mind now through experience and close calls 😉
@@NowinLao Thanks much Todd. I will let him know.
🙂🙂😉😉🙃🤠
Hey Todd & Nene, how much you pay for the house and lot? Thank you.
Hi! I like most of you video. I like to know if I allow to buy property if i am foreigner? And like to retire in Laos? Thank you!
Todd, this is the exact life style I want to be. Are there any land slots available in the area?
Answer you in next weeks video out here mate 😁👍
Huge swarths of slots always available. Legendary #ToddHales and 'Mia' #NeeNee will always be of help for sure.
Not for you Kev mate, they don’t want walmarts popping up in Laos.
I live in northeast Thailand its funny how i can understand when people are talking but I go Bangkok they laugh at me for the way i speak. Esan thai