Road to Long Tieng Laos | Now in Lao
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 10. 2021
- Long Tieng Laos. The Most SECRET Place on Earth in the late 60's early 70's. This is where the CIA conducted the Secret War from and in turn made Laos the most heavily bombed country in history!
We are on our way there..
Road to Long Tieng Laos | Now in Lao
This is our Middle Lao tour and we are taking you with us!
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/NowinLao
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: / nowtolao
Subscribe to Neenee's channel: / @neeneelaolife7131
/
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
maps.google.com/?q=17.992667,...
Interested in The Philippines?
Subscribe to my Cousin's Channel... LIFE in BOHOL
/ @jamesmathers6204
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:
You never mention Australia involvement in Vietnam War. Always bad mouthing the Americans. You should tell the whole story, mate.
The Secret war in Laos was NOT the Vietnam War Charles. Australia played a much larger part in the Vietnam War than what they did in Laos which was orchestrated by the CIA. Hence the name... America's secret war on Laos.
Feel free to link me to documentation of Australia's part in it, and "the whole story" mate. I don't mind learning.
What a fkin stupid comment - you wouldnt happen to be American by chance ? Yeah, thought so.
@@NowinLao your doing well to keep your cool bud.
Charles go and have a beer at the BLUE OYSTER BAR!
I don’t think Todd was bad mouthing, just giving some background about Long Tieng in the years before ‘75. One day he may take a road trip into Vietnam.
Long Tieng, nice scenic trip there. I always like seeing those clean /fresh flowing little creeks,right at the doorstep of the villages.. Kenno...West Aust
The resilience of the people of Long Tieng to move on from the past. Todd, you are telling a stunning story traveling as you are with Neenee. So beautifully vlogged. Be well my friends. Harriet and Jim Richmond, Va.
It really makes me happy knowing I have such great support from people like yourselves. 🙏
Thank you
@@NowinLao it's so nice for guys like you making such meaningful and wonderful content. LoL
another great video ,i wonder who is more happy with their lives ,us westerners living under complete state control or these people living the simple life,i know which one i would choose at the moment
Beautiful country enjoying your channel Aloha 🌺👍🌸🤙
Another great day, thanks for taking me along! Beautiful countryside. :)
Absolutely amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing, a real time picture of the region is so interesting!
Thanks Todd for taking us along on your adventures today. Cheers!!!
Its great to hear our Aussie Slang being shared around the world Mate
No wuckers 😋👍
And I thought learning Chinese was hard
Thanks Todd. A great episode full of lovely people and views. Have a great day.
Good day, mate thank you for a wonderful video I love it 👍
As always a fun and informative vlog Todd
I like that mountain road. Awesome. The mountains are beautiful🙂
Stunning mountain views
Beautiful country, thanks for sharing, great video
Great video and thanks for sharing. You were very close to my home town.
Hi ! Todd another wonderful day I love what you do for the people Thank you god bless you!!! 🎈🎆🎆🎈
Beautiful drive!
Nice view !
Greetings.
Nice clear river. Going places bring happiness and clear life. Like I was there. Hopefully you will plan to tour Seafood shore markets on next few months if covid 19 gone clear. And thank you so much on your video.
Amazing, I'm speechless by the natural beauty.
Perfect ประทับใจหลายๆ
Thank you for bringing this to life. Hope someday long tieng become live again
impeccably good as always :)
always delightful to see you guys, tysm
cheers
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful country. I use to have a green shirt almost just like the one your wearing. 100% silk. I wore it out. Thanks.
Christopher Columbus of Lao, keep discovering, amazing views. 👏
Thank you for sharing. Like the ways you represent along the video clip.
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful country mate, not polluted by the looks of things. Bob, Veteran, Across the ditch.
I was born during the period of the insurgency in Saisamboun formerly Xiengkhouang Province 1978. My family is from this area right off the Nam Ngum river. Truly beautiful but dirt poor with not much opportunities or economic development. This area has been off limits for over 30 years. Would love to come home in the near future.
I had been following you walking in memory lane.Can’t wait until you got to Long Tieng my home town where I grew up.
Beautiful home town and friendly people.👍🏻
Hi bro I'm new subscriber and I like what you doing helping some people there ,this is a lesson from you for the others youtubers good on you mate
Cheers mate, appreciate the support 👍
Wow, that was a bit of an ominous ending. Gonna have to watch the next one quick smart now that you got me curious
Wednesday morning 10.30am your time mate 👌
Hello Mr Hales. Happy Sunday and Win today.
The frog and toad conditions are always interesting - the bridge , up close , looked rough lol - “ donuts “ wow - everyone happy - Thanks T 🍺😎👌👍🙏
😝👍
Very beautiful I want to go
Thanks for sharing and pointing out Xaysambone. Xaysambone and Long Cheng are two cites on my bucket list if I ever get a chance to visit. The scenery are very green and clouds reminds me Hawaii.
Land locked Hawaii... be sure to visit in the wet season to capture the colors to maximum effect!
Nice smooth highways like always
The best! 💚
Beautiful laos
I would not call some of that a road. lol Better have good brakes. Funny how you come down off that mountain to a little village and there is a stop sign. Interesting how some have custom tarps to cover their tractors. Another good video, seeing the very rural side.
Haha and yes, I did stop... only because I didn't know which way to go 😝
Time to make serious preparations for your forthcoming career mate - as a military "battlefield" tour guide !! I have no doubt you have done the research on this previously closed off area, so you have a good idea of what you might finally find. Its little wonder why Hmong villages still have distrust of other villages given what happened during that war - its another rarely told horror story really. Well filmed mate, especially the focus on the villagers still living in the aftermath - very impressive - big thumbs up. Im looking forward to a fine meal and lots of beer in the restaurant as soon as Thailand makes its mind up on travel :)
You left this one on a cliff hanger......now we can't wait until Wednesday. 😊👍👍
That was the idea mate 😉👍
Amazing country side mate. 👍👍
It really is!
Great video wish you a great day best greetings from Thailand Korat .. send you some love
Lol.. Todd did you say that you’re giving a squeeze outta the back end?😳😂
Definitely on my bucket list. Great video. Following along on maps, darn lot of mine ops. Do you know what they are mining?
Thanks!
Up in this area its gold and copper mines.
Frog and toad. Is that funny? "I don't understand." Thanks for the smile Neenee. The waterfall on the side of the road is lovely. No wonder there are always people there to take pictures. I saw the child waving @ 25:44. Hello little one. See you next time Todd. Best wishes Bob.
Haha yes! I only picked that up when editing 👋😋
Good morning Mr. Hales.
My birth place!
You guys are so funny!
Frog and toad..lol
Best
She so cute..lol
Awesome ride to the brook's, seems.
Thanks #ToddHales #NeenerKongmanee
Hi ya Todd you missed showing the viewers the cluster bomb case (CUU) bbq where you got the birdy coffee.
I bloody know! Only noticed that when I started t edit the video. As you'd know mate... it's hard to take everything in when traverses little villages. So many cool things to see..
Very interesting Todd and Neenee Theres always one isnt there Charles your comment was uncalled for and actually made no sense the Vietnam war was never mentioned were you just having a bad day Chuck
Love the scenery, not so much some of the roads
Nah.. roads like this makes it even more fun 👌😁
@@NowinLao 😂
There were thousands of unexploded bombs in the area of Long Tieng. From 1986 to 2000, six different private companies employed hundreds of bomb technicians to clear the area of these unexploded bombs.
1:26 Nowadays this region is beautiful but I have a flash back between 1977 & 1979 people lost their lives for a tiny fraction of reasons :( "It was like walking on a mine field everyday" :( Great video though :(
Please visit Palavac(the town) when you can. Like I've said, it's holds the most beautiful peak in Laos. That little hidden place has about 5 family that has over 100K subs on CZcams. They hardly see any westerner though, it'll be fun to see their reactions...LOL! Safe travel mate!
Never heard of it. What Province and nearest large city or village?
@@NowinLao It's because he spelt it wrong. I know which town he is refering to, as I sometimes do watch those hmong channels. The town's name in google and bing are lavec / phalavek. Although, it is actually 2-3 villages next to each other now since the population grew. Ban Namkhian / Phalavek, Hom District, Xaysomboun Province. GPS coordinants: 18°40'39.0"N 103°11'29.4"E
@@NowinLao I forgot, Longxane is closeby. It is a journey north-east of Longxane. At Ban Xiang Mi, you go east, instead of Northwest to Long Tieng.
ยู่ทุบเบี Now in Lao แม่นเป็นคน สู้กับ กานพะจนพัย, ส่วน ยู่ทุบเบี้แม่ยิง คงเมื่อยหลาย แต่ใจสู้ ๆ คือกัน. สะหมัย ข้าพะเจ้า เดีนทาง ยิ่ง พะจนพัย และ ลำบาก กว่านี้ หลายๆ เท่า. “ยิ่งลำบาก, ยิ่งสู้, จิดใจเป็นสำคัญ”
frog and toad, its a long to the shop if you want a sausage roll 555
👍👍
up on one of those mountain is "sky1" the CIA radar station which they used to monitor China and North Vietnam military movement. The "raven" pilot's mission was to protect and conceal the station but the communist eventually figure it was there and started attacking the base. Thank you for the great video and going to the secret place
Hi Mr I love to watch your video. Do you mind I ask what's language do you speak?
Hey mate 👍
I speak Strayan 😉
(Australian)
Lol,,a quick p.s. this 27 minute vid. felt like it was 5 or 6 minutes lol
1000TH LIKE :}🙂
🏆 well done 👏
@@NowinLao Cheers Todd , from Manchester UK :) all going well we'll be there in February for valentine's
@@ivornappinion9406 here's hoping everything goes well 🍻
@@NowinLao cheers 🍻 first went to Laos in 2005 then in 2012 so its gonna be good to see it again.
ຢາກໄປທ່ຽວໄຊສົມບູນ
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗🙂🙂🙂
💯🔥💙👍
Even harder to find when there is another Xaysomboun way up near the Chinese border that Google keeps taking me to. Found Sana Somboun and went from there.
Yeah, there's lots of similar places like that in Laos lol 😝
@@NowinLao Sure is, I was trying to work out how you could cover 280km in a couple of hours!
@@Swaggerlot haha especially when you know how often we stop 😁
@@NowinLao Yea, 28km seems more likely hey!
Why have they not reconstruct the bridge for safe passage.
The bridge is okay, if you're traveling around the mountain villages of south east Asia you'll have to deal with a lot worse than that .
✌😎📷🔭🌳🌄
Doritos☕👍💖💖💖🙏🙋
Nyob zoo again brother. I hope one day I will be able to visit those area of Laos but for now I will follow you while you take us through it. Just an opinion do you think its safe for Hmong Americans to travel through those areas to Long Cheng?
Come here with the right outlook and attitude, it is very safe my friend, no matter who you are. 👌
@@NowinLao that's not so truth. When those hungry Lao communist soldiers or guards see any chubby and light skin Hmong from the U.S they automatic asked for their passports and reach for their wallets. When those Hmong American asked them why they were stopped, the communist Lao soldiers can't even come up with any good reason but just a guilty look in their faces( it's like being stopped by a white police officer while being black) LOL. They will only let you go until they can get a few Dollars from you. If you are Lao,Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or white European they will not bother you. It's worse at the immigration check points at the border.
@@blasblasblas2094 The Hmong are light skinned because they are originally from north and central China. I’ve seen Han Chinese from Fujian and Guangxi who are considerably darker than Hmong. I was surprised to see so many Hmong children with light brown, almost blonde, hair in Todd’s videos.
@@blasblasblas2094 there have been some Hmong Americans that went to long cheng. I've seen their videos on CZcams
@@hmoobmeeka but they encountered difficulty prior to getting their permission to enter Long Cheng. That's for real.
Why didn't ya grab a few of those donuts for me, what's the matter with ya Todd, they would worth a go.
Long tien😱😞😖😖🍃🍃💧
Exactly, what is the village the 23 years old teacher lived at?
Nong Por
@@NowinLao How far from Nong Por to Long Cheng?
Place comment here.
🍯🍩🙏😋
G'day mate not lock down in laos?
Or NSW yay !!
Yes... still 😕
Hit the Frog and Toad = Hit the Fucking Road
💀🍃☀🍃🍃💧☀♨🍃🌳2025-RIP war
🚜🐦🐥🐦👍🍃💧💧💧
🍚🍲🍎🍏🍉🙏
You're showing footage that you filmed 2 months ago and I'm seeing things repeated 2 or 3 times already. Gotta shut it down mate
You do realise it takes a considerable amount of time to edit a video series such as this? No, you probably wouldn't.
Please link me to the videos that I'm repeating.
@@NowinLao Sorry I pissed you off Mate. What stands out in my mind is the footage of the waterfall beside the highway, I swear I saw it 3 times in various videos. I also don't like seeing vids that were done over a month ago but that's just me and I'm no where==At least you're livin the life
You're a hard man to please Tummy.. the waterfall has appeared in only 2 of my videos. The first video it was the main attraction. The second video it appeared for about 3 seconds as we drove past it leaving the area.
As to videos being months old... Nothing I'm gonna do about that. When I travel, that's my time to rest from editing. What we capture gets edited when we return home.
Pretty sure most people understand that. 😉
@@NowinLao Fair dinkum Mate
You need to get your facts right, we called it Alternate 20 (LS20A) in 65 we were flying out of Wattay with Chi Coms, Russkies and NVA students Alt20 had nothing to do with bombing, and the war was the worst kept secret in SE Asia. The CIA didn't conduct anything from there except mostly A.I.D flights for Edgar ( Pop ).
Please hang around for the next upload Thomas.. the only "fact" I got wrong was leaving the 'S' out of LS20A. The rest is now common knowledge and the roll the CIA and Long Tieng played in the "Secret War"
Really beautiful place,sorta divided on where I'd want to retire to...Lao or Thailand.
There's a lil problem with your information on the Lao civil war.The CIA didn't start it,it actually started back in the 40's after WW2 to get the French out under the name of Lao Issara (at the time non-communist).They asked for help from the Viet Minh.
During 1950 they switched the name to Pathet Lao under the leadership of Prince Souphanouvong,in 1953 the Pathet Lao led by Viet Minh invaded Laos.In 1954 the North Vietnamese (NV) formed Group 100 and controlled the Pathet Lao from somewhere in Khammouane Province,sources say Ban Maneo but the name probably changed since then but the province does contain the Mu Gia Pass that the NVA funneled their men and supplies into SVN through and is now the Na Phao border checkpoint.
Later around '58 or '59 the NV formed Group 959 to secure the route through Laos to SVN and supplied the Pathet Lao with weapons and training and also lead the majority of battles throughout the war against the the RLA Royal Lao Army and then let the Pathet Lao finish the battle and take claim.
To make it short,there was attempts at peace during the 50's but the NV didn't want that.
The CIA moved into Laos around in the 50's but didn't start training Hmong and Thai troops till '59 under General Vang Pao.
The North Vietnamese communists initiated the war to force communism in Laos and also Cambodia with the Khmer Rouge.It wasn't the CIA,they were there to help the RLA and General Vang Pao along with the Cambodians with the added plus that it may help stem the flow of troops and supplies into SVN.The US couldn't actually get involved with troops as it could in SVN due the signing of the International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos 23 July 1962,Geneva.
The CIA was there to help the Lao after asking the US/Pentagon and regular troops couldn't,The Lao and Thai soldiers were out in the jungles reporting what they saw and have Air America or the US Air Force bomb the majority of these places and add air support to those troops engaged with the Pathet Lao and NVA.Yeah the US had a large bombing campaign in Laos and Cambodia,the NVA were using about the eastern 1/3 of both countries to seek refuge in and resupply.WHat was dumb was Cambodia and Laos not demanding the US send actual troops in to help push the NVA out,it would gave the NVA huge problems trying to get men and supplies south and more than likely kept the communists out of power in both Laos and Cambodia.
This is just what I can remember from all the material I have read on the Indochinese War,Vietnam War and the wars in Laos and Cambodia for about 40 of my 50 yrs.They're not one sided views from the US,I have 2000? books,reports,memoirs,etc. from all sides,some with very small prints due to them being from still yet or former communist living in those countries or was able to escape (remember the movie "The Killing Fields" and Dith Pran,much along those lines).Some are from Eastern Block countries that helped the NVA,Cuba,China,and some Russian.I have more that are from former NVA that still live in VN or may have later got out then the previous.The majority is personal accounts of US soldiers,many from members of MACV/SOG as the ones from those other countries are seldom found circulating and when they are can be a little pricey but they do tell a story that is pretty much the same.
Yes I do have a decent number of Aussie accounts along with 1 or 2 of ROK.
Wasn't trying to make this so long but to try and accurately explain what went on it doesn't lend it's self to being very short.
Oh one last thing,sorry.
A lot of bombing was on reported communist areas and troops like said,from Thai,Lao and MACV/SOG units.With that said those communists did go into towns and villages and force thousands upon thousands people to work for them,same with the Pathet Lao,many were killed if they wouldn't.Yes there were a lot of poor people caught in-between that died but that sort of thing can't be helped as much as you try in war...any war.At wars end,the now victorious Vietnam,Laos and Cambodia communist regimes ended up killing millions more.Cambodia was the most well known and probably the largest amount but the Vietnamese also killed 100's of thousands if not a couple million through their "reeducation camps" or flat out retaliation to working on the SVN side.There were thousands killed by the VC and NVA a lone just in Hue of '68.These included people that wasn't just helping the US there were teachers,doctors,political,technical workers....anyone they thought a threat to their success and there are well documented papers,books,etc. (not just a US view) on all of it.
An added note,if the lame Dem Harry Truman would have read and replied to Ho Chi Minh's correspondence back at the end of WW2 there wouldn't have been a Indochinese War or a Vietnam War.He wanted Vietnam to be a protectorate of the US like Panama,Guam,Puerto Rico,etc. are/were.
Ah Todd , your terrribble aussie accent makes me not understand you quite well. Nevertheless I am sure all viewers are fun of your "explorator and nonconformist" spirit that makes us learn better and better this wonderful laos and it's people. By the way what is this aussie words "...frogging tail.." or something like that ?
Breton tanmo
Hahaha frog and toad. It's rhyming slang for "road"
Let's hit the frog and toad.. let's hit the road 😁👍
Todd, why don't you learn the Hmong language so the next time you travel back to the Hmong village you know how to talk to them better?. 6 months or 1 year to learn, to speak and understand the language.