>>2885855
Laos and Nepal are basically sister countries. Difficulties and perks of travel in both are similar. But Lao people are somewhat more trustworthy than Nepalese, even if their country's terrain is less noteworthy.

>>2886279
This is now a Nepal thread. What is there to do in Kathmandu?

>>2886370
I already have a Nepal blogposting thread going: >>2881436 Kathmandu is still a couple days out. Used to be a lot of drugs and street hookers to do there, but the new government has cracked down hard on degeneracy. So I've heard from locals who live and work there.

>>2885855
Why would you go there instead of Thailand though

>>2886682
Because you enjoy suffering.

>>2886682
Apparently the Triads have taken over a region and turned it into a kind of Chinese-only Las Vegas with tad more human trafficking. Some traveltubers tried to sneak in and got stopped by the Triad's security guards.
Outside of that, you're probably a Laotian-American refugee wanting to visit the motherland.

>using MUH VIDYA to describe southeast asian countries known for prostitution

yuck

>>2886960
oh no i committed the icky. my post history is DOOMED after this!

>>2886682
becuase it is one of the most chilled out places on Earth. La Region Sud on the map. Tat Lo, Paakse, Champasek, 10 000 Islands. Just fucking do it. Bicycle and a hammock.

>>2887029
>La Region Sud
that's where all the savages are

>>2886702
>Chinese-only
Wtf my money is as good as theirs

>>2886682
I loved Laos, and other people's opinions on Laos can serve as a litmus test for whether or not their opinions on travel in general are worth my listening to. People who travel to be entertained and always need to have stuff happening everywhere they go would hate it but if you like mega chill then Laos is for you.

Laos is the DLC, Cambodia is that mission location you can never go back to, Burma is the obscure barely payable game that launched the franchise

Do not go here. Everything is trying to kill you, the bugs, the earth, the people, even the rocks are sharp as razors and there is UXO everywhere. This should be considered a NO MAN'S LAND.

>>2887621
You are an ooga booga ape to the Chinese high rollers. Bet they won't refuse you if you show up in a proper car with a luxury hotel booking instead of all sweaty with a huge backpack saying "let me in to your kingdom of pleasures, mafiasan, and uhh, do you have a hotel for like ten dollars here?".

Besides, what money are you going to play with? Chinese yuan? You don't even have any. No, they don't want your sweaty limp American dollars. Nor do they want Lao kip. Thai baht is the only acceptable currency a foreign visitor can play with.

>>2887624
I never had a better time in my life there with a dollar bungalow and a fan on the river side with a hammock and a book. Wandering down to a tiny little bar/restaurant to drink beers and play cards with randoms. Wake up in the morning and rent a bike and peddle around the countryside amongst ruins of temples, the Khmer, and French colonial squalor. Maybe swim in a waterfall and play a game of pick up footy with some kids. Tuck in to some fresh laap while some lady kick a water buffalo around a field. Then peace and quiet. Back to my hammock and a book.

>>2888028
they're passive aggressive incels with a microdick

Laotians are the most beautiful on earth

>>2886702
Stop basing your opinion off reddìt comments and YouTube slop.

>>2888030
Wintertime is so lovely in Laos, as long as you find someplace away from the dust and traffic. Bright sunshine, low humidity, and mild temperatures.

I want to take my meager retirement savings here and live the rest of my life chilling with a cute ladyboy while the rest of the modern world continues without me and leaves me behind.

>>2889081
>ladyboy
>Laos
Wrong country, pal. Consider Rayong, a Thai province full of ladyboys...but of course you can't afford to retire here.

>>2889279
>...but of course you can't afford to retire here
What is it that makes a person like this? Anyway Laos is actually more expensive than most of Thailand. Quality housing is in short supply, consumer goods have to be imported because their domestic industry is shit, etc. Food and the best beer in SEA are dirt cheap but it would be easier to live on less in Thailand.
>Rayong
Haven't been there but it looks like an industrial shithole with a center that wants to be modern. I'm not into any of that but do I have it wrong?

>>2889279
Laos has the same culture as Isaan, anon.

>>2889329
No it doesnt retard.

>>2888028
You change money in the casino you silly fuck. Chinks love white gamblers because they can totally rape them with house advantage and bullshit. Only go there to mess around a bit and then enjoy some women.

>>2889330
It's Isaan with less western consoomer goyslop.

>>2889081
>>2889349
>>2889330
Most Lao Lbs live in Thailand

>>2889488
not just them you will find Lao Lbs all over Thailand there are also some in the Lao Capital. At least 40 on some of the dating apps

>>2889472
Most Lao people live in Thailand. Thailand has like five times more ethnic Lao than Laos does.

>>2889491
lol good point but I meant those with Lao passport

>>2889329
Isaan evolved differently from Laos, so even if it was a part of Laos it would be Isaan culture, an unrefined country bumpkin culture, very different from the culture of Laotian cities like Vientiane or Luang Prabang. It's a night and day difference.

>>2889631
The Isan Plateau has no rivers for the most part. It's really eerie when you notice this as you ride the train across the plain. Water collects in random chalky spots. Some parts they can't plant any crops because plowing would turn it into a dust bowl; others become a lake after a heavy rainfall.

OTOH Laos has plenty of rivers and streams thanks to its topography. Rivers fertilize the soil by washing organic waste down from the hills. Moisture allows crops to grow year-round instead of only after rains.

>>2891030
Laos is a lot more fertile than Isan for sure, with more rain (while Laos itself gets less rain than Vietnam, which has more productive agriculture right across the mountains). but a lot of that organic waste you're talking about washes downstream all the way into the Mekong Delta and the Tonle Sap, which is why they were able to build large civilizations further downriver.