ATTENTION VIEWERS: It is VERY difficult for these guys to convey on video just how horrific some of these bus and train rides are. I know they try to tell us, but the reality of it just doesn't translate as well to what they themselves are enduring on a TEN HOUR trip in a tiny bus like this. The actual experience is FAR worse and far more difficult for them to endure than what you and I perceive watching from afar.
I was once in Mozambique on back road going to Malawi, the trip was suppose to take 1 hour took 6 and when we got to the border… the border was closed. We had to sleep in rundown whore house between Mozambique and Malawi!!!! Oh the joy s of traveling!
Had an 11 hour minibus from Laos to Vietnam at the start of the year. I told myself never again. They are brutal. Glad you didn't put Catarina through it after that train journey! She deserves that 5 star break after all you put her through 🤣
@@MickeyMishraQuads are insanely dangerous. If it flips on top of you, you can end up paralysed or dead. Happens all the time. I’d much rather hazard a normal scrambler or just a scooter
@@jopetti You can go some places without a guide. I want to see the real NK as I truly do not believe it's as bad as the media portrays. Granted it's probably awful
@@HaydnG266 U cant move freely there without your tourguides as a western tourist. I think chinese russian and indonesian can move more freely as far as I know. But in 2024 its even worse for brits like them. I wouldnt go there now with british passports even if they got a visa. Its already been seen by many vloggers. Nothing new. But hell yea I would love to see too but not possible.
@@HaydnG266 Its not real you will never meet a real North Korean citizen just fake ones and visit fake citys and beaches just for tourist. You also not a loud travel alone!
You HAVE to do one of the cruises there, 3 day ones through the most beautiful scenery you’ll probably ever see in your life. Smallish boats but pure luxury and not even expensive. You get to visit loads of different villages and stuff on route and it’ll be romantic for you and bald!
I have done the bus ride from Vientiane to Sam Neua many times. It is hell. I nearly died many times. 24 hours of hell. Now i am older, and have more resources, I would never do it again. And it is LAO.. not Laos. The S is not pronounced
A word of caution - just don't be tapping those bombs. Many people in Laos have lost limbs over the past decades from the leftover bombs. And that's serious.
I had 7 hour trip on a local bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu, stuffed to the brim with people, some two to a seat, a dozen or more standing. I could smell the brakes burning as wer were speeding down the narrow mountain road, and i legitimately thought i might die. Some of the locals were yelling at the driver too. That was a nightmare but i survived
Ben a meteor is small, rocky object that burns up in the atmosphere. A meteorite is the same thing but survives the trip through the atmosphere and creates an impact crator depending on the size of the object
Ben, Please stop over-paying locals. It's that type of behavior that encourages them to view foreigners as suckers who deserve to be scammed. I have had older Thais tell me that's what ruined tourism in Thailand.
Doesn't seem to have changed much - I did the bus trip to Phonsavan about 20 years - was an amazing ride with the bus climbing higher and higher and ending up above the clouds at one point. The only iffy things I remember were the conductor carrying a very old gun due to bandit attacks, the bloke in front who seemed to be marinating something foul in a bucket that was slopping out at regular intervals onto the floor and the within about half an hour someone had projectile vomited into the aisle - that aside it was a great journey.
Great video.A bit over 20 years ago I rented a bike to go from Vientiane to luang prabang. Took a side trip to Pansvan to see the Jars. I recall someone saying that at that time they actually "mined" the casings and skins from downed planes to use as construction materials. Amazing people and lovely country.
I am a lousy passenger and basically hate being driven by anyone, so I couldn't hack travelling the way you guys do. In many countries bus and taxi drivers drive too fast and this stresses me out more than I can tell you. I actually tell taxi drivers that I have a heart condition and I will give them a big tip if they drive slowly!
“Your balls rubbing against my back”😂💀 Jokes aside the town after the long ride seems like a developing town, the hospital building looked brand spanking new and as for the road, I see a 4x4 adventure drive. Awesome content with Bald😎🥂
🙂💙👍Thank You Ben And Mr Bald looks like Katrina is Enjoying her self more than you Guys. 50 hours on a bus would be Brutal Wow. I hope it was not to crowded and had AC and a toilet.🙂💙👍Pease encourage Mr Bald to wear and fasten his Bike Helmet on for protection I would hate to see him have an Accident and get seriously hurt. 🙃🙂
I'm sorry, but I saw Mr.Bald's video first. Now we know that Ben is not in an Asian gang. His leg gushing blood from the bike accident. I'm glad that you are tough! Thanks for the tour...
Me and my missus did the VIP bus ( should be sued under the trades description act!😂) to Ponsovan. It got stuck in mud for hours in the mountains. Thought the driver was going to wheel spin us off the cliff edge. All in all took about 17 hours and arrived in the Pitch black town with no accommodation booked. Thankfully found one light on in a window which turned out to be a guesthouse…result👍🏻 All worth it to visit the “Mysterious Plain of Jars”. Great times
The bridge repair reminds when we watched the locals filling potholes with a dozen bricks smashed them up and then buggered off…job done…loved Lao but the food was shocking but that was in 06.
I just heard your statement about 90% unexploded...ect @12:56. I think what you meant to say was 90% of the unexploded ordinance hasn't been found? I find it hard to believe that 90% of what was dropped didn't explode, if not that's a pretty high failure rate even for us. 😉😛 You didn't finish telling us the amount you paid him...for those wondering it was 500,000 Kip which is about $28 US.
I don’t know if u visited phonsavan because my recomendation on the last video, but i am glad u went! Laos is awesome! And glad u ok, but hopefully u learned ur lesson of why u should not be riding a motorcycle with a camara on ur hand!!
I've read horror stories of people in the rural areas of such countries having accidents and breaking their legs. It's uh kinda like the scene in The Will Be Blood where he drags himself into town from the desert. Stay safe out there.
9 pounds sterling is 257840.56 Laotian kip. I Pound sterling is 28,648.95 Laotian When negotiating price on the room, she said "24"......so that would be .84 pounds. Much, MUCH less than you said. I must have missed something.
Dont think pus is coming out of your leg within a couple of hours of injury; bit of cellular fluid mixed in with blood but you get pus from an infection which takes a lot longer to kick in mate but whatever sounds more dramatic eh 😂
🌴🌴🌴 I’m so glad that KAT didn’t go with you and hope that she is enjoying her time by the pool 🏊♀️. Thank you Ben for taking me to so many weird places in this world 🌎. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
I did a weeks biking tour from luang prabang earlier this year and their roads r shocking. Ive biked a lot in south east asia and they're easily the worst. Apart from the roads it was pretty good though and amazing scenery.
You could say the roads are laosy
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@@danbirch7034 gold
They are reminding East Asians of their tragic past ?
Oh come now, Ben would have crashed anyway.
Hiyooooooooooo!
Bald laughing at Ben turning in the damaged bike had me in tears. 😂
1) Ben always gets hurt on scooters 2) It’s Bald’s job to ridicule Ben.
Haha, I love it! Bald just being Bald 😂
ATTENTION VIEWERS: It is VERY difficult for these guys to convey on video just how horrific some of these bus and train rides are. I know they try to tell us, but the reality of it just doesn't translate as well to what they themselves are enduring on a TEN HOUR trip in a tiny bus like this. The actual experience is FAR worse and far more difficult for them to endure than what you and I perceive watching from afar.
You are bang on
I am still watching the video.
I had a really bad accident. Finished with some broken bones in November last year, basically on those roads!
Dont leave your house then m8.
I’d rather the the same amount of time in jail.
I was once in Mozambique on back road going to Malawi, the trip was suppose to take 1 hour took 6 and when we got to the border… the border was closed. We had to sleep in rundown whore house between Mozambique and Malawi!!!! Oh the joy s of traveling!
Bald rockin a white RP long sleeve shirt is a sight to behold.
Ralph Lipschitz shirt you mean. He just discovered hes a joo like John Kerry (after he convinced Mass. he was Irish)
beside the logo is a deer or some other sort . 15:08
It's usually Ralph Lifschitz trust me.
Ben sounds like you're saying Bok Choy when you thank them!luv it!!!
I've seen a lot of vloggers on RUclips but Ben and Bald are the best I've seen. Just love their content. A pair of funny guys.
Thank you Rabbi Schmekelstein!
together they're a blast 😝😂😂😂👌🏽✨✨✨🌟🌟🌟🌟
Yes, especially when they travel together. They have good chemistry ⚛️.
@@a.j.infowars7582 I knew Alex Jewnes would agree.
Love the honesty of bike rental guy
For the love of God buy Bald a new shirt because that polo shirt has seen better days. The smell alone must be fantastic 🥴🥴
😂😂😂
It's his trademark shirt, probably got a dozen of identical ones
@@Mikke-G riiiiiiight.... 🥴
@@Mikke-GWe'll have to start calling him homer simpson
Bald wears the same Ralph Lauren button down as Kurt Caz wears the same Tommy Hilfiger button down
Wasn't expecting to be early in the comments as i open youtube now ill watch the video. Your videos with kat and bald is always good.
I’ve just got out of the shower after watching the Indian video from 3 weeks ago
das crazy
You guys think you own the world , what type of shitty video is this ? reminding east Asia of their horrible past ?
Had an 11 hour minibus from Laos to Vietnam at the start of the year. I told myself never again. They are brutal. Glad you didn't put Catarina through it after that train journey! She deserves that 5 star break after all you put her through 🤣
Hi Ben, always love watching your videos :)
I crashed a scooter in Thailand in December and tore 3 ligaments in my knee and had to get surgery. You got off good Backpacker Ben.
Was the crash your fault?
They really need to start renting quads instead.
@@Surv1ve_Thrive Totally my fault.
@@MickeyMishraQuads are insanely dangerous. If it flips on top of you, you can end up paralysed or dead. Happens all the time. I’d much rather hazard a normal scrambler or just a scooter
@@TanksYouVeryMuchpissed up?
I wonder if bald has a different shirt? Does he constantly wash the one? Does he have multiple of the same shirt? Mystery indeed.
Quite surprised you and Bald haven't attempted North Korea, since it is actually accessible
I think Bald went there once.
It's basically a guided tour if you go to North Korea? Not much new to show what people hasn't seen.
@@jopetti You can go some places without a guide. I want to see the real NK as I truly do not believe it's as bad as the media portrays. Granted it's probably awful
@@HaydnG266 U cant move freely there without your tourguides as a western tourist. I think chinese russian and indonesian can move more freely as far as I know. But in 2024 its even worse for brits like them. I wouldnt go there now with british passports even if they got a visa. Its already been seen by many vloggers. Nothing new. But hell yea I would love to see too but not possible.
@@HaydnG266 Its not real you will never meet a real North Korean citizen just fake ones and visit fake citys and beaches just for tourist.
You also not a loud travel alone!
I know that these journeys are hell on earth but it's great content! Great video, as always.
You HAVE to do one of the cruises there, 3 day ones through the most beautiful scenery you’ll probably ever see in your life. Smallish boats but pure luxury and not even expensive. You get to visit loads of different villages and stuff on route and it’ll be romantic for you and bald!
Nice to see honesty rewarded
Ben is always doing the right thing 💵💵
I have done the bus ride from Vientiane to Sam Neua many times. It is hell. I nearly died many times. 24 hours of hell. Now i am older, and have more resources, I would never do it again. And it is LAO.. not Laos. The S is not pronounced
@@liamburns8554 Ok good to know LAO not Laos. 👍 😀
@liam
I was not aware of that (silent "S"). Thanks!
Ben & Bald combination is always fantastic 😄
Love the energy in this video! Can’t wait for the next one
Great, always love to see you guys together.😊
Love the content. The most real and different content on the platform ❤️
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Lovely people. Very honest. Great to see👍
A word of caution - just don't be tapping those bombs. Many people in Laos have lost limbs over the past decades from the leftover bombs. And that's serious.
That Ralph Lauren shirt with white Crocs is quite the look isn't it !! 😊
Really interesting! thx for making this video and showing us Laos and the facts! sorry about your leg. hope ur okay
I just know Ben was loving it on that minibus journey listening to those bangers 😂
Lol. Bald staring thru the window at the end. Looking like Michael Myers
How does Bald walk around in that heavy, long-sleeved shirt in SE Asia… I live in Philippines and just couldn’t even imagine that… Good on him.
I had 7 hour trip on a local bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu, stuffed to the brim with people, some two to a seat, a dozen or more standing.
I could smell the brakes burning as wer were speeding down the narrow mountain road, and i legitimately thought i might die. Some of the locals were yelling at the driver too.
That was a nightmare but i survived
You shouldn't have visited those places in the first place.
@@theseeker7938 some random pixels on the internet dont get to decide what I should or shouldn't do 🫠
@@theseeker7938 some random pixels dont get to decide what I should or shouldn't do 🫠
@justinpyle3415 would you recommended go there?
@@patrick1992 yes. The himalayas are incredible
These guys remind me of Bert and Ernie from sesame street.
Bang on 🤣
Shout out from Essex Ben we love your videos ❤
Ben a meteor is small, rocky object that burns up in the atmosphere. A meteorite is the same thing but survives the trip through the atmosphere and creates an impact crator depending on the size of the object
Ben,
Please stop over-paying locals. It's that type of behavior that encourages them to view foreigners as suckers who deserve to be scammed. I have had older Thais tell me that's what ruined tourism in Thailand.
Brave Ben bring us awesome content. Thanks!
I’m amazed how some of that scenery loooks a bit like the UK
Agreed! For a minute I thought I was back in Luton or Grimsby
Do you really mean our roads?😂
@@davethatcher4954 nah mate, the bit with the pots at the end. The scenery looked a bit like the south downs.
That's exactly how I felt in E-san in Thailand. Could have been in the Lancashire countryside.
I thought so too!
I don't blame Bald for not eating that rice thing.
It's sticky rice usually sweetened with coconut milk steamed or cooked over BBq,unreal 😍
Just some toddlers playing on jagged metal bomb casings.
I did the slow boat down the Mekong from Thailand down to Luang Prabang a few years ago. Gorgeous city.
Rock on Ben! From Ashland Oregon Usa
Loved this video Ben , brilliant , Adz Plymouth
Doesn't seem to have changed much - I did the bus trip to Phonsavan about 20 years - was an amazing ride with the bus climbing higher and higher and ending up above the clouds at one point. The only iffy things I remember were the conductor carrying a very old gun due to bandit attacks, the bloke in front who seemed to be marinating something foul in a bucket that was slopping out at regular intervals onto the floor and the within about half an hour someone had projectile vomited into the aisle - that aside it was a great journey.
Something really sad seeing the kids playing on the bombs
Great video.A bit over 20 years ago I rented a bike to go from Vientiane to luang prabang. Took a side trip to Pansvan to see the Jars. I recall someone saying that at that time they actually "mined" the casings and skins from downed planes to use as construction materials. Amazing people and lovely country.
Hopefully Ben is holding up well after that injury. Get well soon.
Great video Simon Wilson 😉
I don’t get it
solid guy, didn't try to scam you
I am a lousy passenger and basically hate being driven by anyone, so I couldn't hack travelling the way you guys do. In many countries bus and taxi drivers drive too fast and this stresses me out more than I can tell you. I actually tell taxi drivers that I have a heart condition and I will give them a big tip if they drive slowly!
“Your balls rubbing against my back”😂💀
Jokes aside the town after the long ride seems like a developing town, the hospital building looked brand spanking new and as for the road, I see a 4x4 adventure drive. Awesome content with Bald😎🥂
Thanks Ben great video. I will never go there after watching this. 😮 Stay safe.
Well Done! Mate ! 👍 Jim and Harriet
The Daily Bald sent me here. Great video!
Great to see you both again trekking through Asia. Are you both heading to Korea?
Thanks Ben glad your ok kind people bad roads beautiful country sad past subscriber Australia 🇦🇺 ❤❤
Atleast the music is sweet in this bus! Bald cracking up while the driver is driving insane and Ben just freaking out
🙂💙👍Thank You Ben And Mr Bald looks like Katrina is Enjoying her self more than you Guys. 50 hours on a bus would be Brutal Wow. I hope it was not to crowded and had AC and a toilet.🙂💙👍Pease encourage Mr Bald to wear and fasten his Bike Helmet on for protection I would hate to see him have an Accident and get seriously hurt. 🙃🙂
Great EDM soundtrack to welcome in your impending bus plunge.
Health and safety not a chance anyway 😂
How awful for that country back then I never heard of this before we never get the true stories peace not war
Love the happy hardcore music the van driver was rocking. I wonder if he ever heard of Anabolic Frolic
@5:52 WOW that's a beautiful view 😊💜
hope the leg is better, mad video as usual, take care
I can't watch your video until Sat. Will you still have it up?
I'm sorry, but I saw Mr.Bald's video first. Now we know that Ben is not in an Asian gang. His leg gushing blood from the bike accident. I'm glad that you are tough! Thanks for the tour...
Those sticky rice in bamboo things are really nice
So good
Very interesting, those jars are very mysterous.
Me and my missus did the VIP bus ( should be sued under the trades description act!😂) to Ponsovan.
It got stuck in mud for hours in the mountains.
Thought the driver was going to wheel spin us off the cliff edge.
All in all took about 17 hours and arrived in the Pitch black town with no accommodation booked.
Thankfully found one light on in a window which turned out to be a guesthouse…result👍🏻
All worth it to visit the “Mysterious Plain of Jars”.
Great times
That bus ride looks like the break in torture you get when you first arrive at guantanamo bay
17:00 I was expecting Bald to say Jurassic Park 😂
I did 76 hours from Miami to San Diego in 2009, on a Greyhound😂
no pum pum as "pum pum" that killed me 😂😂
bald saw a white ting and got to work
they got london landline 020 over there check the sign next to the first bombs lol
The bridge repair reminds when we watched the locals filling potholes with a dozen bricks smashed them up and then buggered off…job done…loved Lao but the food was shocking but that was in 06.
Nice one 👍Thanks for sharing and take care guys 😆🤣
Them minibuses are always in the news for driving off cliffs
When you decide to tour Laos, welcome to adventure !. Coz without adventure, life is not cool.
No I wasn't thinking where Katarina, I was wondering where are Bolds videos? Is he making far too much RUclips income and can't be arsed lol
name a more iconic due than the Bens! AKA Bald and Ben!
Backpacker Ben aka George Orwell 😂
I found it brilliant how after all this time it still takes Bald 10 takes to get his words out 😂😂 Careful on the bikes Ben!
You guys crack me up.
I just heard your statement about 90% unexploded...ect @12:56. I think what you meant to say was 90% of the unexploded ordinance hasn't been found? I find it hard to believe that 90% of what was dropped didn't explode, if not that's a pretty high failure rate even for us. 😉😛 You didn't finish telling us the amount you paid him...for those wondering it was 500,000 Kip which is about $28 US.
Thanks for sharing always
I don’t know if u visited phonsavan because my recomendation on the last video, but i am glad u went! Laos is awesome! And glad u ok, but hopefully u learned ur lesson of why u should not be riding a motorcycle with a camara on ur hand!!
Another classic.maybe ben you can start up a new channel called Ben's balls on bald n bankrupts back on the moped again 😂
Ben saying “they’re fixing the bridge” and cuts to the Bulldozer repeatedly smashing the bridge lol
Good thing you didn't have a major accident, and being a sport about paying the man for damages. Keep on truckin' !
I've read horror stories of people in the rural areas of such countries having accidents and breaking their legs.
It's uh kinda like the scene in The Will Be Blood where he drags himself into town from the desert.
Stay safe out there.
Amazing where you take us🙈 omg take care its horror movie! Good tho👍
9 pounds sterling is 257840.56 Laotian kip.
I Pound sterling is 28,648.95 Laotian
When negotiating price on the room, she said "24"......so that would be .84 pounds. Much, MUCH less than you said. I must have missed something.
Has the Kiwi got a RUclips channel?
Cheers Ben .
Dont think pus is coming out of your leg within a couple of hours of injury; bit of cellular fluid mixed in with blood but you get pus from an infection which takes a lot longer to kick in mate but whatever sounds more dramatic eh 😂
That bridge was being fixed and looked exactly like that 10 years ago when I was there.
🌴🌴🌴 I’m so glad that KAT didn’t go with you and hope that she is enjoying her time by the pool 🏊♀️.
Thank you Ben for taking me to so many weird places in this world 🌎.
Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
as someone from very rural america, huge fan of the rooster guy
I did a weeks biking tour from luang prabang earlier this year and their roads r shocking. Ive biked a lot in south east asia and they're easily the worst. Apart from the roads it was pretty good though and amazing scenery.
Ben asking the driver to blast the music while the guy behind him is trying to sleep 😂
Wow You n Bald are brave 😮
The “bombs” in bomb village are jettisoned fuel tanks
22:37 too funny man! 😆 😄