Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
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Sexing Laotians is illegal (though rarely enforced)
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This alone sways me to thailand haha.
seriously though, has it ever been a problem? kind of negates the whole "falang loving women" thing.
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From what I understand, this mainly happens in two situations. The first is if you're living with your Lao gf/bf/fiance in a more rural area and local officials find out about it, they may view it as a chance to make some easy money. In the second case, if you're dating a girl from a poor family, you're expected to help them out financially. This is just their culture, it's not a "let's extract money from wealthy foreigners" scheme. It would be the same if they were dating a well-off Lao guy. If you don't do this, the family might decide to make trouble for you by alerting local authorities.
If this were common, there would be all kinds of warnings and stories about this at the many Thai expat sites. At the very worst, you have to pay a $500 fine. Plus it makes sex more exciting.
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