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07-16-2007, 09:50 AM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
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[ QUOTE ] Cons Limited freedoms and rights... [/ QUOTE ] Can you expand on this plz? [/ QUOTE ] There's no freedom of speech, a one-party system, corruption, etc. They're very laid-back about it, though, and you can generally do what you want other than demand your right to do what you want. If they wanted to, the cops could arrest you for some BS reason to extort money from you and it's not like there's an ACLU you can call. The only English-language newspaper is owned by the government and is frequently hilarious. Rice farming looks awesome! The Bangkok Post is available so it's not like North Korea or anything. Web censorship is about the same as Thailand. I tried to find some quotes from organizations like Freedom House, but the sites were all blocked. I don't know what it's like outside of Vientiane other than Luang Prabang has a midnight curfew. 
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07-16-2007, 08:58 PM
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Sexing Laotians is illegal (though rarely enforced) [/ QUOTE ] 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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07-16-2007, 11:44 PM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
A pinhole in the rainsuit could be lethal?
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07-17-2007, 02:33 AM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
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[ QUOTE ] Sexing Laotians is illegal (though rarely enforced) [/ QUOTE ] This alone sways me to thailand haha. seriously though, has it ever been a problem? kind of negates the whole "falang loving women" thing. [/ QUOTE ] 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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07-17-2007, 06:05 AM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
Ugh, every internet cafe is crammed with backpackers using all the bandwidth and it's impossible to play poker. Seriously, why are all these people coming to SE Asia and just sitting in front of a computer all day?
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08-08-2007, 01:14 PM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Cons Limited freedoms and rights... [/ QUOTE ] Can you expand on this plz? [/ QUOTE ] There's no freedom of speech, a one-party system, corruption, etc. They're very laid-back about it, though, and you can generally do what you want other than demand your right to do what you want. If they wanted to, the cops could arrest you for some BS reason to extort money from you and it's not like there's an ACLU you can call. The only English-language newspaper is owned by the government and is frequently hilarious. Rice farming looks awesome! The Bangkok Post is available so it's not like North Korea or anything. Web censorship is about the same as Thailand. I tried to find some quotes from organizations like Freedom House, but the sites were all blocked. I don't know what it's like outside of Vientiane other than Luang Prabang has a midnight curfew. [/ QUOTE ] Luang Prabang has a midnight curfew? Weird... I don't remember that at all... I loved Vientiene and wished I could have stayed longer. Nothing like a Beer Laos (dark) and a crunchy bagette to start the day.
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08-13-2007, 05:00 PM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
So did you move over with friends? Or have you since made friends with people you've met whilst being there? How easy is it to get to know people and settle in mantaining a reasonable social life?
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08-07-2007, 08:49 AM
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Re: Ask WhoIam anything about living in Vientiane, Laos
I stayed in Vientiane for a couple of nights. I found it a very boring city. for a couple days its ok but not for long time. Laos is a place for people whove seen it all and just want to stay at a quite place. I cant say too much about the girls because I stayed with my gitlfriend at Laos.
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