In Asia - Episode 3 - LAOS

This is the third out of five Episodes about a trip to SouthEast Asia in Fall 2010. Stefan, Clemens and I were travelling in a Landrover through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for 2 months
Watch the Trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKGT_WQ7iM8
Watch Episode 1 - MALAYSIA here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFwmMFq_xlc
Watch Episode 2 - THAILAND here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPl2TICNWA8

Filmed by Vincent Urban & Clemens Krüger
Shot with
Canon 7D
EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8
EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Tamron SP AF 11-18mm f4.5-5.6

Edited by Vincent Urban

Episode 3 Info:

0:14 - Native village
This actually happend in South Laos. We were looking for a place to sleep at the Mekong shore and we found a beautiful spot in a small village. However, it looked like we were in the backyard of someone's house so we tried to ask the people in the village if it was okay for us to stay. We were lucky and met an old woman that spoke a little bit of French. She asked the villages chief for permission and then she invited us to have dinner at their house, with a lot of other people from the village. The food was pretty disgusting, but the experience was great.

0:55 - Luang Prabang
This city is probably one of the most beautiful places on earth. Period.

01:41 - Phonsavan
As we reached the highlands in the Phonsavan region we noticed a drastic change in landscape. It suddenly felt more like Tuscany than any place in Asia. We visited the famous Plain Of Jars there, however, the amazing landscape is the reason you should go!

2:58 - Vang Vieng
This place is heaven and hell at the same time. Located in a breathtaking mountain scenery, it's one of the most beautiful places we visited on our trip. But it's also heavily crowded with young tourists because of this "tubing" thing. Which is basically drinking as much as you can while spending some time on a tube from time to time. Probably a once in a lifetime thing, but we had tons of fun. Guilty pleasures.

3:45 - Vientiane
Laos' capitol is rather a village than a bustling city. We only spent some time there, biking around and going in random small bars.

4:14 - Don Khong
This is the main island of Si Phan Don, the 4000 islands. The only one we could access by car. It was rather quiet there, however we joined some kids playing football on grass which was covered with cow shit. We didn't have a shower, so jumping into the Mekong river was only hope to get somewhat clean.

4:30 - Khone Phapheng
This is the biggest waterfall in SE Asia. Water-volume-wise. Clemens and Stefan climbed some wires over the river arms which were made for the local fishers and were only attached by one nail to a tree. Looking back, that was probably a bad idea.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• laos
• southeast asia
• don khong
• Luang Prabang
• phonsavan
• vang vieng
• tubing
• mekong
• vientiane
• landrover
• defender
• canon 7d
• isenseven
• waterfall

[sidecartUK]

so how do you get a job like this?

[isensevenMOVIES]

@sidecartUK that, unfortunately (or luckily?), is not a job. it's only a private free-time project. call it a holiday video.

[TheMegaCurl]

use TOR to watch it in your country :)

[hermies2]

Nicely done video , inspires me to follow your footsteps !!!  btw what songs are playing in the background ? nice music !

[Jaiho2012]

well done dudes!

[doze7]

I've always dreamed about doing a video similar like this! Traveling deep with in a country and taking video of all the people, landscape and the activities I would do with my friends. But unfortunatly, my friends dispise Asia... Anyway, excellent video! I loved it !

[perfumeyou]

Excellent ! the video is so lovely :) I love it..

Where is the next destination ? :) If going to Laos again please visit me for lunch at my house !

you are always Welcome!

[essendilen]

Good shoot and realy nice atmosphère Jimmy Laos

[Leephongsavanh]

Very nice

[pighead001]

That tent nice!!!! How can get it?

[keeponclimbing]

where can get a tent like that, I like it.

[CamelNr7]

Hey das video is mal wieder genial ich freu mich immer wieder auf die neuen uploads :D

hoffe es werden noch ne menge videos von der art folgen

nur eine frage: wieviele leute wart ihr da auf der reise?