All those who have eaten a RAT. Well?  :D :D :D

a lot of people in Laos eat rats and other animals you know. Just go to any morning market and you'll see bats, rats, badgers, porcupines for sale. (raises hand, it was delicious btw..)

Something else I meant to ask is that you do cook these critters first before eating them. And it seems bats and rats and cats,pretty well anything that hops,skips or jumps is on the menu. Interesting.

The Rat is not the rat we find in city, here we call it Bamboo Rat. Domestically raised, one kilo costs 16 USD, wild one, one kilo costs 30 USD. It is nice.

grant wrote on 7^th Feb, 2014 at 8:31am:

Something else I meant to ask is that you do cook these critters first before eating them. And it seems bats and rats and cats,pretty well anything that hops,skips or jumps is on the menu. Interesting.

What the hell kinda question is that ? Of course we cook rat and other critters.We are not like Japanese people .They love raw stuff.

Lol, except goy dib that is.

Buk Nut wrote on 8^th Feb, 2014 at 9:27am:

Lol, except goy dib that is.

;D  true and duck pizza

Is there a Bamboo Rat pizza on the menu anywhere? Might give that a try if there is. :) :) :)

Also just read that the Bamboo Rats are raised domestically so are they something like Guinea Pigs? :)

http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae224/marlar78/index_zps2b6675b6.jpg

Bamboo Rats are a popular delicacy in some parts of Laos and are eaten in a variety of dishes, but the biggest ones can also be skinned and turned into fur coats. :D :D :D

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holy crap ,that sucker looks mean

Yeah think that one may have got into the steroids.  :)

I saw a utube video of some hmong in the mountain of Laos.
They were hunting and gathering food .Man it seems like they were killing everything to cook.Which is cool and all.But
does Laos have season for certain animal or games ? Just curious .Do they have like park and wildlife agency ?

Maybe it is open season on the wildlife all year round that it is causing a problem in countries like Laos where a lot of animals are on the endangered species list.

That's probably why .No limit

Perhaps it is economics, a means to survival.

grant wrote on 16^th Mar, 2014 at 3:16pm:

Perhaps it is economics, a means to survival.

True , prob hunt and to sell .Maybe trade for certain good,like rice and stuff. This is why i find it very sad for
majority of poor people over there.They just want a chance
whether education or a career . The people that's running the country now is not doing a very good job.I spoken to
many people about returning and opening up small business,
But none wanna take the risk.The problem they have is the
corrupt commies.I understand there's corruption everywhere.
But there's no check and balance put in place.

It is a pity that you can't set up a small business as they are the backbone of any  country particularly one in need. Small grows into large with the right management and a little incentive from the government.

Just another question ..why do a lot of people think the Lao government is corrupt?

Welcome to China, feel it and welcome to Laos, touch it! ;D :applause


grant wrote on 8^th May, 2014 at 5:53am:

Just another question ..why do a lot of people think the Lao government is corrupt?

grant wrote on 8^th May, 2014 at 5:53am:

Just another question ..why do a lot of people think the Lao government is corrupt?

Comeon really ? Last time i read somewhere .They were
borrowing money from the IMF.But it was diffucult cause
they would get the money and nothing was being done.
Shotty work or somehow money just disappear (more like into an account in Swizterland somewhere) Do you realize
that Japan help extending the airport in Vietiane ? When
you have no check and balance system in place.The one
in charge with power is corrupt. You didn't think they will
help their own people out of kindness ?  ;D

This is very unfortunate but this is a typical and universal third and second world situation.  Africa is worse.  Corruption in second and third world nations does not improve the nation's instability issue.    

Laos does try to protect some forests and animals but they don't have the budget to pay rangers much money and so people continue to cut down the forests and kill the animals.

I still prefer that to the city people's diet of only beef, pork and fish.

From my experiences, I personally think any actions taken by Gov to protect forests or animals or environment are talk shows if the property is not private. Cronnies profite on people's good intention.


:thinking

Buk Nut wrote on 19^th Jun, 2014 at 2:33am:

Laos does try to protect some forests and animals but they don't have the budget to pay rangers much money and so people continue to cut down the forests and kill the animals. I still prefer that to the city people's diet of only beef, pork and fish.

I once knew someone in Laos who was a forest ranger. I also knew someone that said free land in Laos is still plenty and you can just ask for a plot for free. Not sure how true that is, but it's disgusting how they can destroy nature like that. Look at other countries like Brazil, Costa Rica and even the United States that have preserved forests. I live in the United States and there are many natural parks here that are protected. Same thing with Canada. This is different from Thailand where you will rarely see a grove of trees anywhere you go. I ask the Thais about this and they just get all flustered and then say that it is necessary for development, and then when I say no it's not they are just fueled by greed and Thai people are sick in the head, they tell me to go live in Burma or something.

Thais should just burn in hell.