They are around 30-38 yrs old, they have family and friends there. Doing business and construction company. No point of staying in the states for some people, working for $11 a hour, but doing business and making good money in Laos. Cost of living is cheaper.


Beef Cake wrote on 6^th Mar, 2013 at 9:08pm:

Can make a lot if you do business in Laos. All depends. But people I know are doing very well in construction company, water bottle. Building house, road. They have money to buy new car and house cash. Not monthly payment like us in the US.

Beef Cake wrote on 7^th Mar, 2013 at 10:07pm:

Good to hear that they are doing well.

It still baffles me today why Lao people in general like to have gold products as a part of a higher status symbol.  Anyway nothing wrong with that.

Doing business in Laos especially in construction and road are major and big project, but here is what normally happens:....

1st contractor some upper level official
2nd contractor some relatives from the upper level official
3rd contractor some friends (upper class) from the relatives
4th contractor some friends from the upper class friends
5th contractor this some friends do it themselves for pass it to 6th contractor
6th contractor (final stage) some cheap and fast labour from neighborhood

So try to squeeze in between 3rd or 4th and this is big business. Cheers 

Agreed got to have connection. It's not what you know its who you know. Even in the USA


andyong wrote on 9^th Mar, 2013 at 10:06am:

They eat in Lao Plaza with JB whisky, we eat in khao piak stall with Lao lao..


peterpan wrote on 9^th Mar, 2013 at 10:22am: