Intrepid Journeys - Laos (Ruben Wiki)

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2009

If I have to eat bat, squirrel, monkey...so be it.
– Presenter Ruben Wiki readies himself for the fortnight ahead

These guys seem pretty casual about the explosives that are all around us, so we're having a bit of a kai before we find the bombs. I'm just hoping this won't be my last supper...
– Presenter Ruben Wiki is amazed at the nonchalance of UXO Lao bomb finders

I've never been inside a 1000-year-old temple before. In fact, it's been awhile since I've been inside a religious building at all. I still believe, [I] just don't go to the churches, but this kinda opens up a whole new meaning.
– Presenter Ruben Wiki prays at Vat Phou temple

Over two million tonnes of bombs dropped on Laos, by America, during the time of the Vietnam War. That's more bombs than were dropped on Europe in the whole of World War II.
– Presenter Ruben Wiki

Believe it or not, here, the beer is cheaper than water!
– Presenter Ruben Wiki familiarises himself with Laos prices

These jars are the Stonehenge of Laos — they're very mysterious. They're thought to be over 2000 years old, and no one knows what they were used for.
– Presenter Ruben Wiki at Plain of Jars, a megalithic archaeological landscape