Audiobook Lost in Yaba: Down and Out in Laos by Walt Gleeson in the ListenBook app
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Book description
June 12, 2024
Just finished Lost in Yaba on audiobook, and wow. Walt Gleeson doesn't just tell you about Vientiane's sleepy streets-he makes you feel the sticky heat, the quiet desperation, and the slow, terrible pull of that first yaba pill. I'd heard Laos was peaceful, almost sleepy, but Gleeson strips that away. This isn't a travel guide; it's a raw, unflinching look at the city's hidden pulse.
Listening to his voice-steady, haunted, utterly real-made the story hit harder. You hear the exhaustion in his words when he describes waking up in Vang Vieng, not knowing where he was, or how he'd spent the night. He doesn't glorify the addiction; he shows its quiet, insidious way of stealing a man's sense of self. One minute he's laughing with expats over beer, the next he's trapped in a cycle he can't break. The book's genius? It never lets you forget: this happened here, in a place most tourists would call "charming."
What sticks with me most is how Gleeson reveals Laos not as a single story, but as a layered, complicated place. The city's calm surface hides a world of exploitation-Western men manipulated for money, women working in shadows, the sheer scale of the drug trade he stumbled into. He writes about Vientiane's empty streets at dawn, the way the sun hits the river, and then cuts to the grim reality of a back-alley deal. It's not about judgment; it's about showing what's really there, beyond the postcard.
The audiobook version? Perfect. His voice carries the weight of the truth without melodrama. You hear the regret, the confusion, the moments he almost saw his way out but didn't. There's no Hollywood redemption here-just a man facing the wreckage of his choices, and the quiet courage it takes to tell the story.
I kept thinking: Why isn't this story better known? We all want to believe the world is simpler, safer. Gleeson shatters that illusion with grace and honesty. If you're looking for a travel story that doesn't flinch, that makes you feel the grit beneath the surface, this is it. It's not easy to listen to, but it's absolutely necessary. Vientiane isn't just a city-it's a mirror, and Gleeson holds it up without apology. I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.
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