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  • Thailand NewsTrolley folly: Tipsy tourists’ wild hotel ride in Koh Phi Phi (video)

    Trolley folly: Tipsy tourists’ wild hotel ride in Koh Phi Phi (video)

    In the latest wild escapade from the sun-soaked shores of Thailand, two young female tourists were given a ride of shame as local police were forced to wheel them back to their hotel on a shop trolley. In a scene right out of a holiday nightmare, 19 year old Australian Tahli Benson and 23 year old German Sina Baumann found…

  • Thailand NewsLaos factory owner arrested in methanol poisoning tourist tragedy

    Laos factory owner arrested in methanol poisoning tourist tragedy

    In a chilling case that has sent shockwaves across the globe, police in Laos arrested the owner of a factory believed to be the source of a deadly methanol poisoning incident that tragically claimed the lives of six foreign tourists. The factory, situated on the outskirts of Vientiane, the capital city, is suspected of producing toxic batches of the local…

  • NewsLaos govt speaks on ‘mass methanol poisoning’ that left 6 dead

    Laos govt speaks on ‘mass methanol poisoning’ that left 6 dead

    The Laotian government announced deep sorrow over the tragic loss of six foreign lives to methanol poisoning in a popular backpackers’ bar in Vang Viang and vowed to conduct a thorough investigation to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the deadly incident. Two Australian teenagers, Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19 years old, succumbed to suspected methanol poisoning…

  • Thailand NewsAussie teen dies in Bangkok after Laos poisoning, 4 dead

    Aussie teen dies in Bangkok after Laos poisoning, 4 dead

    One of the Melbourne teenagers on an idyllic backpacking adventure in Asia has died in a Bangkok hospital from a suspected methanol poisoning incident in Laos. Bianca Jones, a 19 year old Australian tourist, became the latest person to die from a suspected methanol poisoning incident in Laos after drinking vodka shots. The Aussie teen’s death is the fourth in…