Vang Vieng has been a fixture on the Southeast Asia backpacker path since Laos’ secretive communist rulers opened the nation to tourism a long time in the past.
The city was as soon as infamous for backpackers behaving badly at jungle events and has since rebranded as an eco-tourism vacation spot.
On their journey recommendation web sites for Laos, UK, Australia and New Zealand authorities warn their residents to watch out for methanol poisoning whereas consuming alcohol within the nation.
Methanol might be added to liquor to extend its efficiency, however may cause blindness, liver harm and loss of life.
In neighbouring Thailand, at the very least six folks died and greater than 20 had been hospitalised after ingesting methanol-laced bootleg alcohol in August.
BACKPACKER HOSTEL
Bowles and Jones, each aged 19 from Melbourne, turned unwell whereas staying at Vang Vieng’s Nana Backpackers Hostel final week, Australian media reported.
The ladies drank on the hostel’s bar earlier than they went out for the night, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
They failed to take a look at on Nov 13, when hostel employees rushed the pair to the hospital.
The Fb and Instagram pages of the hostel had been deactivated as of Thursday and it was not taking bookings on web sites.
AFP was unable to succeed in the hostel for remark.
