A travel agent whose 28-year-old daughter died from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos is backing a petition for the dangers of methanol poisoning to be covered in the school curriculum – and ...

DOWNING shot after shot of vodka just hours after landing in New Zealand, backpacker Ashley King could feel herself becoming ...

Bethany Clarke’s dream backpacking trip turned into a nightmare when seemingly harmless free shots proved to be poison.

The father of Holly Bowles, a young woman who died by suspected poisoning in a Laotian backpacker hostel in November 2024, ...

However, a listing for Vang Vieng Central Backpacker Hostel - taking bookings from 23 August this year - has appeared on travel websites Tripadvisor and Agoda.

Further calls and messages, including those from BBC colleagues based in the region, were blocked. Frankie, 23, says it's "horrendous" to think the business could "carry on like normal". " [Vang Vieng ...

in the Southeast Asian country in November 2024 when they drank free vodka shots at the Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, per the BBC. After White's death on Nov. 21, Clarke is now keen to ...

The recent deaths only add to Vang Vieng's checkered past, after 27 tourists died from drowning while tubing in the Nam Song River in 2011. "It may have a short-term impact on the backpacker market.

For some, the case in Vang Vieng may be the first they have heard about methanol poisoning, although, sadly, is not an uncommon occurrence across Southeast Asia, with cases reported every year in ...

It's named after the breakfast typically served up to foreigners, and of all the stop-offs along the route, one of the most popular is the party town of Vang Vieng, in the heart of communist Laos.

Vang Vieng, once famous for its raucous parties, has weathered various scandals over the years. The town was in the past known for “tubing,” where backpackers float along the Nam Song river on the ...

British backpacker Tash Moore, 21, arrived in Laos just days after six people fell victim to a suspected mass methanol poisoning incident, but she says bar staff in Vang Vieng were still pouring ...