News Forum - French tourist rescued after getting lost in Koh Pha Ngan forest

[Thaiger]

A young French tourist was rescued on Saturday after he got lost in a forest on Thailand’s island of Koh Pha Ngan. Police and officials found the man, 26 year old Marouan Rouatbi, after almost an hour of searching through the hilly forest when it was dark, in the main Koh Pha Ngan district. The group trekked through about three kilometres of the rough terrain of the forest and tracked Marouan down using WhatsApp. Marouan had some scratches and was dehydrated. The rescuers bandaged his scratches and gave him water to drink. He appeared to be OK otherwise. The rescue […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Tourists seems to get lost in the forests here on a daily basis ,  maybe they should start handing out (or better sell) Bear Grylls survival kits at the entrances.

[Noble_Design]

1 hour ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Tourists seems to get lost in the forests here on a daily basis ,  maybe they should start handing out (or better sell) Bear Grylls survival kits at the entrances.

I'm not sure if that's a good idea, Bear Grylls usually recommend to drink one's own urine in case of dehydration.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

18 minutes ago, Noble_Design said:

I'm not sure if that's a good idea, Bear Grylls usually recommend to drink one's own urine in case of dehydration.

Wouldn't work so well for tourists promotion

[Slacker77]

1 hour ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Tourists seems to get lost in the forests here on a daily basis ,  maybe they should start handing out (or better sell) Bear Grylls survival kits at the entrances.

Yea it looks strange how often it's happen there , maybe it's  something they smoke there on the island 

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

4 minutes ago, Slacker77 said:

Yea it looks strange how often it's happen there , maybe it's  something they smoke there on the island 

Perhaps they're in the forest to pick mushrooms