After backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill from suspected methanol poisoning, travellers tried to warn each other about the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng. At least five of the six people to have died from suspected methanol poisoning were staying there.
After backpackers in Laos began falling violently ill from suspected methanol poisoning , travellers tried desperately to warn each other about the hostel at the centre of the scandal.
In an interview with the ABC last week, owner Duong van Huan denied the poison drinks came from his bar and said he has been in business for almost 11 years, and it was the first time something like this had happened."I'm not doing anything wrong with all of the customer. Another wrote: "I stayed at this hostel for 5 days. Myself and friends were sick from consuming the free vodka here.
It's understood American man James Louis Hutson had been found dead on the floor of his hostel room on November 13, the same day two Danish women and Australian teenagers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were hospitalised. "We drank lots of shots. Everyone did. I guess we drank a lot that first night and then throughout the night there were some rumours that said some girls got spiked or something.He says there was a heavy police presence that day and officers appeared to be questioning hostel staff but a fellow traveller was brushed aside when they asked what it was about.
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