A search party finds the French tourists lost on Nai Thon mountain in Phuket about 12.30am on Monday. (Photo: police)
PHUKET: Searchers found two French tourists who phoned for help late Sunday night after becoming lost while walking on a forested mountain on this southern island province.
The tourists called for help about 10pm on Sunday, saying they were lost in a forest on Nai Thon mountain in tambon Sakhu of Thalang district. A team was formed comprising local officials, police, rangers and villagers and began their search right away.
A two-hour walk and nearly three kilometres away, about 12.30am, they found a Frenchman identified only as Victor and his girlfriend waiting in the dark on the mountain. They were well, apart…
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