Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...

A British backpacker who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos – which claimed the lives of two Australian ...

A BRITISH backpacker who went blind after drinking methanol-laced shots in Laos described seeing a “kaleidoscopic light” before his vision went black. Calum Macdonald, 23, was among a ...

Calum Macdonald, 23, saw a 'kaleidoscopic, blinding light' in his eyes before losing his sight after a methanol poisoning in ...

Six tourists who were staying at a youth hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos, died of methanol poisoning in November 2024. The ...

A British backpacker was blinded in Laos after drinking methanol-laced spirits, part of a poisoning outbreak that killed six tourists.

A British man lost his sight, and six tourists died after drinking methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos.

On Friday, the U.S. State Department said it was aware of "a number of cases of suspected methanol poisoning" in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination in Laos, specifically for backpackers.

The suspected mass poisoning of six tourists in Laos last week has sent shockwaves through the backpacker scene, and highlighted Southeast Asia's problem with tainted alcohol. A Briton, two ...

A 28-year-old British woman, Simone White, also died from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, the British Foreign Office said.

A British backpacker left blind after drinking tainted alcohol which killed six fellow tourists in Laos has spoken out about ...

Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who fell victim to methanol poisoning in the popular tourist destination of ...