Missing tourist found safe after week-long search
published : 12 Jul 2024 at 08:14
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A 27-year-old Thai tourist who went missing while visiting Phu Soi Dao National Park in Uttaradit was found safe after a seven-day search.
The park's restaurant owner said that Thanwarich Mateema had walked back by himself.
Park officials did not ask about the details since the tourist was very tired. He was given food and sent to a hospital for a check-up.
The tourist walked out of the forest along a natural path until he arrived at the Phu Soi Dao waterfall area, near the restaurant, said the national park chief.
Mr Thanwarich's family rushed to meet him.
The solo trekker, from Maha Sarakham, visited the park last Thursday. Park officials noticed that he had gone missing because he registered when entering the park but did not show up at the office at the end of the mountainous trail on the same day.
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Vocabulary
- chief: a person with a high rank or the highest rank in a company or an organisation - หัวหน้า, ผู้นำ
- missing (adj): lost; not able to find someone/something; not in the usual place because it has been removed or lost - ซึ่งหายไป
- mountainous: having a lot of mountains -
- path: a way or track for people to move or walk along - ทาง, ทางเดิน, เส้นทาง
- register: to put your name and other information on an official list in order to be allowed to do something, e.g., vote, study, stay in a hotel etc - ลงทะเบียน
- solo: done alone - กระทำเพียงคนเดียว, กระทำเพียงฝ่ายเดียว
- trail: a path through the countryside, often made or used for a particular purpose - ร่องรอย
- trek: to walk a long distance - เดินทางช้าๆ
