The three were staying at the Miracle Colombo City Hostel in Colombo (Picture: Google Maps) A British woman ... in the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng.

READ MORE: Exact date weather maps forecast nine-inch snowstorm to ... "Our group stayed in Vang Vieng and we drank free shots offered by one of the bars. "Just avoid them as so not worth it.

The 19-year-old friends from Melbourne were on the trip of a lifetime in the tourist town of Vang Vieng in November last year when they fell ill. The pair, alongside four other tourists staying at ...

The case came after six tourists died of suspected methanol poisoning after a night out in the Laos backpacker hotspot of Vang Vieng.

Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles both died after they fell ill consuming drinks laced with methanol in Vang Vieng in November. The two 19-year-olds from Melbourne were travelling through ...

The two women stayed at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng on November 12, where they and dozens of other tourists enjoyed free whisky and vodka shots. However, the drinks are suspected ...

The pair were served the free drinks with pals at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in traveller hotspot Vang Vieng. They each drank six shots - with Bethany saying she watched the bartender pour the ...

VANG VIENG, Laos--A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in ...

Simone White, 28, was one of a number of people taken to hospital in the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng after allegedly being served drinks laced with methanol. Her mother Sue switched off ...

Just like ethanol in alcohol, methanol is a colourless liquid that smell similar to booze but it is far cheaper to produce.