Phuket:- A Turkish couple were rescued from Khao Phra Thaew Wildlife Sanctuary late Saturday night about five hours after they called a tourist emergency number to inform that they got lost in the forest.

Pinar Bulent, 34, her husband, Burak Bulent, 36, were found dehydrated at a big tree in the wildlife sanctuary that has been marked EOS11 by park officials as they have called to inform the officials.

The couple used their mobile phone to call the 1155 emergency number of Phuket tourist police at 7 pm, saying they got lost in the forest. They said they would wait for rescuers at the tree with EOS11 sign.

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The tourist police in turn alerted the wildlife sanctuary office, which sent out two teams of rescuers to search for them.

The two left their rented motorcycle in front of the Khao Phra Thaew Wildlife Sanctuary office at 1 pm before walking into the forest.

At first the two rescue teams searched around the wildlife sanctuary office and did not find the couple. So, the rescuers had to walk deeper into the forest.

Byt 10:20 pm, a searching team spotted the couple tired and dehydrated near the tree with the EOS11 sign. They were given water and the rescue team escorted them down the mountain to the Bang Mae Pae Waterfall office at 00:30 am Sunday.

The rescue operation lasted about five hours.

Rescuers from the Kusoltham Phuket rushed the two to the Thalang district hospital for medical checkup.

The couple thanked their rescuers and gave them a wai after they got out of the forest.

So two rescue teams couldn't find the tree marked EOS11, beggars belief if park rangers were part of the rescue team

So two rescue teams couldn't find the tree marked EOS11, beggars belief if park rangers were part of the rescue team

Read the headline, then read the report, the couple were found and rescued from near the designated tree by the rescue teams.

Beggars belief that some posters continue to Thai-bash even when it shows them up as complete wastes-of-space.

No scarf and interested in nature and wildlife.....Why we in Western Europe can't get these kind of Turkish Immigrants?

Likely miscalculated the time needed to get back and found they were going to get caught in the dark. The fact that they were able to give a numbered tree doesn't mean they would be easier to find for there will be hundreds of marked trees and there are no road maps in forests, however a marked tree would be on a track.

Must have been scarey for them as they would know there were things like snakes and other things that can bite you in the forest. Good for anyone to know that they can call for help and it will come.

The search teams did the right thing starting close to home and working out.