webfact Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Samui Rescue locate two tourists lost in the mountainsKOH SAMUI: -- At around 10pm on Saturday 11th Samui Rescue received a report from Hanzar Hotel in Bohput Fishermans village to report that that two of their guests were lost in the mountain area between Manam and Lamai.As soon as the calcame in all rescue teams plus other government forces such as the Royal Thai police and the Tourist police set out to search.At around 0000 hrs team managed to speak to the lost couple from the Ukraine. With help from the GPS from the tourists phone in a Ber low reception area the Samui rescue Wat plai Leam were about to pin point their location using google maps.At around 0100 am the team were only able to continue their search by 4×4 but spotted the couple stranded in a Toyota Vios in the middle of the mountains.When they reached the couple they told the team that they had been in the car for a very long time and had gone to eat at the Peak Eye View Restaurant before trying to navigate their way back through the mountains.The rescue teams brought the couple to a safe point in the road where they were greeted by about 30 concerned rescue workers, police and news teams. The couple where returned to their hotel by the police while their hire car was taken care of.-- Samui Times 2015-10-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sickpuppy Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Must be mentally challenged, how could anbody get lost on Ko samui, i resided there 21 years ago and walk 90% of mountains A pushbiked , this could go in the running for the darwin awards, amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Next time they have to be rescued from a Tesco supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Let's remember there was a lot of fog/ haze around on Saturday.... so that could a have been a contributing factor to finding the right road down especially in the dark... very few roads up there are marked with signs.... and some areas are very rough going even in daylight... If I remember the Peak Eye Restaurant is up from the Lipa Noi area, ( past the Army barracks) so could have been a case of the turning the wrong way out of the restaurant ... rather going straight down to the ring road...that can be very difficult even in good day light conditions... Kudos to the volunteer rescue teams who do all this kind of work! Some times they have to deal with far worse outcomes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Must be mentally challenged, how could anbody get lost on Ko samui, i resided there 21 years ago and walk 90% of mountains A pushbiked , this could go in the running for the darwin awards, amazing I for one would be happy to 'get lost' with her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petchabun Man Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Agree . Wonder how long they would last in Alaska. What bar does she work in ? Pants any shorter she may as well be naked. Hope she avoids any temples. Must be mentally challenged, how could anbody get lost on Ko samui, i resided there 21 years ago and walk 90% of mountains A pushbiked , this could go in the running for the darwin awards, amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 They must have been godsmacked to realize they were on an island in SEA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petchabun Man Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Typical lost foreigners in Thailand. Curious how much they get ripped off daily on Samui. They must have been godsmacked to realize they were on an island in SEA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Must be mentally challenged, how could anbody get lost on Ko samui, i resided there 21 years ago and walk 90% of mountains A pushbiked , this could go in the running for the darwin awards, amazing I think we can see who is mentally challenged. Stranded in a broken down vehicle in a very remote area, very dark and no phone. Decision, decision - stay with the vehicle or try and walk. Obviously you think that they made the wrong one. On Sunday morning the rental company were quite upset that they had "lost" the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Wow I am back in the USSR. If she need instructions on how the GPS in her phone works, I can help her with that. I have a spare room at the house too. Her boyfriend can drive back to Kiev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Am I seeing things or does that lovely young lady have a 6-pack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignose Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Tremendous job by the entire search team and especially Samui Rescue, am I right in assuming they are volunteers? If so it makes their action especially commendable. While I am no expert on the terrain around here I too think it understandable that they could get lost, if you are totally unfamilliar with a location just about anything is possible. While it is not a legal requirement I hope a decent donation was made to the volunteer organizations involved, as we can see they do a good job and can struggle for funds, I hope their efforts were recognized... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Must be mentally challenged, how could anbody get lost on Ko samui, i resided there 21 years ago and walk 90% of mountains A pushbiked , this could go in the running for the darwin awards, amazing I for one would be happy to 'get lost' with her Yeah... and anyone who could get lost on Koh Samui could probably be talked into getting naked in a sleeping bag and sharing body heat to stave off hypothermia (after you send the boyfriend for help). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordaci Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Damn, she is fit, happy she got rescued Wouldnt mind boyfriend spending few more days in the wilderness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Super job by the rescue worket. No comments about the Ukrainians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Did the rescue team send them for a brain scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokie Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Yep WOW sums it up - she is H O T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 if these two clowns ever go to Canada I suggest they stay in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Lets see it is an island. Go to top of mountain and look left see ocean. Now look right see ocean. Gee I wonder where the beach is? Okay now check phone gps. Or walk any direction until run into a 7 11. However maybe he just wanted to get lost with the gal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonShadow Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Let's remember there was a lot of fog/ haze around on Saturday.... so that could a have been a contributing factor to finding the right road down especially in the dark... very few roads up there are marked with signs.... and some areas are very rough going even in daylight... If I remember the Peak Eye Restaurant is up from the Lipa Noi area, ( past the Army barracks) so could have been a case of the turning the wrong way out of the restaurant ... rather going straight down to the ring road...that can be very difficult even in good day light conditions... Kudos to the volunteer rescue teams who do all this kind of work! Some times they have to deal with far worse outcomes..... Not in maenam Jimmy; Koh Samui Hash House harriers were running on the mountaintops above soi2 and Soi3 on Saturday; clear views and no one got lost!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Let's remember there was a lot of fog/ haze around on Saturday.... so that could a have been a contributing factor to finding the right road down especially in the dark... very few roads up there are marked with signs.... and some areas are very rough going even in daylight... If I remember the Peak Eye Restaurant is up from the Lipa Noi area, ( past the Army barracks) so could have been a case of the turning the wrong way out of the restaurant ... rather going straight down to the ring road...that can be very difficult even in good day light conditions... Kudos to the volunteer rescue teams who do all this kind of work! Some times they have to deal with far worse outcomes..... Not in maenam Jimmy; Koh Samui Hash House harriers were running on the mountaintops above soi2 and Soi3 on Saturday; clear views and no one got lost!! I bet they staggered home afterwards! Plus they have trail markers every few feet! .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkspeaker Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 not sure i understand what happened, were gonna need more picts of the ukrainian Girl.. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pest Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 She is also on you tube news report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DcJ6qvTmcM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Yep WOW sums it up - she is H O T! you were the only one to get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiesilver Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 well they both look very happy - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Or walk any direction until run into a 7 11. Samui is not flat, going in one direction nighttime in the jungle will end you in the bottom of a ravine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uksomchai Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I once got very lost after taking the trail bike up the mountains up near the Peak view restaurant when visiting the Tartain waterfall. Totally lost and spent a good couple of hours riding small trails trying to find the road back and it was only a small hand written sign saying Highway and an arrow that got me back on track so it is easily done. Anyone that has been up that way will tell you that you would never think you are on Samui. As an aside have they made the road up to the big standing Buddha better yet ? I used to love to head up there and take in the stunning views over Lamai but it was a bit of a trek especially if you were not good on a bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar God Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 How can you get lost on an island, when you have a smartphone with gps and presumably a map application on it? Reminds me of my old girlfriend who thought we were hopelessly lost in a souq in the kasbah in Marrakesh. I asked if she saw any westerner's skeletons laying around. She said "no", I said "then we're not lost". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 How can you get lost on an island, when you have a smartphone with gps and presumably a map application on it? The dirt tracks in the middle of the island are on no maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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