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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Two young British women went on a dream backpacking holiday. Only one came back alive

Late last year, Bethany Clarke was chasing the trip of a lifetime through southeast Asia with her best friend. Today, saddled with grief, she’s left wondering how an evening out drinking could have turned her life upside down.

Clarke and her friend Simone White, both 28 at the time, were on a night out in Laos when they drank what turned out to be methanol-tainted vodka at a Vang Vieng hotel.

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