Woman ‘went blind’ after drinking shots at ‘methanol poisoning hostel’

The hostel owner has been detained (Picture: AP)A British backpacker who was given ‘free vodka’ at the Laos hostel at the centre of a suspected mass methanol poisoning told how she had a lucky escape.
The tourist, who wished to remain anonymous, consumed the booze at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in the party region of Vang Vieng.This is where some of the six victims to die were known to have stayed.
Fatalities include British lawyer Simone White, 28, from Orpington in Kent, who d