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Lovesick bloke rescued after trying to row 1,240 miles in tiny dinghy to see his wife
Covid travel restrictions decided to paddle over a thousand miles in an inflatable rubber dinghy so they cool be reunited.Ho Hoang Hung set off from Thailand’s holiday island of Phuket in the small rubber boat on March 5, carrying small a mount of food and water but no GPS or even a map.A fishing boat spotted the devoted husband on Wednesday near the Similan Islands, about 50 miles off the Thai coast, and reported the sighting to the authorities.Ho, 37, was picked up by the Thai navy’s maritime security unit. He told them strong headwinds had made his progress across the Bay of Bengal slower than expected.Captain Pichet Songtan, from the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre, said that Ho had explained to his rescuers that he was trying to reach his wife, who works in Mumbai.“We have contacted the Vietnamese embassy as well as Indian embassy but not had a reply yet,” he added.Ho had initially flown to Bangkok but found that without the appropriate visa he could not travel on to India, so he instead took a bus to Phuket, and then attempted the remaining 1,240 miles of his journey in the dinghy.He had some water with him, and a few packs of instant noodles, but no dry clothes or navigation equipment.