A young Brit was tragically blinded for life after he accepted a free drink at a hostel while on holiday in Laos. Calum ...

Calum Macdonald, 23, saw a 'kaleidoscopic, blinding light' in his eyes before losing his sight after a methanol poisoning in ...

A British backpacker who consumed methanol-tainted alcohol at a hostel in Laos – which claimed the lives of two Australian ...

Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...

A British backpacker left blind after drinking tainted alcohol which killed six fellow tourists in Laos has spoken out about ...

A BRITISH backpacker who went blind after drinking methanol-laced shots in Laos described seeing a “kaleidoscopic light” before his vision went black. Calum Macdonald, 23, was among a ...

A British backpacker was blinded in Laos after drinking methanol-laced spirits, part of a poisoning outbreak that killed six tourists.

UK man Calum Macdonald survived a spate of methanol poisonings that killed two young Australian women in Laos.

Police in Laos have previously detained several people in connection with the deaths of six people who are believed to have been poisoned.

A British man went blind after drinking free whisky and vodka shots on holiday. Calum Macdonald, 23, was enjoying a night out ...

Calum Macdonald, 23, is now blind and telling his story for the first time. Read the full story ...

Macdonald was crossing into Vietnam from Vang Vieng when he first noticed a “kaleidoscopic blinding light” in his eyes.