The man told officials he was trying to reach his wife, who works in Mumbai, India.
A man who tried to row 1,240 miles in a rubber dinghy to see his wife has been rescued off the coast of Thailand.
The Vietnamese husband, Ho Hoang Hung, 37, set off from Phuket in Thailand to India equipped with water and instant noodles — but no navigation system.But a fishing boat spotted him on Wednesday near the Similan Islands, about 50miles off the Thai coast, and contacted the navy’s maritime security unit.Ho told officials he was trying to reach his wife, who works in Mumbai, India.
Captain Pichet Songtan, from the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre, said Ho had been separated from his wife for two years due to Covid travel restrictions and was trying to reach her by other means.Pichet said the man was found with no map, compass, GPS or change of clothes and only a limited amount of water.He then decided to take a bus to Phuket, where he bought a rubber dinghy and started paddling.
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