Kaski, Aug 27:
Two Spanish tourists have gone missing during the Ghorepani trekking. Ghorepani is a famous tourist destination.
Two Spanish- a male, Erik Kasanovas, and a female, Molass Missy- were heading to Ghorepani from Tikhedhunga of Annapurna rural municipality-9 of Kaski via Ulleri on Sunday, but they lost contact, according to Bharat Man Gurung, spokesperson at the rural municipality.
Two tourist bags were found unattended near the Bhurungdi River Bridge on Sunday evening. It is suspected that they were swept away by the river as they followed old route.
“They had registered their names at ACAP check post of Birethanti, mentioning that they were going to Ghorepani on Sunday morning,” Gurung said, adding that search for the missing ones is continued, as they are suspected of getting swept away by the river after falling from the stream.
They might have fallen into the flooded river while taking photographs at stream, he added.
There is a beautiful stream at the place where their bags were found. While searching, a joint team of police persons, locals and people’s representatives also found two walking sticks.
The concerned embassy was informed about the missing tourists.
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