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Ho Hoang Hung, a 37-year-old Vietnamese man, was frustrated after being separated from his wife for two years due to the pandemic. Unwilling to wait any longer, He tried to reunite with his wife in a distant India on a rafting boat.
According to reports, Ho tried to paddle 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) on an inflatable boat from Phuket, Thailand. He was planning to cross the Bay of Bengal in the middle of a cyclone to reach Mumbai, where his wife reportedly worked.
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The man was found with no map, compass, GPS, or change of clothes. A limited amount of water and some packets of instant noodles is all they could find in the dingy, the Thai Authorities who rescued him were quoted as saying.