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. (RSS)