Two young women have been found dead at a hostel in Cambodia.
They’ve been identified as 22-year-old Natalie Seymour from Bedfordshire in the UK and 27-year-old Abbey Gail Amisola from Winnipeg in Canada.
The backpackers were found in their room at the Monkey Republic Guest House in the city of Kampot in southern Cambodia.
It’s suspected that their deaths may be related to an over the counter medicine they took, reports the Telegraph.
The women were suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea, according to Cambodia’s Department of Immigration.
Natalie Seymour
Natalie’s mother Wendy had been in contact with her via Whatsapp.
“My daughter had already told me she wasn’t well and said she might go and get something to make her feel better,” she told the Daily Mail.
“The hotel manager was going up and down with drinks and told them they should go to a medical centre.
“They decided to sleep it off but never woke up again, or that’s what I hoped.”
They were reportedly found by hostel staff and were brought to Kampot provincial hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Local reports claim they had died before they were found.
“This is now in the hands of the police but there is nothing suspicious about their deaths,” the hotel manager said.
Natalie and Abbey met while travelling last year and had organised to meet in Asia again this year.
Natalie, who left home last week, had booked a one-way ticket for the trip, her mother said.
“She told us every day where she was going to be going and what she was going to be doing, she always really wanted to travel and just wanted a break from work.”
Canadian Abbey had recently gotten a degree in education and intended to become a teacher after her time backpacking around Asia.
“She loved to travel,” Abbey’s friend Samantha Gilkes told the Toronto Star.
“She was funny. She had a zest for life. She was just a really good person.”
