Young women killed in Laos methanol poisoning are identified as death toll rises to six - as heartbreaking photograph of South East Asia trip emerges

Over the past fewer weeks, Anne-Sofie Orkild Coyman, 20, and Freja Vennervald Sorensen, 21, had been connected a travel of a beingness backpacking crossed South East Asia.

Photos posted online amusement the 2 young Danish women sightseeing successful Cambodia and motorcycling astir Vietnam arsenic they made caller friends and partied into the night. 

But their imagination months-long vacation - a rite of transition for galore caller schoolhouse leavers - was tragically chopped abbreviated past week erstwhile the 2 women died aft drinking alcoholic beverages laced with methanol successful Vang Vieng, Laos. 

The wide poisoning successful the fashionable tourer municipality has since claimed a full of six lives - including Australians Bianca Jones, 19, and Holly Bowles, 19, British pistillate Simone White, 28, and American man James Louis Hutson, 57. 

About 11 different overseas nationals stay successful infirmary warring for life.

Horrific details person since emerged astir the last moments of the Danish girls aft it was revealed the brace were vomiting humor for hours aft consuming the drinks. 

The disturbing last moments were a satellite distant from the picturesque question photograph they shared days earlier aft the brace happily posed with friends portion successful Vietnam.

The Danish girls, primitively from Roskilde, a municipality of astir 53,000 radical 35km westbound of Copenhagen, were avid travellers.

Last year, they spent clip exploring Hungary, France and Italy, earlier redeeming up for a large travel astir South East Asia this year. 

In September, the brace spent clip travelling astir Thailand, feeding elephants successful Chiang Mai and visiting Ayutthaya humanities park. 

They past ventured connected to Cambodia, wherever they explored Hindu-Buddhist temple analyzable Angkor Wat and Kompong Phluk, a floating village, earlier cycling astir Silk Island. 

In October, they journeyed to Vietnam, wherever they hiked Lang Biang mountain, floated successful a canoe down the canals of Hoi An, and motorcycled the winding roads done the mountainous Ha Giang. 

Earlier this month, they made their mode to Laos - wherever they booked into Nanas backpackers successful Vang Vieng - the aforesaid hostel wherever galore of the sick tourists had been staying, including the 2 Australians.

Shortly aft the poisoning a antheral who shared a communal person with Ms Sorenson and Ms Coyman posted a informing online, urging different travellers to beryllium cautious astir their drinks.

'The past fewer days I person been engaged with a Belgian person looking for 2 girls helium travelled with,' the antheral wrote.

'For much than 72 hours, nary interaction could beryllium made portion they had agreed to conscionable successful Vang Vieng.

'The unusual happening was that their past connection was that they had some been vomiting humor for 13 hours... They person some since died.'

According to section constabulary reports obtained by the Sydney Morning Herald, Ms Sorenson and Ms Coyman drank astatine the hostel earlier going to section bars connected the evening of November 12.

They arrived backmost astir midnight but spent the full adjacent time successful their room, earlier they were discovered astir 6pm lying connected their bath level unconscious.

They were taken to Vang Vieng Hospital successful a coma earlier being transported to a infirmary successful the superior of Vientiane. They were reportedly declared dormant astatine astir 3.30am connected the 14th.  

Like the young Danish girls, Ms Jones and Ms Bowles, some from Melbourne, were connected a spread twelvemonth vacation of a beingness erstwhile they fell sick portion staying astatine Nana Backpackers connected November 12.

Staff became acrophobic aft they failed to cheque retired connected November 13 and arranged to instrumentality the brace to infirmary aft they 'calmly' asked for assistance.

CCTV from wrong the hostel shows 1 of the women being transported to a section session connected the backmost of a motorbike being driven by a edifice unit worker.

Both women were taken to hospitals successful Thailand. Ms Jones died connected Thursday, and Ms Bowles the pursuing day. 

Ms White, a lawyer who had worked with the planetary instrumentality steadfast Squire Patton Bogg, White was from Orpington, successful south-east London, was among a radical of up to six British nationals who fell sick past week aft partying successful Vang Vieng.

Her decease was confirmed connected Thursday soon aft Ms Jones'. 

Meanwhile, Mr Hutson, who arrived successful Vang Vieng connected October 20, was recovered unconscious successful his edifice country connected November 13, lying adjacent to 4 bare bottles of vodka and 2 bare bottles of beer.

He was taken to a section hospital, but declared dormant upon arrival.  

Authorities successful Laos connected Friday detained the manager and proprietor of the hostel, Duong Duc Toan, for questioning, but nary charges person been laid. 

Nana Backpackers offers escaped shots to guests implicit a 2 hr play each night, however, Mr Toan has told media his intoxicant was not liable .

He said much than 100 guests were fixed escaped shots of Lao vodka connected the nighttime of the poisoning but lone a information of the guests had fallen ill. 

The hostel has since closed amid the constabulary investigation.

Meanwhile, tributes person begun to determination successful online for the victims of the wide poisoning.

One schoolhouse person of Ms Sorensen and Ms Coyman said the brace were 'so f***ing young.' 

Ms Jones' household said she was surrounded by emotion successful her last moments.

'We are comforted by the cognition that her unthinkable tone touched truthful galore lives during her clip with us,' they said.

'We privation to explicit our deepest gratitude for the overwhelming support, love, and prayers we've received from crossed Australia.

'The kindness shown to our household during this unimaginable clip has been genuinely humbling.'

Confirming their daughter's decease connected Friday, Ms Bowles household said they 'find comfortableness and solace successful knowing that Holly bought truthful overmuch joyousness and happiness to truthful galore people.'

'Holly was surviving her champion beingness travelling done South East Asia gathering caller friends and enjoying unthinkable experiences,' they said successful a statement.

'As her parents we were ever truthful incredibly arrogant of everything Holly did. Holly was an astonishing large sister to James and she ever looked retired for him.'