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Like in the movies: the story of a Hungarian girl stranded on a remote Myanmar island for months
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She travelled there to save coral reefs. She would never have imagined that the one-month-long expedition would last for more than three. Orsi Vincze was able to come home with the help of the local Hungarian embassy and on an Italian plane, but the events that happened until she could finally board the plane are like the combination of an adventure movie and a comedy. Details below.
Hvg first wrote in May about the story of Orsi Vincze who worked on a Myanmar island, Kyun Pila, as the volunteer member of a team saving local coral reefs. Interestingly, not only Orsi told the media about her experiences, but a British member of the team, Natalie Poole (35), also gave an interview to The Independent.
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According to hvg, Orsi arrived on the island on February 21 and said in May that, as a volunteer, she helped the globally known Ocean Quest Global team to relocate damaged coral reefs, by which they could survive and “expand” again. However, even though she lived on a paradise-like island for months, the work became very monotonous while the breath-taking environment (weather, jungle, sand, etc.) always held something hostile for people. For example, the small sandflies that prevented just sitting or lying down in the beautiful sand on the beach. Furthermore, she missed the concerts, the bars, and everything a city can mean since during the epidemic,
there were only 15 people on the island.
As a result, she wanted to come home, but that was difficult since she had only a limited amount of money. However, it helped that local authorities eased the strict travel restrictions. Furthermore, the Hungarian embassy in Bangkok helped her a lot, too. For example, the embassy found her the flight of the Italian Neos Air for which the ticket cost only 800 EUR.