A woman has claimed she went blind after drinking vodka shots at a backpacker's hostel where tragedy struck just days later . One British woman, 28-year-old lawyer Simone White, was among six people who died after a suspected methanol poisoning incident at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos last week. The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed her death on Thursday. Five others are currently known to have died after falling ill at the Nana Backpacker Hostel ,