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I had met Simone in Cambodia and we went over to Laos together.
This is Bethany, who last November had been traveling with friends around Southeast Asia.
We met our other friend David in the hostel.
One of the perks of staying at the hostel was that every night between,
I think it was 8pm and 10pm, they offered free shots, so free vodka and whiskey.
So we had shots of those and we poured them into like Sprite.
So we had them as mixed drinks.
Went to bed, woke up, felt a little bit hungover.
Didn't feel particularly like anything was wrong at that stage.