Missing backpacker Grace Taylor poses for photos after being found safe in Thailand

Found safe in Thailand: backpacker Grace Taylor
Hannah Al-Othman23 February 2016

A backpacker who went missing in Thailand has posed for selfies with tourist police after she was found safe and well.

Grace Taylor was recognised by police in the popular tourist resort of Krabi as she sat in an internet cafe "blowing a whistle."

The young tourist was detained for her own safety and is due to leave the country, Thai police said.

Since she was found, the 21-year-old, from Swanage in Dorset, has posed for pictures at the airport, making heart gestures with her hands and smiling with staff.

Police in the south east Asian country said they did not believe Ms Taylor had come to any harm while she was missing, but said that she appeared to be unwell when she was found.

Pol Lt Col Jetsada Chanpoom said this morning: "Tourist police officers and immigration officials have found Grace Taylor at Krabi airport.

"She has spoken to embassy officials and we expect she will be leaving Thailand. She is feeling sick but we do not believe there was any crime involved."

Ms Taylor's worried parents had flown out to Thailand after reporting their daughter missing on Sunday morning.

The alarm was raised after the backpacker called her mother saying "people were trying to hurt her".

Ms Taylor disappeared on February 16 from Pattaya in eastern Thailand made the panicked phone call to her mother on Monday from Ao Nang, 500 miles away on the west coast, near Krabi.

Mrs Taylor wrote on Facebook today: "Our Gracie has been found, we don't as yet know what has happened. We are working to get her home safely.

"Thank you all so very much for your efforts and kind words of encouragement and thank goodness for the power of social media over the last few days plus the help of the Police and local authorities in Thailand."

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