It shredded any hope of returning home. A UK yoga teacher was reduced to tears after getting stuck in Thailand due to a tiny rip in her passport. “I never thought a tear would be such a problem for me,” Rosie Viscomi, 27, told Kennedy News while detailing getting stranded abroad.
The Norfolk resident had been staying on the idyllic Thai island of Koh Pha-ngan since April having just obtained her yoga certification in India. During her Southeast Asian stopover, the yogi had been learning more about her passion, as well as doing volunteer work. Viscomi eventually decided to return home to Norfolk earlier this month, booking a multi-stop flight that would take her through Bangkok, India and Turkey before finally arriving in London.
While certainly a roundabout route, it was nothing compared to the odyssey that would befall her in Bangkok. Upon arrival at the Thai capital’s airport on July 4, the Brit was denied entry by the IndiGo Airlines staff due to a “1 centimeter” tear on the photo page of her passport. “When I went to go for my flight on Thursday, they said, ‘You’re not going anywhere with that,’ referring to a small rip in my passport, and I said, ‘Well it was already like this,'” Viscomi recalled.
“They told me India won’t let me in and I need to book a direct flight from Bangkok to London.” An airline spokesperson told Kennedy News that the traveler was “unable to board as their passport was found to be damaged.” The Post has reached out .
