A long-lost man finally found his way home on Monday after almost 30 years. Talerng Yongpukiao of Thong Saen Khan, Uttaradit province, reunited with his daughter after riding a bicycle 15 days to his hometown, Thairath Online reported on Monday.
Mr Talerng, 54, left home 29 years ago to find work in other provinces. After a while, he was deceived into working on a fishing boat plying the Andaman Sea where he remained for 15 years without being paid a single baht.
Authorities would reissue Mr Talerng an ID card and question him, but for now he would be allowed to adjust himself, he said. Mr Talerng told Thairath earlier he left home to find work in other provinces in He started as a welder in Rayong before moving on to Saraburi, where he took small jobs.
He then worked at a cement factory in Samut Sakhon but soon found he was not paid and was left with 60 baht. When he was asked to join a fishing boat, he agreed. After 15 years, when the boat stopped in Phangnga, he hitchhiked a wheel truck to drop him as close as possible to Bangkok.
I was finally hired by a small construction company in Nakhon Pathom. When I saved enough money, I bought a bicycle and rode home. I missed my daughter whom I left as a baby. After 15 days, he reached Uttaradit but was reluctant to go straight home. It was not until someone from the village recognised him and told his daughter, who came to take him home.
