Sure beats a cave! Thirteen-year-old boy who spent 18 days underground in Thailand finally returns home to a new phone, birthday cake and his beloved bed Daily Mail/UK, Jul 20, 2018
For ten days before he was found by rescuers, Duangpetch Promthep survived on nothing but water licked from the walls of a cave and thoughts of home.
But this week those thoughts turned into reality as Duangpetch, along with his 11 teammates and their coach, were allowed to return to their families, 26 days after they first went missing.
Now, Duangpetch has revealed he was greeted by a meal of stewed pork knuckle with rice and a slice of birthday cake - since he celebrated turning 13 the day after he was found alive inside the Tham Luang cave.
He was also taken to buy a new phone having lost his previous one inside the cave and got to spend the night in his bed for the first time in weeks.
'My bed felt warm,' said Duangpetch, who is also known as Dom.
The 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, and the 25-year-old coach of the 'Wild Boars' soccer team returned home on Wednesday after being discharged from hospital and appearing on national television to describe their ordeal inside the Tham Luang cave.
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