Joshua Goudswaard went missing after failing to return from a holiday in Bali. Photo / via Facebook
Joshua Goudswaard went missing after failing to return from a holiday in Bali. Photo / via Facebook
Josh Goudswaard, the Kiwi who went missing on a trip to Bali with a woman he met on Tinder, has been found safe playing the bongos on a beach in Thailand, the Daily Mail reports.
The 32-year-old was expected to return to his home in Perth, Western Australia, on November6, but never arrived.
His unknown whereabouts and the fact his credit card was reportedly used in Great Britain on November 5 left his family and friends fearing the worst.
Friends and family in New Zealand used social media to plead for sightings of the Waikato man who now lives in Australia.
Friends told the Herald Goudswaard is originally from Te Awamutu but also lived in Hamilton. He runs a fitness business in Armadale, a suburb of Perth.
A spokesman for Goudswaard's family, Aaron Smith, said yesterday relatives had been told by Indonesian police that he flew out of Bali on November 1 to an unnamed country.
However, Smith said loved ones feared he may have met with foul play after he failed to board his flight home.
"It's totally out of character. He has never done anything like this before and he has left a lot of things in limbo," Smith told 9 News.
