A Norwegian man has gone missing after travelling to Jomtien in Pattaya to visit a friend, with an online appeal asking the public to help locate him. A Facebook user, Monny Meena, shared a missing person appeal in a Pattaya Facebook group on August 2, identifying the missing man as Erik Varley Larsen, a Norwegian national who lives in Bangkok. According to the post, Larsen travelled to Jomtien on July 22 to visit a friend at a condominium. Monny Meena said she is based in Bangkok and is unable to search for the Norwegian herself, so she appealed to people in Pattaya and Jomtien for help. The man said he planned to spend one month in Chiang Mai before continuing his trip to the Philippines.