Anyone with links to Serbia PLEASE Help

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Is anyone Serbian or knows Serbia-
I can't get hold of my son and he doesn't have his phone on him, his friend has it.

This is very unlike him and I am worried sick

Well I wasn't expecting to laugh.

Agree he will probably be mortified, but it would serve him right.

It’s a bit of a shock to be woken in the middle of the night and asked to fire on all cylinders with the decision making. Do you use an AI? If you do perhaps ask it to confirm what the missing persons process is in Serbia. In the U.K. it’s very dependant on a number of vulnerabilities - age, mental health status etc. rather than a set time. A healthy young man of 19 who is separated from his friend is not a huge concern unless they were somewhere very sketchy doing something very illegal like buying vast quantities of drugs.

Do you happen to know how long they were planning on staying in that hostel and in Serbia ? If they’re there for a few more days then that’s less concern than if they’re have tickets out of there this afternoon. I should think the hostel staff will have a wealth of information about all of this and will have come across various situations involving young people.

The good news is his friend sounds sensible so will be helpful in searching for him.

od be more worried if his friend just shrugged his shoulders and wandered off knowing he had guanine and not knowing where his friend was.

I hope you hear soon OP.
I totally feel your worry, my DDs both had ‘adventures ‘ on their first solo holidays, and it really becomes something you just have to ride out. It is very hard, and the feeling of helplessness takes some getting used to, but I’m sure it will be a shared story to reminisce over in the future.

I understand your concern OP and this post makes me relieved my backpacking misadventures were well before mobile phones!

If he’s generally a sensible and level headed lad, he’s probably just gone off with someone for the evening and will turn up in a few hours, possibly hungover! hopefully you’ll all be laughing about this one day x

I hope you are ok OP. My best guess is he got distracted and wandered off. The most likely thing is he’s fine. Keep breathing. Have some food. Try and calm your nerves whilst taking practical steps.