In what might be the sweetest Instagram account you’ve ever seen, a woman finds a unique way of seeing the sights of Thailand with her long-distance love. She inserts his passport photo into every image on her Instagram account “Abdullahwishyouwerehere,” turning him into a virtual tourist.
When Poi met Abdullah while studying abroad, she never imagined that a decades old international feud would test their romance. Yet the couple is now kept apart by poor diplomatic relations between their home countries of Thailand and Saudi Arabia due to a mysterious jewel theft and murder mystery 25 years ago.
Early this year, Poi returned to Thailand. Since Abdullah is from Saudi Arabia and can’t get a visa to enter Thailand, she started this Instagram account dedicated to him, so he could experience the country with her, in a way.
“He thought I used a photo from the Internet because the beach looked too beautiful. He didn’t believe that I took the photos myself,” Poi said. “So I decided to use his ID photo in my pictures. It’s kind of like he was there as well, like he visited Thailand.”
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