Perthites

Don and Pat moved into our second floor here yesterday. They are troopers from Perth - in their early 70's and old hands at living in SE Asia. They have come as interim directors of 'Transform Cambodia' - the work that Patrick and Carol have headed up until now. The Kelly's are back to Perth for a couple of months, then return here to a heap of other involvements.

Don and Pat - my new cooks!

They are brave battlers, these folk. Pat recently did a face-dive down a flight of stairs and Don had a week of back-pain agony before getting on the plane out here. With 20 steps up to their floor, Pat is 'back on the horse' so to speak.

Their space is pretty well set up, with a good size bedroom and then a large open room to themselves. Don got a fridge and the cane table sorted yesterday ... well, he paid, I sorted. The fridge was fun - one metre of fridge tied onto the back of my moto and navigating home from Central Market - a decent 20-minute run from the other side of town. Fridge, Spider and rider all good!

All going well, Pat and Don are with us until January - when they return to Perth for their 50th wedding anniversary. Sue and I ticked over 30 years on Monday. These guys make us feel young!