Don and Pat left us this morning, after three months dwelling in our executive suite on the second floor. They are back to Perth for their 50th wedding anniversary, before turning around and coming on back out here in one months' time. They won't be camping back here tho' - they have arranged long-term digs at a place owned by one of the Transform staff.
Don has some great practical advice for those who aspire to surviving out here. 'A reliable tuk-tuk man and a mobile phone, and you are right', he asserts. Tou is their ever-faithful, all-knowing, hugely-obliging tuk-tuk driver. This morning Tou took them out to breakfast, and even had a gift for them (see it swinging from the moto handle bars there). He's a pretty special guy. Don's trusty mobile is in his hand - one very, very valuable piece of equipment out here!
This couple are champs. We've loved sharing our place with them (tho' they had themselves so well set up upstairs that often we never even knew when they were around) and we hugely honour how, in their senior years, they have determined to be a blessing in this nation. May Aussie and NZ spill out thousands more of their generation into this nation and surrounding nations.
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