Our Drivers

I can't believe I haven't introduced you to our drivers, Eddie and Butch.

That's Eddie on the left and Butch on the right. I purchased the Toyota Fortuner on the left and the Toyota Camry on the right from two other expats. These guys are amazing. You never know what you are going to get when you hire someone local that you have never met before. Eddie lives with us. He has a small room downstairs by the gym with a bathroom. Check out the pics of the house and you will see it. Butch lives 20 min away and has his own motorcycle. So I let him stay with his family. Both of them have wives and small children. They each get one day off a week, Eddie on Saturday and Butch on Sunday.

Expat drivers usually make twice what drivers from local people make. But they are well worth it. They speak broken english but are very nice. They alternate between me and Terri. One will take the boys to school and run errands with Terri and pick the boys up, while the other is stuck driving me to work all day. They take me to work and sit in the parking garage for the next 10-12 hours. There are other drivers down there, but it has to be mind-numbing sitting there all day.

Now the great part of this is that they handwash our car everyday. EVERYDAY!!! Actually after they drive one way, while they are waiting on us, they will take out a cloth and clean it inside and out. Crazy. But all drivers do this. They also take care of cleaning the gardens, garage, sidewalk, etc. They don't like to be bored so they will pick up every leaf on the ground.

So we aren't doing this because it is cheap to have them, driving is quite the adventure. We can now figure out how to get from Point A to Point B. The problem is if the road is blocked or closed we would be in trouble. And you never know when that will happen.

We are very fortunate and blessed that we have Eddie and Butch.