Episode 3 – The Photos

The Wills family in front of what is now the dive base. You can see the bar in the back ground, still with the steps at the front and one of the dogs we inherited with the property, Riga. Look how much grass there was there in those days.
Another view of the pool, this time Nancy is there with Richard. Look how much land we used to have in front of the bar & dive base! The little patch of palm trees we planted behind Nancy are now hanging on for dear life on the edge of the beach. The land with the bench in the back ground is long gone.
A favourite place for Daniel & Richard’s afternoon nap. Sadly we can’t hang hammocks throughout the grounds any longer as we tend to get blamed when children load each other in them and use them as catapults!
Nancy & Richard. As long as you fed Richard from 7am to 7 pm he was happy to sleep from 7pm to 7am… seemed like a good deal to all concerned.
Richard with our darling Pai, from Kampung Duku, one of our first house keeping staff. Auntie Pai still works with us, as a cook now, and is very much part of our family.
If a handy lap or pair of arms weren’t available while Mummy was busy there was always the kitchen sink to play in and a handy spoon to play with.
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Rahim and Richard helping to build our house, at the back of the property and surrounded by jungle. Poor Rahim, think the job took twice as long as Richard loved to ‘help’!
A happily pregnant Linda playing with Richard…
…. which was normally followed by a walk across the head to Rimba and back for exercise. As I said, it was a much more relaxed pace in those days and we had the opportunity to enjoy living in paradise.