Hello Timor

Well… after cancelled flights, more conversations before 4am than anyone should ever have…changes to our itinerary, three flights, (one in the opposite direction to our destination) an overnight stay in Darwin and 22 hours we have arrived in Dili!

Some extra special thank you’s to some special humans we have met who have made our travel possible.

To Sam from Qantas

We ‘met’ Sam just after 8am Sunday morning. Sam answered the phone when we called to seek help after three other Qantas staff couldn’t help us. With about 14 phone calls totaling over 5 hours Sam worked hard helping us to ensure flights, accommodation, transfers and meals were lined up when getting all of our Qantas ‘ducks in a row’ proved more challenging than expected.

To Terry from Qantas at Canberra airport. Thank you for your kindness and understanding when checking all 24 of us in!

To Dean. Oh my! How to describe Dean? From the moment we sat in our seats from Canberra to Melbourne we were in good hands. He provided good humor, laughs, smiles and of course… cheese and crackers! As we were landing he knelt down beside Tracey and Tina’s seats and gave us a bag. A ‘Care Package’ he called it! It was filled to the brim with rice snacks and of course more cheese and crackers that you could imagine!

To ‘Mr Hungry Jacks’ – we aren’t sure of your name but this one seems appropriate. Thank you. We arrived and the store was closing. You saw us and said you could remain open so some of us could eat. You didn’t have to but you did. We were so grateful.

To Nora and Joel from customer service Melbourne – you saw us (and heard us) from a mile away! Thank you for you good humor and positivity at the end of what had been quite a long day for some.

To our travellers. It’s been a pretty big 36 hours and we are just starting out on our adventures in Timor. Thank you for your resilience and willingness to adapt and pivot when needed. We welcome the next two weeks with you.