Dave and Shannon's place
Dave and Shannon have been really great about showing me around and putting me up. Their apartment is a fairly spacious three-bedroom two bath place the diplomatic quarter that is the approximate equivalent of NW DC. They live on the second floor, while the maid lives on the third and the doorman/guard lives on the first.
Needless to say D&S (I've been told) live better than about 98 percent of Delhians, if nothing else for the reason that they have a stable electricity supply provided by a diesel generator, air conditioning in almost all their rooms, clean water from an in-house purifying unit and Internet access.
The discussions I've had with the maid, Pasang, indicates that they are very happy and grateful to be living/working there. This is not only because D&S are relatively quiet, clean and without children, but also because they get the benefits of D&S's electricity, water and generator, and live there for free. Even being paid only $100 a month, the Pasang claims she is living better than all but the highest of government ministers here.
Needless to say D&S (I've been told) live better than about 98 percent of Delhians, if nothing else for the reason that they have a stable electricity supply provided by a diesel generator, air conditioning in almost all their rooms, clean water from an in-house purifying unit and Internet access.
The discussions I've had with the maid, Pasang, indicates that they are very happy and grateful to be living/working there. This is not only because D&S are relatively quiet, clean and without children, but also because they get the benefits of D&S's electricity, water and generator, and live there for free. Even being paid only $100 a month, the Pasang claims she is living better than all but the highest of government ministers here.
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