TOURIST SURPRISES DRIVER WITH FLIGHTS HOME TO SEE FAMILY AFTER TWO YEARS APART
WITH VID & PIX
By Divij Mayer
This is the emotional moment a chance encounter on a motorbike ride turned into a life-changing act of kindness.
Trang Nova from Melbourne, Australia, was visiting Bali when she booked a Grab bike for a routine afternoon of errands but ended up changing her driver’s life forever.
She said: “It started as a normal Saturday in Bali; I called a Grab bike to run errands for the afternoon. On the bike, I got talking to the driver, whose name is Dedy. He has a wife and three young children under the age of five.”
Dedy had left his family two years ago to work in Bali, just one month after the birth of his youngest child, who is now two.
He claims that flights home cost the same as one month of his salary, despite him working seven days a week for 12 to 16 hours a day.
She added: “Because of that, for two whole years, he had not gone back to see his family.”
When Trang asked him, “Wait, when will you go back to see your family then?” he replied, “I don’t know, only when I can afford flight tickets.”
Moved by his situation, Trang invited him to her villa.
The pair then sat down by the pool to eat where she showed him the laptop with Skyscanner open and told him the plan to get him flights home.
There were challenges along the way, as Dedy did not have a passport, routes were limited, and he was worried about missing work, but the pair worked through each obstacle.
But eventually she got tickets so the unsuspecting driver could get home to see his family and, in that moment, Dedy broke down, overwhelmed with emotion.
She explained: “After overcoming one hurdle after another, I was able to purchase return tickets so Dedy could see his family for the first time in two years.
“The smile and gratitude in his eyes made me realise this is real happiness, doing good for others.”
The story went viral online with viewers loving the emotional encounter.
One user commented: ‘This is what real kindness looks like.’
Another added: ‘You changed his life forever, this is beautiful.’
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