Sr. Bill Byrnes

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Some of you that find benefit from using Gtolist may not recognize the name.
Others will not know him as the creator of this useful forum.
Fewer will understand the importance of the short term apartment compound he operated here for nearly 20 years and the fact that many of us owe our Guanajuato adventure and lives to our stays there and his advice and counsel on all things GTO.
My wife and I are among the lucky ones that score on all of the above.
Bill relocated to Thailand with his family three years ago this month. He visited our home on his final day here and we both cried unashamedly at his leaving. He loved this place and gave us so much, but as age was gaining he felt best to take his Thai wife and young twins to her home country to secure their lives and futures.
Bill is now battling Parkinson’s disease with the same courage that made him a decorated Marine in Vietnam, twice severely wounded in combat.
I got to talk to my good friend today and we swapped a few lies and tales of fun and challenge in living in Guanajuato. He continues to manage this site even from 12,000 miles away, indicative of the place Guanajuato still holds in his heart.
I have no other purpose in this post other than to recognize and thank a very good man for all he did for me and for the many others that have been fortunate to know him.