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East Timor Slideshow
Top Hotels in Timor-Leste
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Dili Beach Hotel
12 reviews -
Hotel Timor Dili
19 reviews
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Hotel Novo Horizonte Dili
5 reviews
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Dili Lodge Hotel
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Esplanada Hotel Dili
32 reviews -
Hotel Dili
5 reviews -
Hotel Loro Sa'e Dili
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Hotel Tropical Dili
4 reviews
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Hotel Turismo Dili
6 reviews
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Paximus Lodge Dili
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Timor Lodge Hotel Dili
7 reviews
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Arbiru Beach Dili
4 reviews
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Farol Hotel Dili
4 reviews
Timor-Leste
Travel Blogs from Timor-Leste
Kamakazie scuba
This is a top pick! After securing a 4 dive 3 day scuba course whilst still in Kuta, i packed up my bags and left my new group of mates there whilst i went off to tackle and tame Bali's waters. The group i'd met were, although a good bunch of people, quite boring and happy ...
Another 'Xanana' republic
This is a top pick! ... difficult to meet genuine locals who wish to befriend you because of the barrier between tourists and locals. Tired? Come to Timor Leste. The only way I can describe this story is through a little anecdote... Our visa had been filled out ...
Village of the whale hunters
This is a top pick! We had been drawn to Lembata Island by the prospect of visiting the unique village of Lamalera, where the traditional practice of harpooning whales and dolphins for subsistence still survives. So, on Friday 16 September, after two nights in the ...
Motorbike riding in the sun and the wind..no rain!
This is a top pick! ... up in the Rough Guide and really liked the sound of a remote island called Lembata, situated east from Flores between Flores and Timor. So, after arriving in Maumere at about 9pm on Tuesday the 13th, we set about making arrangements to get to Lembata, ...
East Timor, the city
... believe me, refer to my previous blog entry for thorough convincing. You would assume that in a place as undeveloped as East Timor, especially being in Southeast Asia, that traveling would come at bargain basement prices. This is not the case! The large ...
Visa run!
My visa was about to expire and since i didn't fancy to check out Indonesian prisons, I travelled to East Timor for a visa run and Kas decided to join me! The trip to Dili was a very long one! Eight hours on a small bus to Atambua and then ...
Alor Island - Indonesia
We arrived in Alor August 2nd following a good sail through some oil fields however we arrived on dark and we had some tense moments motoring the Alor Channel to the harbour as it was badly lit, had smoke haze around, and there was quite a few fishing ...
East Timor
I think I am officially off the backpacker trail here. The poverty is overwhelming in Dili. Once you get away from the city, however, this is a beautiful country! I spent a day diving here, but was more taken by the drive along the coastline than what ...
East Timor, the mountains
... From this I deduced that there was only one manufacturer (or possibly importer) of bread rolls and pineapple jam in East Timor, and that they maintained a lucrative monopoly over the breakfast meal on this island. On reflection, they must have been ...
East Timor, the coast
... . However, for East Timor the entry is a bit unique. Specifically, it says: “Medical services in East Timor are inadequate. Seek attention elsewhere.” Well, that’s great. The nausea and fever had mercifully backed ...
Keine Probleme auf Timor / No problems on Timor
... Tourismus unberuehrt ging es nach Dili. In Dili wurde in der einzigen, aber ganz sympatischen billig- Unterkunft East Timor Backpackers (oder Smoke House Backpackers) an der Hauptzufahrtsstrasse (Almirante Rua de Thomas Americo 231) eingecheckt und dort ...
Delay in Dili
... . In a very short summary the Portuguese ran the place for 500 years and did nothing for the people or the infrastructure. East Timor declared independence from Portugal on Nov 28, 1975 and 10 days later Indonesia troops invaded. Over the next 24 years a ...
Danger in Dili
Jan. 14, 2007 At our hotel's breakfast buffet this morning Deb told us she got a call in the night about a street killing. She had told us about the gangs of young men who roam the streets and cause the problems here in Dili. They are connected with ...
Another world...
Though only 1 ¾ hours flight from Darwin, East Timor, the World's newest country, certainly is worlds away... My room mate said that I was the first traveler he'd seen for 10 days! The other foreigners here are working with the UN, which also makes this ...
Timor Leste - shipping to Darwin
This time the border was easy. On the both sides they stamped passport and carnet with no problem, firstly looking at the letter then doing their job. The whole process took half hour, they were nice and smiling, the key was this stupid later, ...
Dili Day Trip
... to the tunnels the Japanese had forced the locals to dig and then killed the workers so they couldn't reveal their whereabouts. East Timor is not a very lucky place. In Venilale we visited the Catholic boarding schools there. [GPS 08 38.275S 126 ...
La fine dell'Asia
... mente. Non so esattamente dove si trovi l'ombelico del mondo, ma ora so per certo dove si trova la periferia: Dili, Timor Leste. Un Paese che fino a sei anni fa non esisteva neppure, almeno non ufficialmente, fagocitato per decenni dallo scomodo vicino ...
It's a Dili Day One
... and destroyed. We drove out to the village of Baccoi where most of the town had been burned out. Deb called it the Mogadishu of Timor Leste. She repeatedly referred to the UN presence as a "full on mission". She had been here for 8 months and we we're ...
Dili Detour
Jan. 18, 2007 Things aren't all bad in Dili. There are some good restaurants for instance. One of our favorites is the City Café, not far from our hotel and near the place where we saw the rock throwing gangs in the street. Seafood is of course ...
The "city of peace" to be
... there were lots of interesting characters to talk to of whom some were somehow involved in the history and development of Timor Leste. An Australian journalist who lived in Dili was working for a Timorese female politician who was nominated for president ...
Dengue and diarrhoea in Dili
It's been a funny old week when you look back on it, and I have to say, not particularly entertaining. Liz spent all of last weekend holed up in the room with dengue fever, and only recovered from it by about Wednesday – by which stage she had a ...
Welcome to Dili
... they deliver c. 100 babies a month and see up to 300 patients every day, coming with a variety of illnesses and injuries. The Timor-Leste health service is improving, but the legend of Dr. Dan and the fact that he doesn't charge for anything means that ...
The world's hardest pub quiz
... on the mercy of the Australian army doctors we know and trying to get airlifted to Darwin. In case anybody manages to pick up Timor Television on their digibox, keep an eye out for me - I was at the launch of the latest Ministry of Health ...
Santa Cruz Cemetery
... . It resembles a turning point in the history of Timor, leading to the intervention of external forces in the conflict between East Timor and Indonesia, and the promotion of peace. Some tombs by the entrance looked like there had been a fire at some ...
Crocodile Dundili
... , they enter the water saying “Don’t eat me crocodile, I am your relative”. (From the East Timor's Independence Day Committee) Crocodiles are considered sacred here in East Timor – but I'm not sure whether that was ...
Art and culture in Dili
... whether the pixies have been at work, or whether we will both be going commando for the next 3 months. All around East Timor, different villages and families have their own styles of weaving (much like Scottish tartan I think) and our cultural expedition ...
Stop Press!
I'm very excited about this piece of news - hence my break from the normal Monday lunchtime blogging spot. I've just received an email from Bali with the attached image - I've finally been recognised for the wannabe journalist that I am, and appeared in ...
You've got to haggle!!!
The observant ones amongst you will notice that this blog is dated April 28th, but has only just been published - but rest assured it is being written on the 28th, just stored away to stop anybody worrying that we are living somewhere dangerous. Having ...
How now, Baucau
... it was, a 4 wheel drive is the only way to get there at the moment. May 20th marks Independence Day for East Timor – and so Thursday was a national holiday, with the people of Dili taking to the street for the celebrations. Liz and I made ...
Roadworks
... and prowess of an Englishman that will stand us in good stead in the World Cup this year. After all the excitement of England-Timor, it was time to get back into the ambulance for the long, bumpy ride back to Dili and the more humid temperatures that we ...