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Top Hotels in Dili
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Hotel Turismo Dili
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Paximus Lodge Dili
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Timor Lodge Hotel Dili
7 reviews
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Arbiru Beach Dili
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Farol Hotel Dili
4 reviews
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Dili Beach Hotel
15 reviews -
Hotel Timor Dili
24 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
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Hotel Dili
5 reviews
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Hotel Loro Sa'e Dili
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Hotel Tropical Dili
4 reviews
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Travel Blogs from Dili, Timor-Leste
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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 ...
East Timor, the city
... my time getting wet and looking for the nearest facility. Yah, it ain’t the Ritz. The more interesting part of East Timor is going beyond Dili and exploring the countryside. This, as they say, is the real East Timor. I’ve never understood this ...
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 ...
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 I ...
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 ...
Timor Leste - shipping to Darwin
... chora przepisowość, mógłbym już dawno być w Australii. Sprawdziłem inne kompanie przewozowe i lotnisko, lecz Dili jest jak mała wiocha na końcu świata - lotnisko jest wielkości PKS-u w Glogowie, ...
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
... mass in the morning and begin throwing stone when they leave. This morning we set out to find Jim Richards, a travel agent here in Dili who we'd had e-mail contact with months before we left the states. His office is in the Tjing Fatto Building on Rua ...
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 ...
The "city of peace" to be
... 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 in the coming election. An ...
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
Jan. 13, 2007 Dili, Timor Leste (East Timor) 08 32.936S 125 35.204E We are now in the third world. There wasn't any gradual transition; as soon as we stepped off the plane it hit us. The immigration officer lost some of our papers as soon as we ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dengue and diarrhoea in Dili
... project – we have no money at all. According to my European logic, this means that our salesman will be walking around the city (Dili is not very large, it's spread out along the coast and you can cover end to end in about 2 hours I reckon. I walk ...
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
... Jo & Dan). From the stories that come back the message is clear – don't get ill in East Timor. The clinic refers patients to Dili National hospital for various scans and tests that they can't carry out, and depending on which doctor you see ...
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!
... customers are the foreign community, Alarico and I have been spamming the English language press here, and those that are easily flyable from Dili - just to make sure nobody misses the launch by dint of being away for two weeks. Must dash now - I ...
You've got to haggle!!!
... and getting nowhere - which is a stupid reason, but even with two doctors by my side, I still didn't really fancy a trip to Dili Hospital with a splinter in my head! It was a bizarre episode - and hopefully not to be repeated here or anywhere else on our ...
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 ...
Work, work, work!
... such need of the capital!! Anyway, minor rant over. We've finally managed to upload some photos – they have been taken around Dili itself and also on some of the mobile clinics that Liz has been to. The burnt out buildings are about 100 yards away ...
On the road again
This will be the last update from Dili, as Sunday sees our departure from East Timor for the holiday island of Bali and the beginning of our wanderings across Indonesia before catching the final flight home from Singapore. That's not till the end of July, ...
Daytripping
... only goes on Saturday, and the alternative is persuading a fishing boat to give you a lift. Maybe next time. The trip back to Dili could have been rather uncomfortable – the deck we had occupied on the way out was now in full sunshine, and the ...
Welcome to Timor Leste
... in Timor Leste has not many sightseeing spots, and if you find something it is very much broken. But ... it has charme. Timor Leste is normal, not touristically organized. Travelling in Timor Leste means travelling like the locals. Of course I support ...
Last day in Timor Leste
Timor Leste is almost over on my trip. It was definitely a good time, but a short time. I like the natural, non touristic live here. Of course the country is very low developed, and every developement is highly appreciated. But so far this was for me a ...
Dili and training
... are sold all over the place as are cameras and American/asain food! So that is all very comforting. However, once you leave Dili and head into the suburbs and especially in the countryside all the conveniences are lost. I am currently living with a ...
timtim and timor experience
My coming out!! The people here have nothing but are extremely warm hearted. WoW Its spooky ...
Streets of Dili
Dili has certainly changed a lot since the first time I came here, and when Scott first came the place was still on fire! So it has been pretty interesting for both of us to see the increase in commerce, traffic and life going on in town. ...
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