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Dili Beach Hotel

Avenida de Portugal Dili, Timor-Leste

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The "city of peace" to be

A travel blog entry by sonjamargarethe

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... people waiting at the embassy - mainly Timorese people, but also two Australians and a Korean NGO worker. I turned out to be number 36 on the list, and the waiting begun. All people were let into a tiny reception room as the office opened, and a strict officer called out names of people who were mercifully let into the main waiting hall. The office also assigned other documents, but it seemed that some people who weren't in the queue were let in just because they ...

Flores and East Timor 2005

A travel blog entry by mulqueen

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... my roommate, who was not a conversationalist but a good bloke and a good drinker. We drank a litre bottle of Bundaberg rum – bought in a Dili supermarket – in two sessions. The local beer – Buffalo – is rough.

Books I read on holiday: "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson (very enlightening and entertaining hisory of science); “The Blind Watchmaker” by Richard Dawkins (too heavy for me in places but I ...

Dili

A travel blog entry by timorbikerboys

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... that showed the lack of security and limited problems with stealing of Timor.

After checking out the memorial we scooted back down into Dili, hitting speeds upwards of 45+km/h in many sections. The views back over a waking Dili were incredible.

After getting back into Dili we decided to go and check out the local shanti market place, a place crowded with people and the sounds of beeping horns as Mikorolets and Taxi's attempted to gain ...

Crocodile Dundili

A travel blog entry by joetwinn

16

... the crocodile, “and tell me, which way do you want to go?”
“Follow the sun”, said the boy.
The crocodile set off for the east, and they traveled the oceans for years, until one day the crocodile said to the boy, “Brother, we have been traveling for a long time. But now the time has come for me to die. In memory of your kindness, I will turn myself into a beautiful island, where you and your children ...

Roadworks

A travel blog entry by joetwinn

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... in the mountains. Sat on a bench in the back of an ambulance, the first 45 minutes was okay while we traveled the majority of the distance – but the second half of the trip varied from uncomfortable to downright painful - how Bebo the translator managed to lie down and fall asleep I'll never know (I don't even understand how she managed to physically stay on the bench without hanging on).
The arrival of the ambulance in the village is the signal ...