Dili Lodge Hotel

... attraversati per arrivare fino a qui. Per poi realizzare che gli ultimi 500 miseri chilometri li devo fare in aereo. E' stata dura arrendermi, ma non ho veramente alternative. Ci vuole coraggio per inseguire un sogno, ma certe volte ci vuole ancora piu' coraggio per ammettere a se stessi che quel sogno e' finito. Ma la vita continua, la strada pure, e lungo quella strada c'e' il prossimo sogno da inseguire. Qualcosa dentro di me mi diceva gia' da un po' che non ci sarei ...

... from around the world to relax. Of course, this cannot happen unless the country stabilizes. My assessment of the current political situation is that the new government is serious about improving their country's economic and political environment. The people are certainly hoping for that to happen. Hopefully when I come back - and I will - there will be less people in the streets and tents, and certainly no more international police filling up the hotels and cafe's.

... groans of the potholes you could here shouting weee heee. All the way to the border you where reminded that only 2 or 3 years ago there was a serious war going here there were houses shot to pieces there was lots of graveyards but again the people where out waving us past with shouts of Hey Mista. On arrival at the border we had to report to all the correct people police and customs etc. I had really beleived that we would be given a hard time by the ...

... in Indonesia we were straight through with the now well heeled comment about my name and manchester (Nothing to do with the fact he is a right tubber) We got to the East Timorese side of the workings and were given a real reminder about how new this country really is. The Border post was pained on the ground and the imagration was a caravan. Commander Genral Travolta immagrasi as it said on his badge gave me the once over took my passport and asked ...

... kazdy kycha a kasle. Vsude pobihaji nosici, pytle na zadech, voziky z 10pytli talci 5chlapu, cela ulice je zacpana. Dasli den jsem jela na nakupy do moderni a tudiz drahe ctvrti. neco jako styl naseho nakupniho centra s oblecenim kosmetikou, botami atd. Tak jsem se tez vyradila. Indove tu mezi sebou zasadne mluvili anglicky, byli draze obleceni a ridili draha auta. mezi nimi melo nejvetsi zastoupeni Oktavka ...

... chicken satay with coconut rice. No seafood, even though the place is only a few km from the sea. Five minutes later he returned to tell us there was no coconut for the rice. That's like no corn in Kansas. When we came out of the restaurant an hour later the goat was where we had left it covered with flies and starting to bloat. We were really glad to leave Baucau. Our drive south to Venilale, the heart of the island, was very ...

... the Indonesian Army and their East Timorese militia. It turns out that our choice of hotels was fortuitous for getting a feel for the independence struggle as it was one of the places that the Fretilin supporters would secretly meet with internationals to pass on information to the outside world. The Indonesians knew this and the head of the secret police had a room above us over looking the court yard where he could see who was talking to who. We've been walking all ...

... 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 incorrectly by immigration. They have only been issusing their own visas for a couple of months, so its understandable. The heading of the form is "application for a 30 day visa", like all visa fors there is a little bit about 'intended duration of stay', which ...

... have no concept of thinking for yourself or of the world around. They ask me really strange questions like, "did you drive here from America?" "are you going back to America this weekend?" "do you have stars in America?" "Is there a moon in America?" and if you ask them a question that is not yes or no or you ask them to tell you something about their day they just look at you like you are crazy. In school they just repeat the same ...

... br><br>Masyarakat yang masyoritas Katolik Roma dengan sistem kekeluargaan patrilineal sangat menjunjung tinggi para biarawan/i yang ada. Mencium tangan para biarawan/i saat bertemu, bahkan dipinggir jalan, adalah kebiasaan yang hanya saya temui di Timor-Timur, tidak ada ditempat lain di Indonesia Raya ini... membuat gua-gua natal ditiap sudut jalan dan kompleks perumahan beramai-ramai adalah salah satu aktifitas yang kami nantikan tiap tahunnya, demikian dengan ...