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Esplanada Hotel Dili

Avenida da Portugal Dili, Timor-Leste

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The "city of peace" to be

A travel blog entry by sonjamargarethe

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... come back to study in Dili. When I asked if he couldn't get a job here first, he asked if I had any connections for him to find one - they really seem to count over here. I said I think it's useful to believe in a god supporting you in what you want to do. We all encounter hardships in our life, and if we have faith, just continue and don't give up, we are more likely to succeed and cope with difficulties. His friend with his naturally frowny Timorese face and a ...

Flores and East Timor 2005

A travel blog entry by mulqueen

4

... buffaloes, deer, monkeys – not found on the barren rocks of Komodo. So I took a boat to Rinca and spent the night there.

Saw loads of dragons. They are sluggish creatures, up to 10 feet long, camouflaged to blend in with the terrain. They only need to eat once a month. Their favourite dish is venison. If they bite a deer and it escapes, the deer will die in a week or so because the dragon’s saliva contains a range of bacteria that brings ...

Baucau to Dili

A travel blog entry by timorbikerboys

2

... Dili and the other local sights.

That evening we met a nun Joan who works for Caritas but has lived in East Timor on and off for years. Joan had some extremely interesting stories relating to the 1999 upheaval and her involvement in recovering some of the deceased. In all she was an extremely interesting person. After a few hours of her stories it was off to bed. ...

On the road again

A travel blog entry by joetwinn

2

... next two days are holidays for the EU Commission here – so I finish my job here in a few hours time and will then be at the clinic to make sure the project there is handed over fully. The risk of writing the blog at the clinic is that the power fails on a regular basis, and then all you'd get to read would be the 15th attempt when I've got bored of repeating myself and just write 'we're off, see you in August'.

To be honest, leaving Dili on Sunday isn't ...

Crocodile Dundili

A travel blog entry by joetwinn

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... despite a particularly late start on that day because the ambulance had to go to the bank in the morning (you think I'm joking – if I had claimed they used the siren, then that would have been an exaggeration). Due to the late start, the driver decided to come back without her – and so she was left stranded about half an hours drive from Dili until after the driver had had his lunch break and come back to her rescue – ...

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