Hotel Dili

C'e' una sottile linea che separa passione ed ossessione. La stessa linea sottile che divide determinazione e testardaggine. Sempre la stessa linea separa spirito d'avventura e semplice stupidita'. Molte volte, durante questi mesi, ho camminato in punta di piedi in bilico su quella linea. Ma stavolta e' diverso, stavolta dovrei prendere una rincorsa, chiudere gli occhi e fare un balzo dall'altra parte. No, non ha proprio senso rischiare tutto per realizzare un sogno; meglio ...

We started a new program in Timor-Leste, in the area of rural water supply and sanitation. The purpose of this program is to help build the capacity of the Timor-Leste government in the provision of water supply and sanitation services. The team will be working with the Ministry of Health (which is responsible for WSS) and other donors in all districts. This was my first visit to the country which has gone through great civil unrest and violence over the last 18 ...

... long i wanted to stay?. I said well were on holiday and suppose we will be here 10 or 11 days. Ten or Eleven he says which is it? eleven i mutter (The Fact that i should of got 30 for paying my green backs did not seem to matter to Travolta) Back in the Caravan he goes talking to his commrade, i am sweating now thinking of a schene where some bloke has to do seriously hard time in a shithole of a prison breaking rocks and doing ungodly acts just to ...

... all the faces of the people behind us in the cue waiting to get there chance to go in front of the Commander Genral. Mikes grumbles something like put a few dollars in your passport that always does the trick, thats all he wants a little bit of kickback, 20 should sort him. I am contemplating the 20 dollar bribe when Travolta sticks his head out of the serving hatch on the caravan and shouts us over. OK Mr Smirk from Manchester. 11 days you want ...

... s (od** Smoke House Backpack**s) an d** Hauptzufahrtsstrasse (Almirante Rua de Thomas Am**ico 231) eingecheckt und dort waehrend Tagen die Motorraed** von Hand g**einigt, da nirgendwo Hochdruck- Rei***** vorhanden waren. D** V**lad in Contain** und Transport d** Bikes wurde von SDV Logistics (Rua Presidente Nicolau Lobato, Tel: +670 33 22 818) in die Wege geleitet und von P**kins am 9.8. ausgefuehrt, wenn hi** nicht noch ...

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 plentiful here. There's an open air fish market directly across the road from the Hotel Torismo. You can watch the fishermen bringing in their catch. We found a nice Malaysian restaurant and hotel called the Ocean ...

... Timorese boys are born with a rock in their hand. The joke among the UN troops is that they go to 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 Belarmino next to the ANZ bank. It's Sunday and we wouldn't ...

... conversation with Neil, another guest house long-termer who was trying to put together a documentary on the country. Apparently Neil had been in an interview with the Minister of Immigration the day after we left and mentioned our problem, the Minister told Neil we should come to his office to have our visa sorted out. When told that we had already left, the minister asked "Why didn't they come to see me?". What a cool country!

... people are saying the equivalent of "I am stupid and Jesus is smart. He was very sick for me..." They just don't have a big enough vocabulary so everyone always sounds like five year olds and the fact they are excited by simple things, like bullhorns and balloons. Christmas day we went back to church in the morning and then afterwards had a big feast. All of my host dad's children came in from school and he was so happy to have all 9 of his children under one roof. He actually ...

... 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 ...