Hotel Loro Sa'e Dili

... ci sono in giro per il mondo, la colpa e' nostra: in questo caso di portoghesi ed olandesi che si sono spartiti l'isola trecento anni fa, per poi andarsene e lasciarla nel caos una trentina d'anni fa. Ma durante la stessa passeggiata incontri una marea di gente sorridente, felice di vedere che anche qualcuno che non lavora per l'Onu arriva fino a qui, nuovi palazzi, un bellissimo lungomare, e la voglia di rinascere di questa gente la senti eccome attorno a te. La sento anche ...

... had been thrown into the Australian Embassy complex (fortunately it was not a time when the Aussie expats were enjoying their once a month BBQ + beer so no one was hurt) with no felon in sight. Despite all of this, the city seemed peaceful and I never felt unsafe during my stay. The only thing I feared was catching malaria or denghi by the hundreds of mosquitoes attacking me day and night. In fact, I found the Timorese to be friendly and soft-spoken, even as ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

Destination 176: km94'734 Die Reise and die Grenze und d** Grenzueb**tritt selbst war so (offensichtlich) gefahrlos wie einfach. Auch wenn man beim v**lassen Indonesiens beim Milita**- Ob**st vorsprechen muss (wohl strategisch) gabs keine Probleme. Das Highlight war wohl die sehr sympatische Einreise nach East Timor, wo Fred und ich dem Zoll- Inspektor wie einem unwissenden Lehrling Zeile fu** Zeile dikti**en mussten, was ** im ...

... 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 ...

... since they could get theirs on arrival when they flew to Bali. They suggested that we check with the American Embassy where they were sure that with a phone call the Yanks could expedite the process and we'd only have to pay an extra a 'fee'. We showed up at the American Embassy to register, get information on where we could get anti-malaria medication, and also ask about the 7 day Indo visa wait. We've enough experience with US government bureaucrats, and should have ...

... with making a good first impression. We sucked it up deciding we didn't need to use the toilets that bad. When we lugged our bags outside the terminal we were attacked by kids yelling: taxi! taxi! They jostled each other grabbing at the bags we were carrying hoping to earn a tip on the pretext of 'helping'. Even though we checked with several taxi drivers we still ended up paying $10 US, instead of the $5 our guide book said was the price for the ride into town. We ...

... is in the military, one is becoming a nun, and another a police officer. It seems strange to me that people would dedicate their life to Jesus to avoid marriage or for the men just to guarantee work. The sister that is becoming a sister, actually doesn't even like to go to church and she really likes boys and being girly and pretty. But because she doesn't want to be a slave to a man she joined the convent. Another big thing that happened is that dad gave the oldest daughter (23 ...

... city. Every other car that drives by is UN or some other NGO working here to rebuild. Every third building is just a burnt shell. If the building isn't burnt it is shiny and new as are the roads because everything here has been rebuilt since 1999. It is a really interesting time to be here in this country. The people here are very friendly, they don't harass you or beg for money. There are lots of good places to ...