Hotel Tropical
Travel Blogs from Dili
To the end of the road and back
... the beach and the clear blue waters are so inviting. Not having eaten for the whole day I asked if I could get some food somewhere. Fish and rice will do. Nothing fancy. The guy at the guesthouse said that they can rustle up something for me. It took them only about 1 hour and I got served a huge bowl of rice, a plate of vegs, two massive fish steaks with onion gravy and potato chips. Not to forget the plate of noodles. It ...
Betelmania
... is almost impossible to get a room here on weekends, so popular it is amongst the western elite of Dili. But midweek, we have it almost to ourselves, with just a few other people staying in the eclectic assortment of bamboo and thatch huts arranged along the shoreline. Barry himself is an Australian married to a Local girl. They have two four year old twin boys, Mardi and Mickey, and are living their dream. Our hut is located at the far end of the grounds and is near ...
Our Last Frontier
... restaurant nearby. The food is fantastic but what we particularly notice is that the place is full of people of different nationalities wearing UN ID - Aussies, Africans, Euros, Sikhs and Bangladeshis - East Timor is a country in transition, that much is obvious.
In the morning we check out of the expensive hotel ($45 per night) and into the Backpackers ($22). Then, accompanied by Colin, we set out to explore Dili. It is very hot here, the city is ringed by dry, ...
Streets of Dili
... Adjusting back to driving at home will be....boring.
We often see this man, who the kids have dubbed 'The Crazy Man' protesting outside the Justice Ministry. He is Australian, and has different signage from time to time, but all along the same 'They are all out to get us, conspiracy theory' vein. A bit of colour is added to my day when I see him. Note ...
Timor Leste - shipping to Darwin
... jej przyjęcie. Żeby tego było mało, gość wypełnił dla mnie wszystkie formularze i wyśle je do Darwin. Godzinę po tym zjawił się Fernando, więc załatwiliśmy jego sprawę w identyczny sposób, wysyłając nasze maszyny razem w jednym kontenerze. Męczyliśmy się z maszynami i spijaliśmy piwo do późnej nocy, ale w końcu jesteśmy gotowi. Troy pozwolił nam ...