Hotel Turismo Dili

... portoghesi, anche un italiano, mangiato e bevuto a sbafo. Dopo un po' mi hanno chiesto per chi lavorassi, Onu, Fao, UE, Unicef? No no, sto solo girando un po' il mondo. "Ah, you're a backpacker!", "Yeah, kind of". In un attimo uno degli spagnoli mi ha preso sotto braccio e mi ha presentato un tizio bosniaco, una montagna vivente: trattavasi del capo del personale delle Nazioni Unite qui a Dili. "Vuoi lavorare per l'UN? E' un lavoro interessante, finisci in un sacco di ...

... 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.

... 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 ...

... 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. 19, 2007 We left early this morning with Claudia and our driver for a day trip to East Timor's second largest city Baucau. On the way we stopped in just about every village. Metinaro had an interesting market where we bought some strings of goat meat jerky which had been hung up for the flies to walk over. These might have been the cause of Irina's first case of tourist stomach this evening. Or it could have been the dried ...

... eat at the embassy club and swim in the pool as long as they were not Timorese nationals. But we were not invited. They did tell us the Indonesian 7 day waiting period is standard for land crossings. If we were flying in we could get visas on arrival. As for anti-malaria meds, the polite but formal young lady who came out to the reception area (did not invite us into her office) told us that there wasn't much pont in taking them and to just try not to get bitten by mosquitoes ...

... country in the world and listed as one of the most dangerous. A former Portuguese colony until 1975 when Indonesia invaded the country causing the death of maybe 100,000 timorese. The Indonesians didn't leave easily and the UN had to step in 1999 after the independence vote to keep them from killing even more. There's been a UN presence here more or less since then. Then in May of last year there were riots between factions from the east and west of the little nation. Not ...

... the same room as the men, so they have a pretty long way to go. The women are ready, but understandably the men are reluctant to give up their slaves. I will be spending New Years camping on the beach and snorkeling with the other volunteers. I am sure that it will be a great time, but whenever I am gone for more than a few days I really miss my family in Fatubessi and my house and Timorese friends. It is quickly becoming my home. Hope everyone at home is well and enjoying the holidays.

... just sleeping there) in the town of Hera. My house is made completely of palm and located right on the beach. It stays amazingly cool. It has dirt floors, no running water, a latrine outside, and electricity, tv, and DVD. The modern and the primitive merge in my house. We spend most of our free time playing soccer on the beach with the kids or sitting on the porch drinking coffee. On occassion we will watch Indian ...