Paximus Lodge Dili

... con l'esito schiacciante a favore dell'indipendenza, hanno lasciato il paese non prima di aver distrutto il 90% delle infrastrutture e massacrato o deportato migliaia di persone. E' una citta' carissima, quasi a livelli europei, ma non si fatica a capire il perche', vista la quantita' di occidentali che ci lavorano. E mi sembra decisamente un dovere per noi europei essere qui per tentare di aiutare questa gente visto che, come per la stragrande maggioranza dei casini ...

... 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.

... in Indonesia we were straight through with the now well heeled comment about my name and manchester (Nothing to do with the fact he is a right tubber) We got to the East Timorese side of the workings and were given a real reminder about how new this country really is. The Border post was pained on the ground and the imagration was a caravan. Commander Genral Travolta immagrasi as it said on his badge gave me the once over took my passport and asked ...

... groans of the potholes you could here shouting weee heee. All the way to the border you where reminded that only 2 or 3 years ago there was a serious war going here there were houses shot to pieces there was lots of graveyards but again the people where out waving us past with shouts of Hey Mista. On arrival at the border we had to report to all the correct people police and customs etc. I had really beleived that we would be given a hard time by the ...

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 ...

Jan. 17, 2007 Wednesday We arrived in Dili on Saturday morning. We had to wait until Monday for the Indonesian embassy to open so we could get our visas. We were there bright and early, but after taking our passports and application we were told it would take 7 days to get our visas. We were told to come back at the 3 PM on the following Monday. Actually our guidebook had said it would take 7 days to get the Indonesian visa but the Aussies at our hotel were sure we could get it ...

Jan. 13, 2007 Dili, Timor Leste (East Timor) 08 32.936S 125 35.204E We are now in the third world. There wasn't any gradual transition; as soon as we stepped off the plane it hit us. The immigration officer lost some of our papers as soon as we gave them to him, but it didn't seem to matter. The only customs inspection was to say that we had nothing to declare. The airport toilets had no seats, were unflushed and no toilet paper. A country this beaten up and poor can't be ...

... to bring it to them. And since most of them live in Dili they are used to cooking with gas and having electricity and when they get here they have to cook over the fire all day and haul water and such. I tried to help them out as much as I could but they don't like me doing anything like that because I will get dirty or tired. All of my sisters are going to school to get real jobs so that they will not have to get married because they don't want to be a Timorese wife. The ...

I arrived in Dili two weeks ago and after 4 days in the city moved to a suburb called Hera to live with a host family. Dili is a lot different than Port-au-Prince. It is surprisingly clean and not very crowded. Everywhere you go you see evidence of the recent struggle for independence. About a third of the population was murdered by the inodnesians (200,000 people roughly), which explains the lack of people in the ...

... 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 ...