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The "city of peace" to be

A travel blog entry by sonjamargarethe

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... another country's embassy. The local dialect was the Timorese language Tetun, but to my surprise Bahasa Indonesia was preferred by many, and seemed to be the first language spoken by many children.

I walked along the waterfront to the lighthouse, where many local boys were swimming. Some fishermen just pulled out a net from the sea. A passenger's ship was just coming in to the harbour, and at the promenade vendors were walking along with sticks over ...

Welcome to Timor Leste

A travel blog entry by groundhopper

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Timor Leste (East Timor), independent since I guess 2002, the youngest nation in Asia, and at the same time the poorest nation. Since long time this was kind of a dream to go here, now it is possible. Most people asked me why and what I can see there. In fact in Timor Leste has not many sightseeing spots, and if you find something it is very much broken. But ... it has charme. ...

Flores and East Timor 2005

A travel blog entry by mulqueen

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... good restaurants, shopping in the supermarkets which only they can afford to do.

We were formally introduced to the First Lady, Kirsty Sword, an Australian, now Mrs Gusmao. Her husband, Xanana Gusmao, is a sort of mini-Mandela: he led the armed resistance against the murdering Indonesians and was elected President after independence in 2002. He is universally admired by the people. The East Timorese all seem to hate the former colonial power, Portugal. ...

Dili

A travel blog entry by timorbikerboys

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... prison and we found out about the torture and stories of the prison when the Indonesians ruled East Timor.

We then headed down into downtown Dili to buy some Tias and find a coffee place we had been told about. The Tias market was a cluster of small buildings each selling local made Tias - all very similar - and each trying to sell a tias for a bargain. After bartering with one local I managed to buy a large Tias for $20, down from the original price ...

On the road again

A travel blog entry by joetwinn

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... forward to

Low cost living – remarkably we have been sober for 2 months as it is far too expensive to do anything else

More interesting food – sorry to any foodies out there who have been waiting for tales of extreme eating, but food is not that important to the Timorese, and the most interesting things we've eaten have actually been in Indonesian places (including Fido, which is Rawong in Bahasa Indonesian and was bonier than I remember ...

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