Timor Lodge Hotel Dili

... Ma non e' tempo di Nazioni Unite, almeno non ancora, visto che domani me ne vado. Me ne vado da Timor Leste, me ne vado dall'Asia. L'Australia mi aspetta in una domenica mattina di meta' dicembre. No, non ci arrivero' come avrei sperato, perche', come ho detto prima, quella linea sottile non la voglio scavalcare. Ho parlato anche qui con un sacco di persone, e tutti mi hanno ripetuto la stessa cosa che avevo gia' sentito a Kupang. Che azzardarsi ad attraversare il mare di ...

... 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 ...

Our Bus ride to Dilli was pretty Much a doddle and i really enjoyed it we headed straight through a range of mountains in west timor and i found the scenery pretty stunning most of the way we got to see some really remote villages and the locals waved us past and chased the minibus everytime we went through a village of Beehive shaped huts. Again not a tourist in sight even when we arrived at the border town of Atumbua where we had to arrange trasport to ...

Our Bus ride to Dilli was pretty Much a doddle and i really enjoyed it we headed straight through a range of mountains in west timor and i found the scenery pretty stunning most of the way we got to see some really remote villages and the locals waved us past and chased the minibus everytime we went through a village of Beehive shaped huts. Again not a tourist in sight even when we arrived at the border town of Atumbua where we had to arrange trasport to ...

... Inspector line to line like a unknowing student with filling and stamping the Carnet - although East Timor has not been listed for Carnet-Countries. Aft**wards the country presented itself with untouched and v**y poor, but incredible friendly country with always smiling citizens. Along lonely beaches and untouched by any tourism it was going to Dili. In Dili we checked in to the only but v**y nice cheapy East Timor Backpack ...

... mangos. We also bought the ingredients for a good betel nut chew: dried betel palm seeds to be wrapped in their leaves with a little quick lime to bring out the alkaloid in the betel nuts. Chewing betel nuts is supposed to stain your teeth red and act as a stimulant. A very traditional thing to do here; so we thought 'well when in Rome'. Our guide promised to show us how to chew this stuff but she never did. We didn't have ...

... floor this might be your opportunity; more realistically the sub-basement not the ground floor. On the other hand there is little anti US feeling. The Aussies take the heat here. The people got the idea they were being ripped off by the Australians and burnt down an Aussie owned supermarket and hotel. The Brits have actually closed their embassy and told their nationals they might want to leave but if they didn't to keep their heads down. In true British style they had a ...

... Deb, an Australian police officer. She and Irina got along great and she took us in her utility vehicle for a tour of the city and surroundings. The May riots left many buildings in the city burnt out and destroyed. We drove out to the village of Baccoi where most of the town had been burned out. Deb called it the Mogadishu of Timor Leste. She repeatedly referred to the UN presence as a "full on mission". She had been here for 8 months and we we're the first tourist she'd met.

... buffalos, horses, and goats roam the rice fields in order to break up the earth. On the day before they plant they flood the fields and the gather all the water buffalo and run them through the various plots to really break up the earth. I hope that I am back in time to see that. As for the community they are pretty wonderful, if not a bit over protective. They are so worried that something will happen to me. I am perfectly capable of ...

... exception of the language and elements of the culture. They do however grow the same crops in similar conditions and suffer many of the same problems. The biggest difference is population size. Because the country isn't overpopulated and the people just recently won their indepence it is easy to believe that there is a better chance for change here. I guess I will see with time!! From the other side of the world, Anne