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East Timor

Welcome to East Timor
The 'newest country in the world'
After having received independence from Indonesia
An obnoxious UN corrupts Dili
US Embassy under construction
Dili beach
We may no longer be in Indonesia, but it sure sounds like it (indo-equalized no midrange)
Motorbike to Maubisse


Maubisse in the valley
town cemetary
East Timor is predominantly Christian (it was once a colony of Portugal)


Cockfights, the only thing of interest in town
Store girl

Los Palos - A deafly boring town
The weekly market is really the only thing of interest



where variety is stark
boy on the fence
goat on the wall
writing on the wall (a bit of independence era hatred still exists)
waiting for the bus (2 per day)
without the option of a ride I trekked across the countryside to Fuiloro
traditional house enroute


Thanks to the Tutuala gang for the hitch
Camped out at Tutuala
Tutuala - That's about it

again, without the option for a ride I take the long walk to Mehara
Lautem - Typical town typically abandoned
Com Beach play mates
Climbing the old tamarind tree
Fishing for tuna
Bacau - on my way back to Dili
A town exhibiting the heavy portuguese influence
the old central market

and the scars of independence
Che - communist model of resistance
still a popular figure
and like all other towns in East Timor, abandon
My ride back to Dili
Back in Dili
Jesus on the hill
Offers the people hope for the future
What Jesus sees

Over the mountains and far away with Neil of London after deciding to give Timor another chance
The monkey man

Church of Lete Foho

another brilliant smile
slaughterhouse in the hills

head butcher

harry potter
and wife

After dropping off Neil I stop to admire the view on the return to Dili


East Timor is beautiful sunsets
Fishing village enroute to Metinaro
The perfect papaya, .10
fisherboy
the great shark hunter
Needless to say the trip improved vastly after dropping off the POM
very similar to the Australian outback with gum trees

Oecussi - the world's smallest 'port'
A brilliant market in Tono near the Indonesian border






amazingly they still trade in guilders



PELNI - One of the true wonders of the world
On my way to Sulawesi...
to wait 2 weeks for a 3-day trip on a cot in the basement of a cockroach infested boat all for only $10 less then a flight
Atleast there is an onboard mosque
If your lucky you'll get a fishhead (I shit you not, this was dinner)