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Dili Skyline
As the former Portuguese colony and formerly Indonesian occupied territory Timor Leste is the eastern part of the eastern (relative to Indonesia) island ‘Timor’, it is called Timor (‘east’ in Indonesian) Leste (from ‘east’ in Portuguese). Got it?
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A Day in Dili
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It’s a Miracle
Timor-Leste the country were Guerrilla fighters hiding in the jungle for 24 years are now the government; that had been caught between global politics for 400 years; which was loosing 50% of population over and over by never starting a conflict themselves. But now the future looks bright with democracy, earnings from oil, best organic…
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Timor-Leste
There cannot be dancers more enthusiastic than these young people rehearsing a performance swirling the flag of their country hardly more than a decade old.
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Trigana to Surabaya
They’ll even hold up umbrellas for you should you land during a tropical rainstorm …
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Nasi Ayam in Pankalan Bun
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Orangutan
It’s amazing to see Orangutans, more amazing to see them swinging from tree to tree, bending branches and the tops of trees, grabbing the occasional vine, going for a casual stroll 100 feet in the air. (C) Photo: Katja
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Rice Fields of Sidemen
Days spent watching a single view, a feverish dream, an impressionist painting. The posts of our veranda have become the heavily gilded frame on this ever changing Pierre Guillaume. Calls to shoo birds away from the precious grains, emphasis added with clanging bamboo halves controlled by long strings from the shed, shared with a patient…
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Our Favorite Kind of Traffic Jam
On the way back from our jaunt up Gunung Batur we are caught in the ceremonies that prevented us from climbing the holy and much higher mountain Gunung Agung. As we can’t pass the procession by car we just wander along for a couple of miles.
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Viewing Gunung Agung From An Overguided Hike Up Gunung Batur
Oh, hail thee wondrous traveler in tennis shoes and with quizzical look! You cannot be trusted to scale this 1700 m pile of ash and pumice on your own. There may be spewing of poisonous fumes at times (not that we would know when and where) and trails to be missed (if you can’t find…