East Timor Travel Blogs

Being so far from home means the “family” atmosphere of the mission is very important, none more so than the bond within a contingent.   One of the regular events here in Dili is the issuing of service medals to each contingent as they roll through their mission period before ret…

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia), Markus (Finland), Hannes (Sweden), Alex (Spain) I was curious to discover what lay inside the borders of one of the Worlds newest countries, but at the same time i was also cautious over what problems may still lie hi…

East Timor is the newest nation in the world - it finally obtained their independense in 2002 after the occupation by Portugal and Indonesia.

Spent several months in East Timor during the 2001 election phase. Most of my time was in the Lautem area. The people were very friendly and helpful. The climate takes a bit of getting used to - hot and very humid.

Timor Leste is ex-Indonesia country. hihihi. Well i got the chance to go there because my mom had a class for retreat there fro 10 days. We went to Dili and Baucau. Dili is the capital of Timor Leste. and lucky me, there was independence ceremony at 20th may!! The weather is like Jakarta, Indonesia but hotter. The people are just great (you'll be afraid firest, but actually they are nice people). They use US$ currency. Got some photos here. enjoy! :D