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Posted on November 19, 2008 - 1 Comment

Thanks, but I'll stick to eating chicken

This photo explains it all in Dili, or Timor-Leste for that matter – infrastructure in need of work, flashy UN trucks, sun and sand, and rising mountains in the distance. Outside of these Dili gates, the population decreases dramatically and things start to get calmer, almost tranquil if you don’t have to think about what the Timorese had to go through in the last 30 years.

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Posted on November 10, 2008 - No comments yet

There's more than meets the eye.

Had a chance to head to the countryside over the weekend… it is a whole new world out there. Dili is a nice place to hangout, but only for so long. After a month checking out the sites in the capital city, we rented a driver and car and headed out to Maubisse. We weren’t sure if taking my huge UNDP truck would have been worth it given that people … Read more →

Posted on November 4, 2008 - 1 Comment

What's up Portugal??!

Did you know that over 90% of the people in Timor-Leste are Catholic? I guess after 400 years of Portuguese colonization, people pickup a few things. Religion, culture and language have definitely been affected by this 400-year rule. Even the local language of Tetun/Tetum has bits and pieces of Portuguese injected into it. According to a taxi driver I talked to last week, there is approximately 36 different … Read more →