Entries in the ‘Timor Leste’ Category:
filed in Daily Photo, Timor Leste on Jul.20, 2008
This isn’t the greatest quality photo. I took it out the window of a moving taxi. It is the new government palace in East Timor. It is being built by the Chinese. There were many many projects I saw throughout the Pacific and Asia where the Chinese were funding projects, and letting everyone know [...]
filed in Daily Photo, Timor Leste on May.06, 2008
Sidewalk vendors in Dili, East Timor
filed in Asia, Timor Leste on Mar.23, 2008
A man staring out the window of a gutted building in Dili
I was only in East Timor for a long weekend and in that time I was only in the capital of Dili. So anything I say should be taken with a grain of salt. I am by no means an expert on the [...]
filed in Asia, Australasia, Australia, Pacific/Oceania, Timor Leste on Feb.10, 2008
So, I wake up this morning before dawn to check my email before my flight. I do what I do, grab my bags and get a cab. The cab driver doesn’t really speak English and points towards the government palace, makes a shooting action with his fingers and says “very bad, very bad”.
I [...]
Tags: Assassination attempt., Australia, East Timor
filed in Asia, Timor Leste on Feb.10, 2008
I leave Dili for Darwin in a few hours.
While I haven’t spent much time here in East Timor, the experience has been very eye opening. I spent yesterday walking the streets of Dili taking video. I happened upon a demonstration by a local martial arts club (aka gang). Once I get settled in Australia, [...]
Tags: Australia, Darwin, East Timor, Timor Leste