Legendary Pak Yohannes, owner of the Loseman Anda in Soe, West Timor has
passed away 2 weeks shy of his 89th birthday which was 2 days
ago.
His loseman was the funkiest psycadelic set up in Timor and probably
Indonesia. Rooms in sailing ships made of concrete out back...paintings and
sculptures were everywhere. This man was a true artist and had a place to
stay for scores of tourists over the years.
His daughter has started
renovating the place which had crumbled into disrepair. She's a character as
well standing there in a Dutch boy outfit with a hand woven vest and bright
red socks.
I hope it gets going again but there will not be enough
tourist trade. They only get one tourist every 3 months or so now and with
the trouble in east Timor it will probably be even less.
She does
have an electronic shop with her husband in town and they set up a free
video for the neighborhood so they can see the World Cup. Germany was
playing Costa Rica and took it with a 4 -2 victory much to the delight of
the Timorese.
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