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Overland by Motorbike
Overland from Gibraltor – to Timor Dec 2006 Linda came to Kupang overland from Spain on a heavily loaded Suzuki 650. For a full account of her trip take a look here: www.haefale.de/linda/index.html She was on her way to Dili where she planned to ship her bike to Darwin by boat using Perkins, an agent [...]
Dili to Kupang
Dili to Kupang The trip from Dili to Kupang takes 12 to 14 hours. Travel companies make the trip every day with mini buses but they were booked through Christmas so I caught a lift in the back of a truck. For 18 dollars Timor Travel will pick you up and drop you off at [...]
The Horse Races in Tasitolu
Jockeys of East Timor The Timorese people are nuts for horse racing. The jockeys thunder around the track riding bareback on these fine looking horses. Horse races in Dili If you leave Dili going west on a Sunday and glance off the the left you might notice the horses racing around an oval track at [...]
waterfall
Viqueque waterfall Heading north out of Viqueque there is a beautiful waterfall right alongside the road. Sometimes the people will stop and wash their car here. It is a scenic and fairly easy trip to travel between Viqueque and Baucau. Figure on around 5 hours from Dili to Viqueque. The road is in good shape [...]
Metanaro
Mamar Metanaro There is a nice local restaurant 22 kilometers east of Dili towards Baucau called the Mamar Metanaro. Sometimes we stop there for a beer or two after diving the eastern sites. Yesterday I had fried rice, a chicken breast, 2 rolls, and vegetables for $1.35 but then added a cold coke for an [...]
Pousada De Baucau
Pousada De Baucau. This is one of the nicest hotels in East Timor and has a lot of style for those that want to splurge. The Pink Hotel This big pink hotel is the Pousada De Baucau. tel: 670 7241111 email: pousadadebaucau @ sapo.pt The rooms are around 60.00 dollars a night. There are supposed [...]
Malaysian Checkpoint
Malaysians Tasitolu checkpoint The Malaysian checkpoint is west of Dili past the airport and controls the traffic coming from the west. They’re across the beach the dive site known as Dili rock. These are a cool group of guys that patrol up and down the beach at night with their armored personal carriers. They enjoy [...]
Gleno/Mermera
Gleno, East Timor Gleno/Ermera is around an hour and a half drive out of Dili where a small orphanage housing 23 kids runs smoothly up there in the mountains. Susan from Singapore was there teaching English and helping with the day to day operation of the place. gleno
K57 Dive Site
Free Flow Dive shop There are many dive sites along the north coast of East Timor that can be reached by road. K57 is abut 57 kilometers east of Dili just short of Manatutu. Some call it Jim’s Crack but that seems a crap name for such a great dive site. There is a long [...]
Scuba Diving
Scuba diving East Timor There are many great shore dives within 50 kilometers of Dili and dive trips are made to nearby Atauro Island. On Atauro there is an Eco Lodge where the divers can stay and squeeze in a night dive and return the next day. Freeflow Dive is one of the shops that [...]
Climbing Mount Apo
General Santos
Growing Orchids
Judy's Resto Bar
Logging with Motorcycles
Mount Mayon
Balabac Island
Biri Island
Calbiga Cave
Capul Island
Mangrove Swamp Palawan
Mikes's Resort